Then Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez picks up counterpart Jiang Zemin at the airport in Venezuela, April 15, 2001. [Photo/Xinhua]

Jiang undertook a six nation Latin American tour to Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela in 2001. On April 6, Jiang spoke in Spanish to the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, saying developing countries should boost unity and make joint efforts to set up a just and rational new international political and economic order.