RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil aims to burnish its growing diplomatic stature by pushing Middle East peace next week as it welcomes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just two weeks after a visit by Israel's president.
For Ahmadinejad, the visits to Brazil and its South American neighbors Venezuela and Bolivia offer a chance to expand Iran's ties in a region where he already has a firm ally in Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez.
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