Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez (L) talks with US actor and director Sean Penn in Cumana, 400 km east of Caracas on October 19, 2008. Penn accompanied Chavez in a visit to a Venezuelan Petroleum company (PDVSA) gas plant. AFP PHOTO / PRESIDENCIA – Marcelo Garcia VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ-SEAN PENNAFP_20-10-08-0118_258.JPG