STEVE INSKEEP, host: Another vote, which is scheduled today, could bring more power to the Latin American leader who recently spoke these words at the United Nations.</s>LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: Yesterday, ladies and gentleman, from this rostrum, the president of the United States - the gentleman to whom I refer to as the devil - came here.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: That's an interpreter, rendering the words of Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela. This vocal opponent of the United States is seeking a seat for his country on the United Nations Security Council. The council has the most power at the U.N. There's a temporary opening and all 192 nations that are part of the U.N. hold a vote to see who gets it. The contest is between Venezuela and Guatemala. The winner is decided today, by the U.N. general assembly.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News.
The United States is supporting Guatemala for a seat on the U.N. Security Council. Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, said Washington was waging "a dirty war" to keep his country from getting the seat.