However, as recently as the first week of March, Chávez called upon Obama to follow the path to socialism, which he termed as the "only" way out of the global recession.
しかし3月最初の週、チャベスは彼が国際的な景気後退から抜け出す唯一の方法だと主張する社会主義の道に続くようオバマに呼びかけた。