President Hugo Chávez Thursday said that he is creating an "Axis of Evil" with Latin American heads of state who share his ideas in order to resist imperialism, which, in his opinion, is trying to seize the Americas.

"We are creating a South American Axis of Evil, as some call it," Chávez said sarcastically, referring himself to US remarks on the negative influence that he would be exerting on some countries in the hemisphere.

In a meeting with businessmen in Brazil, the Venezuelan President labelled a meeting he would hold next week with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva and his Argentinean counterpart Néstor Kirchner as a meeting of the "Axis of Evil."

Chávez said that this axis would increase with the incorporation of the Presidents of Bolivia Uruguay, and Paraguay -Evo Morales, Tabaré Vásquez, and Nicanor Duarte, respectively.