Actually, they’re safety glasses. Chavecito’s been a very busy boy lately, inaugurating a new Venezuela-Colombia gas pipeline. Here he is watching the first weld going down.
And speaking of cool dudes in the shade:

Oops. Looks like Evo inadvertently got himself burqa’d. Here’s what happened:

Evo got caught under the cloth while unveiling the new Venezuelan coat of arms…with a little help from his friends.