Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love has set her sights on a controversial new beau - Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

The pair met at a New York screening of Oliver Stone's new documentary South of the Border last week after Love caught the leader checking her out from across the room.

She admits she's smitten, and believes a romance could be a possibility.

She tells the New York Daily News, "It was the third wink that sold me. He's a sexy dawg. He invited me to visit his country and I'd like to go. I'll rock Caracas."

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