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Increased Military Threat from Venezuela? Chávez buys $1 Billion in Jets and Helicopters from Russia.

In a move intended to put the U.S. on alert, Hugo Chávez is in Russia today purchasing 30 fighter jets and 30 helicopters along with 100,000 AK-103 Assault Rifles. U.S. manufacturers are banned from making these types of deals with Venezuela.

Perhaps even more disturbing is that Venezuela is looking to purchase licensing rights to manufacture the assault rifles in their own country.

Most likely, Chávez is seeking to regain some of the attention he has recently lost in South America to his rival (unless politically necessary) neighbor, President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia.

This move has gotten him some attention from U.S. officials who had tried to dissuade Russia from making military deals with Venezuela. No doubt, it will get the attention of the rest of Latin America as well.

Like it or not, Mr. Chávez is back in the news! Ironically, Chávez' stated purpose for the trip to Russia which also includes Belarus, Qatar, Iran, Vietnam and Mali is to lobby for Venezuela to be given a seat on the UN Security Council.
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posted by Ricardo González on July 21, 2008.

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