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Venezuela challenges the USA as it purchases Russian weapons


Hugo Chavez arrives in Russia to say hello from Fidel Castro and spend 30 billion dollars
09/26/2008 [article] / Russia / Economics


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who arrived in Russia with a short visit upon the invitation from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, had his first meeting scheduled with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Hugo Chavez expressed his gratitude to Putin for the warm welcome in Moscow and said hello to the Russian prime minister from Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Caracas plans to spend over $30 billion on military hardware and weapons before 2012 in accordance with the program to rearm the Venezuelan army
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Venezuela to purchase 24 new Russian fighter jets
06/16/2006 [article] / World / Americas


The leader of the South American nation took the decision a few weeks after the Pentagon issued an order to stop all arms shipments to Caracas quoting intelligence reports which say that Venezuela is aiding leftist rebels in neighbor Colombia
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Venezuela's Chavez proud of newly acquired Russian guns
06/06/2006 [article] / World / Americas


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez personally took delivery of a first shipment of 30,000 AK-103 Russian rifles in Caracas on Sunday as made public his intentions to buy Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 fighters to replace American aircrafts. Chavez made clear that the new weaponry was only to defend the country from any foreign attack as ruled out any aggressive intentions against Venezuela’s neighbours
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George W. Bush's policy takes the USA to financial collapse
05/23/2006 [article] / Opinion / Readers feedback


When Bush became president in 2001, the United States’ public debt was 5.8 trillion dollars. Today the public debt stands at 8.3 trillion dollars. Of this over $2.2 trillion dollars are held by foreigners. United States has a GDP of 12.4 trillion dollars. This gives U.S. a Debt/GDP ratio of 66%, placing it in 35th place (out of 113) on the ranking of the Debtor Nations
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Washington bans US arms sales to Venezuela
05/16/2006 [article] / World / Americas


In an attempt to punish president Hugo Chavez for his ties with Cuba and Iran, the Bush administration banned all US arms sales to Venezuela on Monday, a decision that could force Caracas to explore for alternative suppliers in the EU and Russia
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Venezuela will no longer be an Andean nation
04/21/2006 [article] / World / Americas


Venezuela has criticized Andean nations as being overly aligned with the United States, as its most prominent members, Peru and Colombia, have recently signed free trade deals with Washington
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Sales of fake Kalashnikov guns bring USD 2 billion of profit
04/17/2006 [article] / World / Americas


The central newspaper of the White House published an article which said that Russia had shipped outdated AK-47 Kalashnikov guns to Venezuela instead of the up-to-date AK-103 model of the assault rifle. Venezuela was forced to suspend the execution of the transaction
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Venezuela welcomes Hamas and counts Iran as “great ally”
02/16/2006 [article] / World / Americas


Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez looks decided to go ahead with his self-denominated “anti-imperialistic” foreign policy despite Washington’s open and shady threats. This week, Caracas made public two moves meant to help US foes in Middle East. Hamas leaders will be received by Mr. Chavez “with pleasure"
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Venezuela expels US diplomat for espionage
02/03/2006 [article] / World / Americas


Washington confirmed it had received a communique from Venezuela's foreign ministry on Tuesday asking that its naval attache John Correa be declared a persona non grata. Venezuela is to expel the Washington’s naval attache to Caracas accused of passing secret information from Venezuelan military officers to the Pentagon
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Chavez: “I have an obligation to fight a war against US imperialism”
01/13/2006 [article] / World / Americas


The Venezuelan President believes that such a battle has already started in “political and ideological arenas”
In a new episode of the verbal cold war between Washington and Caracas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his country was ready to resist any US aggression and said that the battle “had already begun in the political and the ideological arenas”. Chavez also accused the US of meddling in the modernization of the Venezuelan armed forces as warned that he, as the leader of a self-denominated peaceful democratic revolution, “has an obligation to fight a war against US imperialism."

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