Another move on the chessboard of South America,
We need to keep an eye on this situation.
By SIMON ROMERO
Published: September 12, 2009
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez said Friday night that Venezuela had reached an agreement to buy short-range missiles from Russia, part of a deepening security relationship with Russia as Mr. Chávez chafes at a plan by the United States to increase its military presence in neighboring Colombia.
The missiles, if the deal goes through, would put within firing range locations in Colombia or American military installations on the islands of Aruba or Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles off Venezuela’s coast, where the United States operates surveillance flights. But Mr. Chávez insisted that the weapons were solely for defensive purposes
Published: September 12, 2009
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez said Friday night that Venezuela had reached an agreement to buy short-range missiles from Russia, part of a deepening security relationship with Russia as Mr. Chávez chafes at a plan by the United States to increase its military presence in neighboring Colombia.
The missiles, if the deal goes through, would put within firing range locations in Colombia or American military installations on the islands of Aruba or Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles off Venezuela’s coast, where the United States operates surveillance flights. But Mr. Chávez insisted that the weapons were solely for defensive purposes
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