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Hugo Chavez: friendship tour & arms deals.(president of Venezuela)
Petro-dollars for guns, fighter jets, helicopters, submarines--and possibly a rotating seat on the UN Security Council. That's the plan behind Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' July-August whirlwind tour of Russia, Belarus, Iran, Vietnam, and Mali. Communist North Korea was also on the agenda, reportedly, until Chavez' advisers convinced him that current international concerns over North Korea's nuclear weapons and its recent belligerent actions might make a visit there counterproductive.
Chavez, who has been aptly described as "a younger Fidel Castro--with oil," reportedly signed a $1 billion arms deal with Russia that includes 30 Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets, 30 military helicopters, 100,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, a license to build a Kalashnikov factory in Venezuela, and maybe a ...
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...from balconies to arranged crowds. North Korea's Kim Jong-il once preferred to...Venezuela's authoritarian President Hugo Chavez seems to be making waves - not only...while retrograde carnival barkers like Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro still sway crowds in...
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- Magazine article from: National Review August 7, 2006 700+ words
...and nuclear weapons to North Korea was better than no response...greatest danger is that North Korea will transfer its missile...Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez. There is a very real...successful efforts to cut off North Korea's overseas financial...
Source: HighBeam Research, Hugo Chavez: friendship tour & arms deals.(president of Venezuela)