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March 30, 2005
Just another week
This week, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez bought military equipment from Spain ...
In Spain's biggest arms deal for many years, its arms factories will supply 10 C-295 transport planes, four coastal patrol corvettes and four smaller coastguard patrol boats to Mr Chavez's army. [Spanish PM] Zapatero said the vehicles would be used to monitor coastlines, combat terrorism and drug traffickers, and mount rescue operations during natural disasters. The deal was announced by the Spanish Prime Minister during a visit to Venezuela yesterday when he also met fellow left-wing leaders from Colombia and Brazil. [emphasis mine]
... and called for a "new geopolitical map … to counterbalance the global dominance of the United States:"
"This meeting has the objective of evaluating the situation of our countries and looking for solutions to accelerate the South American integration project as a geopolitical component that we are driving forward with our souls, because it is the only path that we have: the Latin American Union," affirmed Chávez. [emphasis mine]
All in all, a fairly unexceptional week for Chavez.
Posted by Daniel Widome at 11:02 PM to Americas,
