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Venezuela, Russia to hold joint naval drills in late November
« on: September 08, 2008, 04:10:18 AM »


Venezuela, Russia to hold joint naval drills in late November

RIA Novosti
Monday, Sept 8, 2008

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced the timeframe for the upcoming Russian-Venezuelan naval exercise, arranged in line with Russia's plans to extend its presence in international waters.

"Venezuela will hold joint naval exercises in the Caribbean in late November-early December," Chavez said Sunday on his weekly TV show, "Hello, President."

According to earlier media reports, Venezuelan navy officials said four Russian warships and a number of Venezuelan missile frigates, patrol boats, submarines and aircraft would take part in the joint drills on November 10-14.

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The president dismissed criticism of the joint exercise with Russia by comparing it with the Southern Cross naval war games involving the Dutch, French and Brazilian navies, which are scheduled for November 2-14.

"Russia is a strategic partner of Venezuela and we will do everything possible ... to ensure the success of the upcoming exercise," Chavez said.

Chavez, an outspoken critic of Washington since coming to power nine years ago, has focused his foreign policy on bolstering ties with countries outside the U.S. sphere of influence.

In 2005-2006, Venezuela bought more than 50 combat helicopters, 24 Su-30MK2 fighters, 12 Tor-M1 air defense missile systems and 100,000 AK-103 rifles from Russia. Current arms contracts are worth about $4 billion, according to various sources.

Future deliveries may include Amur-class diesel submarines, Il-76MD military transport planes, Il-78 aerial tankers and air-defense missile systems
 
 

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Re: Venezuela, Russia to hold joint naval drills in late November
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2008, 05:26:48 AM »
they got to spent their oil $ somewhere.

Adding more countries into NATO just stirs it up a bit more
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Re: Venezuela, Russia to hold joint naval drills in late November
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2008, 05:53:41 AM »
So are you saying that it is ok for Venezuela to nationalise the phone companies, the oil companies, or any other American company who when in there and installed and built everything, and because they get a "profit" from it, it is ok for them to nationalise without paying anything for the companies.  Sounds like old line communism to me.  Why should'nt we be upset with Venezuela.  MS and TM7, are you guys commies or socialists? 

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Re: Venezuela, Russia to hold joint naval drills in late November
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2008, 06:57:58 AM »
No I don't think it is right to take Freddie and Fannie.  You can't give a mortgage to everyone.  I think there should be at least 20% down payment, fixed rate, and the mortgage shouldn't be over 4 times the persons annual income, like it used to be.  The mortgage lenders should be held accountable for the bad loans.  I also think credit is too easy to get, especially credit cards.  I know it hurts the economy in the short term when this happens, but long term works out.  Even FDR didn't want to "give" money to the poor.  He wanted them to work for it, through jobs programs.  He said they would be more responsible and not become dependent on the government.  This is a form of corporate welfare.  Look at GM how they are "hurting".  I live in Alabama, and we have a Mercedes, Honda, and Hundai plants recently built and expanding.  Toyota built recently in Jackson, MS.  Kia is building in West Point, Ga. near the Alabama border.  How come foreign companies can build, grow, and prosper here.  Why can't GM and Ford?  Management, Unions?  As for Venezuela, our companies go in there the last 20-30 years, build an infrastructure, oil industry, then Chavez nationalises the industry.  This is nothing but stealing.  As for our government taking over the two mortgage lenders...it was kind of forced on the government by private companies. 
I work for a natural gas company, we have a lot more natural gas, especially on government land, than we have oil.  We do need to be running our cars on natural gas, especially fleets of vehicles.  We need to be putting up windmills, building solar plants, building nuclear plants, drilling.  If we do ALL of the energy, take government restrictions off.  We would not be dependent on foreign oil, money would be circulated here at home with better paying jobs in the energy industry, eliminate our foreign debt, balance our trade deficit.  Then we wouldn't be as apt to jump into foreign problems, have the better paying jobs that provide medical insurance, etc. 

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Re: Venezuela, Russia to hold joint naval drills in late November
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2008, 07:33:48 AM »
They also nationalised the telephone company in which AT&T built the infrastructure, owned and operated.  The government could have just regulated them, instead of taking over.  It wasn't just the oil companies.  He is nationalising everything.  At least with Fannie and Freddie, it is for one year, until they figure out what to do with them.  I say break up the mortgages and sell them to various banks, not just one bank.  Spread it out.  Fannie and Freddie were started by the government years ago, but privatized I think during the Reagan administration. 

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Re: Venezuela, Russia to hold joint naval drills in late November
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2008, 07:44:51 AM »
MS and TM7, are you guys commies or socialists? you bad!!!!!! :o  :o