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Update: US Ambassador "expelled" , Two Russian bombers leave Venezuela
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by SOLARLIFE | September 10, 2008 at 03:52 pm
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Sept-18
CARACAS, Two Russian strategic bombers Tu-160 took off from the Maiquetia airport in the Venezuelan capital on Thursday for a patrolling mission to remote areas in the world. The scheduled patrolling mission will be performed over neutral waters in the Atlantic and the North Arctic Ocean and will end at the base airfield in Russia’s Engels on September 19. The patrolling mission with a possible air refueling will take about 15 hours.
Update Sept-12
Chavez "fires" US ambassador to Venezuela Patrick Dudy in response to Bolivia
Venezuela to expel U.S. ambassador
"He has 72 hours, from this moment, the Yankee ambassador in Caracas, to leave Venezuela," Chavez told a crowd of supporters.The president said he was making the moves "in solidarity with Bolivia and the people of Bolivia."Bolivia's Evo Morales accused the United States Thursday of fomenting a coup d'etat by rich eastern department landowners against him, the country's first Indian president. source: cnn
Update Sept-11
Russian GASPROM visiting Venezuela from next week on for oil/gas negotiations
Two Russian bombers have landed at a Venezuelan airfield, from which they will carry out training flights for several days, the Russian news agency Interfax reported Wednesday.
The Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers landed at Venezuela's Libertador military airfield and "will spend several days carrying out training flights over neutral waters, after which they will return to the base," Interfax reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.
Col. Alexander Drobyshevsky, a ministry spokesman, told Interfax that NATO fighters followed the bombers on their 13-hour flight over the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic.
"All flights by air force aircraft have been and are marked by strict conformity to the international rules on the use of air space over neutral waters," Drobyshevsky told Interfax.
The U.S. will monitor the Russian training, said Pentagon officials who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak on the information.
On Monday, Russia announced it might hold joint naval maneuvers with Venezuela in the Caribbean. The declaration came in the wake of increased tension between Russia and the United States over Russia's invasion last month of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, a U.S. ally that aspires to join NATO.
Russia on Monday denied any link between that announcement and the conflict in Georgia, although Russia has criticized U.S. support for Georgia, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has long antagonized Washington.
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at 16:34 on September 10th, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 16:51 on September 10th, 2008
Thanks rahul for Flag "Russian bombers land in Venezuela""
at 20:30 on September 10th, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Good News for a change....Thanks Solarlife very good news.
at 22:31 on September 10th, 2008
Thang moonwolf, djermano, for Flag "Russian bombers land in Venezuela" your opinion "change to come"
at 22:33 on September 10th, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 23:25 on September 10th, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 09:36 on September 12th, 2008
thanks Hussain for Flag "Venezuela", how are you doing with your computer today, electricity oK ?
at 03:01 on September 11th, 2008
Thanks Paschen, hussain for Flag "Russian bombers land in Venezuela"
at 15:57 on September 11th, 2008
Russians moving into South America? with war-monger Chavez? this is not a good development. I feel threatened up here and not just by Ike.
at 23:44 on September 11th, 2008
Rene, thanks for Flag "Venezuela russian bombers" your opinion "Chavez? this is not a good development", thanks to make your point with all "the russion lovers". Take it easy. All comments for opinion building welcome. Well when I was I Caracas; they called me a Gringo, I lived with it.
at 16:00 on September 11th, 2008
Lots of Russian-lovers here. Fools.
at 01:22 on September 12th, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 01:31 on September 12th, 2008
Dave Keating thanks for Flag "Update Us Ambassador, Venezuela", I know not exactly if Venezuela is member of South americas economy union MERCOSUR, would cause chain reactions. Brazil, Argentine,....?