Venezuela’s Chavez to buy Chinese K-8 planes

Reuters
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 0:00 am

CARACAS –– Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday the OPEC nation will buy Chin

ese military training planes, expanding recent arms purchases and further cementing a growing relationship with China. Chavez in recent years has stepped up purchases of weapons and planes. Washington accuses the self-styled revolutionary of carrying out an arms spending spree that could destabilize the region.

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Venezuela’s Chavez to buy Chinese K-8 planes

ReutersTuesday, May 13, 2008 0:00 am

Reuters
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 0:00 am