Interesting example here of Matrix doublespeak:
Washington denies it plans to invade Venezuela and says
Chavez is destabilizing the region.
In reality, Chavez' mission could be described as
_stabilizing the region: in opposition to the
destabilizing forces of globalization and US
imperialism more generally.
rkm
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Original source URL:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-05-31T021856Z_01_N30135886_RTRUKOC_0_US-VENEZUELA-RUSSIA.xml
Chavez says Russia to help Venezuela make rifles
Tue May 30, 2006 10:19 PM ET
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Russia will help
Venezuela build plants to make Kalashnikov rifles
and ammunition after the United States restricted
arms sales to the South American nation,
President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday.
Chavez also told a press conference in Quito,
Ecuador, that a delivery of 30,000 Kalashnikov
automatic rifles was due to arrive from Russia in
early June.
"The Russians are going to install a Kalashnikov
rifle plant and a munitions factory. So we can
defend every street, every hill, every corner,"
he said in remarks broadcast in Venezuela.
Washington banned all weapons sales to Chavez's
leftist government this month because of U.S.
concern about his ties with Cuba and Iran and
what it called his inaction against guerrillas in
neighboring Colombia.
The sanctions led to a diplomatic freeze with
Venezuela, a major U.S. energy supplier and the
world's No. 5 oil exporter.
Chavez rattled the White House earlier with a
deal to buy 100,000 Russian automatic weapons.
Earlier this year, the United States expressed
concern about Spain's plans to sell $1.56 billion
in military ships and planes to Venezuela.
Chavez charges the United States with
orchestrating a 2002 coup that briefly toppled
his government and frequently accuses the United
States of planning to invade Venezuela.
"The invasion plan is prepared, we even have part
of this plan. They change it of course," Chavez
said, although he added he was working to avoid
such an attack.
Washington denies it plans to invade Venezuela
and says Chavez is destabilizing the region.
Russia is the world's No. 2 oil exporter.
Russia's Gazprom is exploring for natural gas in
Venezuela, and Russian oil major LUKOIL says it
wants to invest up to $1 billion in developing
Venezuelan deposits.
© Reuters 2006.
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