Posted February 8, 200520 yr Venezuela's oil revenues subsidize food prices for the poor, although a large bottle of cooking oil can cost just pennies. The money generated from the $50-per-barrel cost also is being used to buy weapons such as 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles and 30 attack helicopters from the Russians. There also have been discussions about a possible $4 billion purchase of advanced MiG fighter jets. One U.S. State Department official noted, "We shoot down MiGs." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,146472,00.html
February 8, 200520 yr Cuba is undoubtedly pulling the strings here... 679903[/snapback] Agreed, since they have the close ties to the Russians that Hugo Chavez doesn't have. Or at least, they used to.
February 8, 200520 yr I don't think Chavez will stay in power that much longer...but you never know. People said the same thing about Castro in the 1970's, and he's still in power, 35+ years later.
February 8, 200520 yr The way dictators stay in power is by repressing people. The minute they slack off a little bit and conditions improve is when things go bad for them. 680100[/snapback] I'm with you there. The leaders of Iran and China will learn their lesson the hard way within a few years.
February 8, 200520 yr Castro's days are numbered. That fall took a lot out of him. 680328[/snapback] Nah, his doctors told him he'd live to 135 or so.
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