U.S. Official Concerned About Venezuela Arms Plans
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OTTAWA  - A senior U.S. official on Tuesday took adim view of the possibility that Venezuela would buy RussianMiG-29 fighter jets to replace its U.S.-made F-16 jets.
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President HugoChavez criticized the United States on Sunday for backingColombia in a dispute over the abduction of a top Colombianrebel and said Washington was trying to divide Latin America.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 11 -- The Venezuelan government on Friday dismissed U.S. criticism of its plans to buy Russian rifles and helicopters, suggesting that the Bush administration was angry because the country was not buying U.S. weapons.
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The top U.S. military officer said on Thursday he was concerned by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's purchases of military equipment, saying they could harm efforts to build greater stability in Latin America.
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Venezuela is studying buying Russian submarines that would transform the South American country into the top naval force in the region, a military adviser to President Hugo Chavez said Thursday.
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The U.S. government is spending millions of dollars in the name of democracy in Venezuela &#151; bankrolling human rights seminars, training emerging leaders, advising political parties and giving to charities. But the money is raising deep suspicions among supporters of President Hugo Chavez, in part because the U.S. has refused to name many of the groups it's supporting.
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The United States is urging its citizens to think twice about traveling to Venezuela, citing protests and political tensions over the closure of an opposition broadcaster in Caracas.
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PANAMA CITY, June 4 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Venezuela's foreign minister on Monday fired verbal broadsides at each other here over the closure of a television station in Venezuela that has been critical of the government.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela on Tuesday reacted  warmly to a U.S. overture seeking better relations, but urged  Washington to recognize that left-wing President Hugo Chavez's  government was democratic, stable and independent.
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The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee wants to know what contingency plans the United States has in place to counter a disruption in crude oil and petroleum product imports from Venezuela.
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Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said Sunday he has received warnings from within the White House that the Bush administration is plotting to assassinate him or topple his left-leaning government.
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Venezuela calls back its ambassador to Colombia as a row over the capture of a Colombian rebel grows.
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An American scholar said Friday that an official at the U.S. Embassy asked him to keep tabs on Venezuelan and Cuban workers in Bolivia. Washington said that any such request would be an error and against U.S. policy.
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Nikolas Kozloff apparently believes that Americans have much to fear from Venezuela.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro warned the  United States Saturday against plotting to kill his most  important ally, Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez.
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Venezuela's defense minister said Monday his country's military buildup isn't a threat to the region as he joined Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and counterparts from across the Americas in discussing possible joint humanitarian missions.
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The U.S. government ordered Venezuela to close its military purchasing office in Miami after suspending arms sales to the South American country, American officials said Thursday.