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| Tango01 | 30 Jun 2015 11:39 a.m. PST |
…with Colombia. "During a moment of peak tensions between Colombia and Venezuela, Vladimir Putin told the late Hugo Chávez to count on his support if war broke out, according to a new biography of José Mujica, the popular ex-Uruguayan president who was close to his Venezuelan counterpart. Chávez told Mujica that the Russian president had offered to advise him in the conflict, providing information about Colombia's military arsenal and the types of Russian hardware he could send to counter it, the book claims. Since its publication in May, "Una Oveja Negra al Poder" (A Black Sheep in Power), has created a buzz in Latin America for its purported revelations about Mujica's relationships with Chávez, Brazilian ex-president Luis Ignácio "Lula" da Silva and Cuba's Raúl and Fidel Castro, among other Latin American leftist icons…"
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| imdone | 30 Jun 2015 3:18 p.m. PST |
Putin also offers to build military bases on the moon. offer doesn't always match ability (or reality) |
| Cyrus the Great | 30 Jun 2015 4:02 p.m. PST |
Putin…promises the world and delivers…nothing! |
| tuscaloosa | 30 Jun 2015 4:18 p.m. PST |
Putin's advice? "First thing you do, is discover an ethnic minority in Colombia that needs to be "protected". Next thing you do, is shoot down a civilian airliner to get public opinion on your side." |
 Legion 4  | 01 Jul 2015 7:37 a.m. PST |
Well … Putin and other politicians say a lot of things … |
| Tango01 | 01 Jul 2015 11:16 a.m. PST |
But… about the "what if"… Have Venezuela any chance against Colombia? Amicalement
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| cwlinsj | 01 Jul 2015 4:31 p.m. PST |
Venezuela has 1/4 the army Colombia has and only spends 1/2 their budget, it also is a larger % of their GDP. (bigger drain). I doubt it would be a very even match. |
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