Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez on Tuesday said that Venezuela's "nuclear development" poses a serious threat to the region's security, reports W Radio. Speaking after receiving an award from Spain's International Observatory of Victims of Terrorism, Uribe said that Venezuela's "arms race" is very dangerous both for the security of its own citizens and Venezuela's neighbors. Uribe added that the Venezuelan government has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that he will soon provide 35 tanks to Venezuela, after his meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, to whom he vowed to sell other weapons. "Russia fully complies with the bilateral agreements in the field of military-technical cooperation. Shortly, Russia plans to provide a new batch of weapons. They are 35 tanks," said Putin at a joint press conference with Chávez at his residence Novo-Ogoriovo, outside...

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told a regional summit on Friday that there would be no Russian military bases on his country's territory. The 12 leaders of countries that make up the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) convened for an emergency summit in the Argentine resort city of Bariloche to discuss the scheduled deployment of U.S. troops at seven military bases in Colombia. "The U.S. blocks our imports of spare parts for military equipment. That's why we have asked Moscow...

In South America there is no arms race, "but it is unexplainable that Venezuela has engaged in an accelerated process of arms purchase," said Frank O. Mora, US Under Secretary of Defense, after visiting Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo. Mora paid an official visit to Paraguay and on Wednesday night, he met with Lugo, AP reported. "In the region, we think that there is no arms race," he said. He added, however, that "it is unexplainable that Venezuela has...

Incoming US Ambassador to Venezuela Larry Palmer reported the US Senate on presumed low morale in the Venezuelan armed forces and Cuba's meddling, according to a questionnaire released on Wednesday. The questions, as reported by Efe news agency, were forwarded by Republic Senator Richar Lugar, as part of an assessment made by the US Congress to confirm or not Palmer's nomination to the US Embassy in Caracas. Based on the report, morale in Venezuelan armed forces "is considerably...

Six Fighters Dassault Mirage 50EV/DV ex-Venenzue in transferred to Ecuador in 2009 equipped with radar Cyrano IVM3 and valued at some $ 3 million, are grounded for maintenance difficulties. Although to certify its use must be authorized by France, which had sold the lot to Venezuela as the last user, according to some sources, it appears that the aircraft are in a period of unemployment logistical motivated by the fact that different hydraulic components are in very poor condition....

According to Mexican newspaper reports confirmed by SEDENA (Mexico’s National Defense Ministry) and the U.S. military, the U.S. Northern Command is training the Mexican military in counterinsurgency tactics used by the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq. The U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, is the military command responsible for homeland defense efforts. NORTHCOM has an area of responsibility that includes the continental...

Venezuela will spend $82 million on a second batch of Chinese K-8 military training aircraft, President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday. Chavez's socialist government has ordered 18 of the light attack and training planes from China, and the Latin American country received the first six jets in March. "We have approved $82 million for the second batch of Chinese-made K-8 jets. The aircraft are for the security and defense of the country," the Venezuelan president said during his regular...

Caracas.- Jaime Bermúdez, Colombia's Foreign Affairs Minister, said on Tuesday that the goal of his official visit to Russia has nothing to do with the purchase of weapons in order to have a military capability similar to that of Venezuela, which plans to buy new Russian weapons worth over USD 5 billion.‎ "Colombia will never buy military equipment that could be considered an offensive weapon against third countries. Our purpose is to destroy drug trafficking and...