Venezuela strengthens country's defenses
against possible USA attack

by
Ernesto Cienfuegos
La Voz de Aztlan

Los Angeles, Alta California - September 26, 2005 - (ACN) President Hugo Chavez Frias of Venezuela is strengthening his nation's defenses in order to be able to defeat any USA attempt to invade his country. President Chavez is convinced that the Bush Administration is planning to launch a military attack on Venezuela as it has done against Iraq. Earlier this month, Chavez stated that if the USA attacks his country that the price per barrel of oil will soar to $200.

Venezuela's military is making two major moves that will help the country stop a military attack by USA armed forces. Vice Admiral Jose Laguna, the Navy's commander-in-chief, will be discussing the purchase of Amur-class submarines during his upcoming visit to Russia. Vice Admiral Laguna intends to go to sea onboard an Amur-class diesel-electric submarine to inspect its tactical and technical characteristics.

Venezuela will be purchasing three new generation submarines. German Type 212/214 submarines and French-Spanish Scorpio submarines will also be reviewed.

Vice Admiral Laguna said the Venezuelan Navy would choose a submarine that has the best tactical and technical characteristics and is easy to train personnel. Amur-class submarines have the new Club-S antiship weapon system. This system enables the submarine to fire Club-S missiles, as well as torpedoes, from ten torpedo tubes in the bow.

In another defense move, Venezuela has deployed more troops along its border with Colombia. Venezuelan Army Commander Raul Baduel announced Friday that he will deploy more troops in the southwestern state of Apure bordering Colombia.

The Venezuelan daily El Nacional quoted Commander Raul Baduel as saying that the Colombian government is careless in guarding its border and preventing the movement of USA led subversive groups that may enter Venezuela. President Hugo Chavez' government will increase from 15,000-22,000 the number of troops stationed along the Colombian-Venezuelan border. General Melvin Lopez, Inspector General of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, stressed Colombia's lack of political will to clear up the situation along the common border as the major reason for the deployment of additional troops. Caracas has become extremely concerned about Washington's intervention in the affairs of the neighboring country.

Latin America, as Islam, is now an additional major worry for international money lenders like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The President of the World Bank and former USA Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Saturday that the ten upcoming elections in Latin America worry him. Wolfowitz, an International Zionist and major architect of the Iraq War, worries that new independent governments in Latin America may some day repudiate their extremely burdensome external debts owed to the Jewish bankers. Latin America is slowly freeing itself from the chains of economic slavery represented by usurious international bankers and their lackeys in Washington D.C.