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FOL-base is a thorn in the eye of Chávez |
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Written by amigoe.com
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Monday, 14 December 2009 05:13 |
www.sxmislandtime.com
WILLEMSTAD — The American FOL-base at airport Hato cannot escape local and international discussion.
This is currently fostered by particularly the Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, who had recently expressed himself negatively again on the activities of the American air force so close to Venezuela.
The American base had stationed F-16 fighter planes here in the past. Nowadays, it mainly regards aircrafts, which are specialized in gathering information.
With that, it officially regards the combating of drug trade from Columbia. Venezuela openly doubts this and considers the Americans here as a threat.
In the picture, a Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft -in the foreground- and seen at Hato regularly.
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