The headline reads, Venezuela Says Its Jets Intercepted U.S. Plane, but the real story is this:
Separately, Mr. Chávez announced a currency devaluation for the first time since 2005. The president said Venezuela’s currency, the bolivar, will now have two government-set rates depending on the use, either 2.60 to the dollar for transactions deemed priorities by the government or 4.30 to the dollar for other transactions. The currency’s official exchange rate has been held by the government at 2.15 bolivars to the dollar.
This is bad news for Venezuela. Noticias 24 refers to the devaluation as “Hugo Chávez’s Black Friday.”
Therefore, is anyone surprised that Chavez is making up stories about Venezuela’s air force capabilities?
Please take a look at http://www.doctorpolitico.com on this issue. It has a post on it today. It is in spanish but extremely informative.
best,
Greetings:
A while back, there was an anecdote on the web about a Marine pilot in Iraq who was challenged by Iranian air traffic controllers for being in their airspace. When the American pilot ignored the Iranian’s initial challenges, the Iranian made the mistake of telling the pilot that Iranian planes would be dispatched. To which, the Marine pilot replied, “Send them up, I’ll wait.”
Be careful what you ask for. Very careful.
Hi Fausta,
On a related topic: I have no doubt that al Qaeda and the FARC would have no qualms working with each other, but I fail to see any hard evidence of actual cooperation yet. What’s your take? Are we at the stage of being able to say that there *is* cooperation, or only that there could possibly be? Both are worrying, but it’s worth being sure about which one is the case right now.
Cheers!
Will