-->Spain defies US; seals arms deal with Venezuela
Tue Nov 29, 1:04 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2005112...ezuelaspainmilitary_051129060440
CARACAS (AFP) - Spain signed an arms deal with Venezuela
to supply military transport aircraft and patrol boats to Caracas,
as both governments dismissed objections by the United States.
Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono defended the two billion
dollar deal, which will deliver 12 transport aircraft and eight
military patrol boats to Venezuela, saying that no international
embargo prohibited the transaction.
In an allusion to US pressure, Bono said at a signing ceremony
that Spain was a “sovereign and autonomous country” that
abided by international law and that “there was no greater empire
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