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Chavez military moves eyed

US, other critics fear Venezuelan leader's intent

By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
Globe Staff / July 17, 2005

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CARACAS -- President Hugo Chavez's weapons deals with Russia, his curbs on military cooperation with the United States, and his plans to train as many as 2 million Venezuelan civilians to repel a possible invasion by an ''imperialist" superpower have the United States and his domestic critics worried about what the leftist former military officer is up to. (Full article: 1331 words)

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