Venezuela expects first Chinese planes in 2009-Chavez / Venezuela negocia compra de aviones de entrenamiento chinos

Venezuela expects a first shipment of Chinese military training planes to arrive next year, but the purchase is only a tiny part of a relationship based on finance and energy, President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday. The staunch leftist said he was pushed into the deal for 24 K-8 craft because Venezuela's ideological foe, the United States, had refused to sell him spare parts for old American planes and so pilots risked their lives when training ( full information)/ El presidente, Hugo Chávez, afirmó hoy en Pekín que está negociando con China la compra de aviones de entrenamiento chinos para la Fuerza Aérea venezolana. "Estamos negociando aquí y acordando una compra de unos aviones que son de entrenamiento y de reconocimiento", afirmó Chávez. ( información completa)