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MOSCOW — Russia said Monday that it will send a naval squadron and long-range patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean. The move follows the U.S. deployment of warships to deliver aid to the former Soviet nation of Georgia.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was blunt Sunday night about the possibility the U.S. might be concerned about the exercises.
“Go ahead and squeal, Yankees,” Chavez said in a broadcast in which he announced the exercises.
