"...Chavez, who plans to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, has bought more than $4.4 billion worth of Russian arms since 2003. He says the hardware, including jets and submarines, is needed to counter a military threat from the U.S. and its main regional ally, Colombia."

Honestly...his people don't have enought to eat and he's spending billions on jet fighter aircraft and submarines. Why bother? Does he really think that would protect him from a U.S. invasion? If we want him out of the way...we'll spend .50 cents on a single bullet from an assassin's rifle.