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Iran Increases Military Presence In Venezuela With Drone Factory As Maduro Claims New Term In Office Despite Condemnation
Latin Times ^ | 10 Jan 2025 | Maria Villarroel

Posted on 01/10/2025 9:43:12 PM PST by blueplum

Iran is increasing its military presence in Venezuela, with officials and personnel, with some members of the country's elite acquiring properties in the Latin American country and being offered political asylum ...

The relationship between the two countries has grown over the years, Infobae has detailed, with Iran having established a drone development base at the El Libertador air base in Venezuela, where training for Venezuelan military personnel is also carried out. That project includes the production and training in the use of a wide range of unnamed aerial vehicles (UAV) Among them are the ZAMORA V-1 (Shahed-131), used for one-way attack missions.

But drone development is not the only involvement from Iran in the region, as the country is also looking to sell them to other countries in the region, a practice that could destabilize the geopolitical landscape in Latin America, the Argentinian news outlet reports....

Among the joint economic activities, the use of Mahan Air for direct flights between Caracas and Tehran stands out. These flights have reportedly been used to transfer Venezuelan gold in exchange for Iranian oil, in a scheme that violates international sanctions imposed on both countries...

(Excerpt) Read more at latintimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Gaza; Government; Hamas; Hezbollah; Iran; Lebanon; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Yemen
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if you don't want to click on Latin Times, here's the article on a msn link
1 posted on 01/10/2025 9:43:12 PM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

I’m trying to decide if it’s propaganda to try to either get the US there or make the US think twice about coming.


2 posted on 01/11/2025 12:11:49 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimati. )
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To: rottweiller_inc

If true... do we recall the Monroe Doctrine?


3 posted on 01/11/2025 4:36:50 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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Well Monroe isn’t here to enforce his doctrine. Honestly if it was that important it should have been enshrined in the Constitution. That said, I’m leaning towards fake news on this one. If they really did set up a drone factory there you would never hear about it. That’s what makes me think it’s fake.


4 posted on 01/11/2025 5:07:45 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimati. )
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To: blueplum

Venezuelans and Venezuela are not our friends. And they are invading America thanks to Pedo Joe.


5 posted on 01/11/2025 5:08:33 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Deport that piggie, Marchan!!! NOW!!! Send his butt back to Colombia! He's milked America enough.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yeah They really do make some doozy gangs in Venezuela.


6 posted on 01/11/2025 5:10:08 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimati. )
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To: rottweiller_inc

Didn’t JFK invoke the Monroe Doctrine for the ‘Bay of Pigs’ fiasco?


7 posted on 01/11/2025 5:13:42 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: blueplum

It has always been a concern for me personally why the US and Israel allow the evil Iranian ayatollahs to rule Iran. I guess it benefits the MIC is one conclusion.


8 posted on 01/11/2025 6:54:09 AM PST by Racketeer
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To: blueplum

“unnamed aerial vehicles (UAV)”???

How do those work? You can call them, but they don’t answer?


9 posted on 01/11/2025 7:15:05 AM PST by nagant (PHENOMENON)
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What has been happening in Venezuela is a disgrace, and it shows that an semblence of a democractic government has long since disappeared. Maduro lost his election, yet he won’t relinquish his office to the winner.


10 posted on 01/11/2025 7:22:35 AM PST by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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To: SMARTY

Is that where it says that Marylin Monroe was one hot babe?


11 posted on 01/11/2025 3:21:03 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need ofand there we a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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