Venezuela stages mock foreign invasion
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has for years predicted that a foreign army would attack the South American nation to snatch its vast oil reserves. A simulation conducted this week showed how it might happen. A naval landing craft made landfall on the shores of Western Falcon state carrying troops and over a dozen camouflaged tanks. The “invading” army then took over the massive Paraguana Refining Complex, a key asset of the world’s No. 5 crude exporter. Full Story