Venezuela threatens US over F-16s

Posted on: Nov. 2nd, 2005 || Source: news.bbc.co.uk | E-mail Article | Print Article

President Hugo Chavez has warned the US he could give some of his country's F-16 fighter jets to Cuba or China.

Mr Chavez accused the US of breaking a contract to supply spare parts for the jets it sold to Venezuela in the 1980s.

He suggested that Washington would be less than pleased if military rivals gained access to the advanced planes.

The F-16s were sold to previous governments that had better relations with the White House. The US sees Mr Chavez as an unfriendly head of state.

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