Bolivia Announces Weapon Buys
La Paz - The Bolivian government announced
that it would buy armament and aircrafts
from China, Russia or any other country, to
protect its borders and fight drug
trafficking.
This stance answers to the US veto to the
Bolivian intention of buying Czech aircrafts
and Bell-UH helicopters, Vice president
Alvaro Garcia confirmed.
According to the authority, they would use
State money for those buys, differently from
the situation decades ago, because it does
not need to beg on any condition to use
money for its expenses.
Interviewed by the press, Garcia asserted
that Washington finds unpleasant that the
Andean nation becomes stronger, with its own
resources, thus it vetoed that Bolivia
bought ALCA aircrafts and US Bell-UH
helicopters from the Czech Republic.
"If we do not get US military technology, we
will get it from Russia or China. I
guarantee that we will have modern aircrafts
to protect our borders and fight drug
trafficking," he remarked.
Garcia Linera said the fact that Barack
Obama's administration prevents Czech or US
companies from selling aircrafts to Bolivia
shows that as a matter of fact, it has no
intention to fight drug trafficking, because
the aircrafts would be used to intercept or
bring down planes carrying drugs.
"Those times of servility are over now," he
said, and stated that the current times are
for showing dignity.
He ratified that the Executive's willingness
is to renew the military equipment
moderately, and it would see which country,
among Russia, China, India or Germany, would
offer to sell it, because Bolivia has the
necessary funds to do it. |
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