Hugo Chavez welcomes Russian warships

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided over an official welcome to a Russian naval taskforce that arrived in the country this weekend.

The warships are the first of their kind to take part in military exercises in the Western Hemisphere since the end of the Cold War.

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