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US troops on exercise next to Venezuela
Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers debate increased weapons spending as police investigate the bloc’s purchases of military equipment
US TROOPS are involved in regional exercises on Venezuela’s southern border this week.
Washington’s Voice of America (VoA) propaganda broadcaster reported on Wednesday that 50 US military personnel were taking part in the Amazon Log manoeuvres.
Almost 2,000 soldiers, including 1,550 Brazilians, 150 from Colombia and 120 from Peru, are conducting the exercises in Brazil’s vast northern Amazonas state, which borders the southern Venezuelan state of the same name.
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