El pasado 21 de junio, un Boeing 747-200F de carga, de la aerolínea iraní Fars Air Qeshm, controlada por Mahan Air, aterrizó en la base militar más grande de Venezuela, El Libertador (Bael), ubicada en Palo Negro-Maracay, procedente de Irán. SEMANA tiene en su poder informes secretos del régimen de Nicolás Maduro que revelan que en esa aeronave llegó un poderoso cargamento de armas. Las alarmas están encendidas en Estados Unidos, Colombia y toda la región. Texto completo-> Semana

Courtesy translation -> On June 21, a cargo Boeing 747-200F, from the Iranian airline Fars Air Qeshm, controlled by Mahan Air, landed at the largest military base in Venezuela, El Libertador (Bael), located in Palo Negro-Maracay, from Iran. SEMANA has in its possession secret reports from the Nicolás Maduro regime that reveal that a powerful shipment of weapons arrived in that aircraft. The alarms are on in the United States, Colombia and the entire region.

With Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro acquiring the cutting edge Saab’s Gripen E fighter jets from Sweden, his neighbors to the north, Venezuela are pondering on how to counter the 4+ generation jets. The Bolivarian Military Aviation, which is the professional armed body designed to defend Venezuela’s sovereignty and airspace currently has the Russian Su-30MK2 heavyweight fighters along with just a single squadron of F-16A Fighting Falcons. By Mansij Asthana. Full Text -> The EuroAsianTimes

Maduro stressed that the country is ready to arm itself, despite the sanctions, and it needs its own national military industry. “Now I insist… that the armed forces have their own national industry, the most technologically advanced in the world. Therefore, I am ordering the immediate establishment of… military science and technology councils to ensure military independence, independence in weapons systems, to make their own weapons systems.” By Christina Kitova. Full Text-> CommunalNews

Can they ever pay it off? By Sebastien Roblin. Full text-> The National Interest