The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chavez still goes his own way!
With oil and natural gas in his hands, Chavez is full of confidence!

Venezuela's oil reserves now reach 2970 billion barrels, natural gas reserves are 3.6 trillion cubic meters, coal reserves exceed 90 billion tons, and iron ore resources exceed 20 billion tons.

With huge income from oil and natural gas exports, Chavez can better transform Venezuela.

When talking about Chavez’s political ideas, we have to talk about the history of Venezuela.

Venezuela is a country located in the northern part of South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea to the north, Colombia to the west, Brazil to the south, and Guyana to the east. It is known as the 'Land of Waterfalls'.

Originally, the indigenous inhabitants of this land were Indians. Then Columbus discovered this place when he sailed to America in 1498. The Spaniards established the first colony in 1523, and it completely became a Spanish colony in 1567.

The Venezuelan people continued to struggle against colonial rule until June 1821, when they were completely free from Spanish colonial rule.

And here we have to talk about the American "Monroe Doctrine"!

Therefore, Venezuela has always been a pro-American regime.

Chavez admired the South American independence leader Bolivar very much when he was very young. He fantasized about crossing the Andes Mountains and liberating the oppressed continent. Chavez later joined the army. It was also in the army that Chavez witnessed the corruption and bribery among senior officers, the huge gap between the rich and the poor in the country, and the poverty of ordinary people. So Chavez united a group of like-minded soldiers and secretly established an organization called the "Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement."

At his highest point, Chavez served as the commander of an airborne battalion.

However, the coup launched by Chavez failed, and he was even imprisoned for two years. However, this did not defeat Chavez, but instead further stimulated his fighting spirit.

After winning the general election, Chavez began to realize his political ambitions.

Chavez's choice was to nationalize oil and natural gas, because the economic lifeline of Venezuela is oil and natural gas. As long as oil and natural gas are nationalized, it is equivalent to holding the economic lifeline of Venezuela.

Sure enough, after the nationalization of oil and natural gas, revenue increased significantly, which also allowed Chavez to have more funds for domestic reforms.

Especially after 2001, with the sharp rise in international oil and natural gas prices, Venezuela's income increased significantly, giving Chavez sufficient funds to implement a series of reforms.

The US government has claimed more than once that Chavez poses a threat to the process of democratization in Latin America.

It even tried to cut off Venezuela's oil revenue by not importing Venezuelan oil.

However, with the rapid economic development in the East, the demand for oil is increasing day by day. It has even surpassed the United States to become the world's largest oil importer. Oil itself has become a seller's market.

As long as there is oil and natural gas, there will be no problem selling them.

Eastern oil tankers and LNG ships are not affected by the United States.

Chavez is seen as an anti-American fighter, but that doesn't mean he is a fool. He is also strengthening the military so that the United States dare not use force easily.

Thanks to Chavez's efforts, Venezuela's military strength has increased significantly.

Venezuela's military currently has 32 active troops, including 16 militiamen and 4 national guards.

Among them, there are 12 regular troops, including 8 in the army, 2 in the navy, and 2 in the air force.

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海军2万人，有93艘舰艇、36架飞机。2艘039型常规潜艇，6艘054型护卫舰，3艘从华夏定制的轻型护卫舰，4艘巡逻舰，6艘坦克登陆舰。

The Air Force has 2 personnel and 282 aircraft of various types, divided into 5 combat zones and 14 squadrons. It has 23 J-11 fighters, 12 J-10 fighters, 24 K8 primary trainers, 12 J-7 advanced trainers, 12 J-7A advanced trainers, 24 Eagle advanced trainers, 80 J-7 modified, 80 J-8 modified, 15 J-7, 47 Y-8 transport aircraft, 6 electronic warfare aircraft, 16 helicopters, and several other aircraft.

The navy, army and air force are all equipped with Chinese-made equipment. Learning from the lessons of wars in other countries, Chavez attaches great importance to the construction of air defense forces for the sake of security.

The Aegis-1 air defense missile systems for these two battalions were specially ordered by him in order to strengthen the air defense force.

And this is just the first batch, there are three more batches to come!

Chavez really liked doing business with Zhou Zhenguo. There were no messy conditions, just pure trade. After everyone reached an agreement, they would execute it according to the signed contract.

As Argentina wanted to take back the Falklands by force and Britain made a tough statement that it was willing to fight another Falklands War, Chavez smelled the scent of war.

Chavez is well aware that the biggest challenge facing Venezuela is the hegemony of the United States.

If Venezuela wants to truly achieve independence and take control of its own destiny, it must make the United States afraid to start a war against Venezuela.

Therefore, in order to deal with the US Air Force, Chavez strengthened the construction of air defense forces. In order to deal with the powerful US Navy, Chavez continued to introduce "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles.

These weapons were fully demonstrated in the Libya War, the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, and the Iraq War.

"Zhou, we want to send another group of officers to study abroad in your place, and we need your help with this," Chavez said.

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Zhou Zhenguo smiled and said, "No problem, Chavez!"

Since Chavez came to power, he has sent a group of students to study in China every year, including a group of students who went to study in Chinese military academies.

Zhou Zhenguo knew the policy and naturally had no problem with this.

Three batches of students sent by Chavez have graduated and are now middle-level officers in Venezuela.

China is too far away from Venezuela. There are no conflicts between the two sides, only interests.

In this case, both parties can achieve win-win cooperation.

There are many areas where China can cooperate, covering politics, economy, culture, military and many other fields.

It would be best if South America could develop, and it would be even better if more countries wanted to become stronger.

Because the first to be affected is the United States. Would the United States be willing to see South America develop?

How can it be!

Because any country that develops will not want to be manipulated and will want to be the master of its own house.

This is a pair of contradictions, and it is also an open conspiracy.

Therefore, in recent years, Panshan Group has invested in and built many factories in South America, and many Chinese companies have also invested in and built factories in South America. Both parties are completely based on win-win cooperation.

As South America develops and its market grows, it will only benefit and not harm trade between the two sides.

As South American countries develop, in order to strengthen their military capabilities, they must purchase weapons and equipment, intensify military training, and improve military command capabilities. These are all markets.

Similarly, the expansion of the civilian market will obviously boost bilateral trade. (End of this chapter)