Will Venezuela Get a Nuclear Weapon?

Those who do Threat Assessment modeling seem toChinese, and Iran? "What do they say; "You are Your
not be concerned about Venezuela getting a NuclearClosest, 5-Friends." Well, there are three big reasons;
Bomb. Still, the President, Hugo Chavez has alreadyfriends. Indeed, five reasons that I'd hold short of such
mentioned it, and is leaning towards acquisition to keepthreat assessment stating Venezuela will stay nuclear
the US at bay, as Columbia takes on more US Militaryweapon free. Besides Venezuelan President will take
presence. Not long, ago, I was having a conversationanything he can get his hands on whether he has to
with an individual who claimed to know about suchbeg, borrow, or steal it. And oil prices are rising, so now
things and he indicated that he was not alarmed orhe has the forth option of buying it.
worried about Venezuela, as the country hadHistory in Venezuela has entered a new era with
zero-history of nuclear ambitions.ALBA. The Chinese gave nuclear technology to North
Well, you could also say that about Algeria untilKorea, and Russia is a huge proliferator of
recently. And so, I had to ask; do you really believe thatbio-weapons, nuclear weapon tech, etc. Anyone who
"history" matters much in Venezuela's nucleardoubts Hugo Chavez's ambitions might want to
weapons ambitions? The nation fits the perfect Iranianre-consider and if President Obama's team blows this
profile. It funds terrorist groups, in this case it's notdiplomacy in Iran and does not back it up with force,
Hamas or Hezbollah, but rather, FARC, which callVenezuela is next, and that is my threat assessment.
Guerillas instead of terrorists, but they are proxySo, think on this and ditch the multi-decade history
terrorists nevertheless, already plotting thelessons when dealing with this South American
assassination of nearby heads of state etc.Nation-State.
Venezuela is already getting in bed with the Russians,