Russian leader visits Venezuela in show of defiance

[Judi Lynn]

Russian leader visits Venezuela in show of defiance
by Nick Coleman Nick Coleman – 26 mins ago

CARACAS (AFP) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday arrived here for talks with Venezuela's anti-US leader Hugo Chavez, on a visit that brings Moscow's military muscle-flexing close to US shores.

The Russian leader was to hold talks with the Venezuelan president before visiting Russian battleships that are in Venezuela for exercises in the Caribbean Sea.

Medvedev's visit is part of a Latin American tour aimed at revitalizing Cold War-era ties with left-leaning countries of the region and is seen as a bid to rebuff US moves in former Soviet lands.

Chavez was also hosting the presidents of Bolivia, Dominica, Ecuador, Honduras and Nicaragua, for a meeting of an economic group designed to counter US influence.

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How's the ((((((( spin ))))))) in this headline? A "show of defiance" must look something like this:

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