AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE,
Spain signed an arms deal Nov. 28 with Venezuela to supply military transport aircraft and patrol boats to Caracas, as both governments dismissed objections by the United States.
Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono defended the two billion dollar deal, which will deliver 12 transport aircraft and eight military patrol boats to Venezuela, saying that no international embargo prohibited the transaction.
In an allusion to U.S. pressure, Bono said at a signing ceremony that Spain was a
