Venezuelan Troops Assert Claim in Dispute

AVES ISLAND - Caribbean islands have long been a destination for newlyweds, but this remote, treeless speck of land isn't on any travel agent's list.

Seventeen Venezuelan sailors now live at a newly established base here, and on Saturday two couples were married — apparently the first such ceremonies to be held on the island.

Venezuela's mainland is 380 miles away, but it's asserting a claim of ownership despite the fact Isla de Aves — Bird Island — is much closer to Dominica, Antigua and Puerto Rico.

"Aves Island belongs to Venezuela. Several nations in the Eastern Caribbean dispute that claim, but we are reaffirming our sovereignty here," Cmdr. Guillermo Isturiz said before anchoring near the three-story concrete outpost.

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a Grenada-type invasion excuse to me.

Himself to Liberate it, and bring "Freedom" to Treeless Peoples everywhere.

Now, where did he put his codpiece?

maybe a communications outpost, put a sat dish out there... hurricane radar? Who knows, but if it's with Chavez' approval, i trust that it will work out... maybe it's to somehow stop the covert ops from the US...