Venezuelan Armed Forces More Sovereign Than Ever http://insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/february/28/latinamerica11022801.htm

The triumph of the Bolivarian Revolution brought sovereign and unity with the people to the Venezuelan Armed Forces, breaking the US military unit, said on Friday the president of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense Rafael Gil. Today, we are more sovereign than ever, because we wiped out the interference of an empire determined to control the country's natural resources, especially its oil, said in statements to Prensa Latina.