Chavez brushes aside US ban on arms sales

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday brushed aside America's suspension of arms sales to his country, saying "this doesn't matter to us at all".

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday brushed aside America's suspension of arms sales to his country, saying "this doesn't matter to us at all".

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"It's the empire and it has a great capacity to do harm to the countries of the world," he said, referring to the US as "an irrational empire." The Venezeulan leader, on a visit to London, also said his government would not respond with punitive measures such as travel restrictions.