Laporan itu tersiar kurang dari sepekan setelah pemerintah Belarus mengumumkan akan memasok Caracas sejumlah besar alat pandang malam, yang menurut Presiden Hugo Chavez jumlahnya cukup untuk setiap senapan di angkatan darat Venezuela.
The report came less than a week after Belarus' government announced it would supply Caracas a substantial number of night vision devices, described by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in number as enough for every rifle in the Venezuelan army.