Battle for the Andes

... surprising, seeing as though the two countries have been working together in this sphere since the early 1990s, when Bolivia purchases anti-aircraft guns, howitzers, MANPADS and AT assault weapons [ 1 ]. Given the current state of the local economies, the Latin American region cannot replace the traditional arms markets of Russia and China. Cooperation between the two countries has stepped up over the past five years. Bolivia makes extensive use of Chinese aviation equipment. The Bolivian Air Force has six Hongdu K-8 jet trainer aircraft, which were delivered by the Chinese side to Evo Morales’ government in 2011. That same year, the countries signed a major ...