In April 2005, Venezuela ordered two CN-235 maritime surveillance aircraft plus 10 transport planes but the operation was halted because the United States government refused to allow the transfer of what they deemed to be US technology in the avionics.
En abril de 2005 Venezuela ordenou dous CN-235 de vixilancia marítima e 10 de transporte, pero a operación suspendeuse porque o goberno dos Estados Unidos negouse a permitir a transferencia do que eles consideraban tecnoloxía estadounidense na aviónica.