What About Paraguay?

Posted by Reber Boult - July 27, 2005 at 3:10 pm
Various reports, entirely nonexistent in the U.S. mainstream press according to Google News, tell of the U.S. constructing (or maybe reopening) a military base, with airfield, in Paraguay near the Bolivian border.  It's being staffed with Marines, a few hundred so far, assertedly there for humanitarian work.
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Submitted on July 28th, 2005 by Al Giordano
...is here (scroll toward the end of the text about Bolivia, which explained the situation visavis the U.S. in Paraguay). It says:

In late May, in the nearby country of Paraguay, that nation’s Congress was convened in secret, after midnight, according to a May 31 report by the Argentine correspondent for the Mexican daily La Jornada. The reason: to rush through a law “that will permit United States troops to enter this South American country for 18 months, with immunity for all personnel that participate in activities of training and advising, including civilian personnel.”

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