Paraguay

[Erich]

nachdem sich mit Venezuela - Brasilien - Uruguay und Argentinien eine "linkspopulistische Achse" in Südamerika gebildet hat, die den USA zumindest verbal manchmal unfreundlich gegenüber steht, und in Bolivien, Peru und Ecuador die Regierungen ständig wieder unter Massenprotesten kippen versuchen die USA, mit den letzten Verbündeten den Fuß in die Tür zu stellen
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Wednesday, 05 October 2005

Fears mount as US opens new military installation in Paraguay

Controversy is raging in Paraguay, where the US military is conducting secretive operations. Five hundred US troops arrived in the country on Jul. 1, 2005 with planes, weapons and ammunition. Eyewitness reports prove that an airbase exists in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay, which is 200 kilometres from its border with Bolivia and may be utilized by the US military. Officials in Paraguay claim the military operations are routine humanitarian efforts and deny that any plans are underway for a US base. Yet human rights groups in the area are deeply worried. White House officials are using rhetoric about terrorist threats in the tri-border region (where Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina meet) in order to build their case for military operations, which are in many ways reminiscent of the build up to the invasion of Iraq. ....

Von Paraguay haben die USA schnellen Zugang zu den reichen Ostprovinzen Boliviens, in denen sich immer wieder Abspaltungsbewegungen vom armen Hochland äussern, aber auch nach Brasilien, Uruquay und Argentinien ....