Paraguayan
President-Elect To
Investigate Alleged U.S.
Base
Paraguayan
president-elect Fernando
Lugo said Sunday that he
would investigate in the
existence of a U.S.
military base in
northwest Paraguay
alleged by international
observers, according to
information reaching
here.
"After taking office on
Aug. 15, we will open
our country to any
investigation in order
to clarify the myth that
there are U.S. military
bases in Marsical
Estigarribia," Lugo said
Sunday in Bolivian
capital la Paz after
meeting with Bolivian
President Evo Morales.
Lugo said that there are
some U.S. army in
Paraguayan territory for
humanitarian actions,
but no U.S. military
base which can operate
and take action in
neighboring countries.
Previously an
International
Observation Mission to
Paraguay said that
Paraguay is becoming a
large U.S. base with
strategic aims to
dominate the region of
the Southern Cone,
including Argentina,
Chile and southern part
of Brazil.
Carlos Rolon and Gustavo
Blanco, members of the
mission said Paraguay's
water, gas, oil reserves
and its continental
location are of special
interest to Washington.
They criticized that the
U.S. army of the South
Commander and the aid
programs of U.S. Agency
for International
Development are part of
a social miniaturization
process in Paraguayan
land.
Lugo said "We, at least
as Paraguayan, deny it
and we want to open all
our border to those who
wish to go to Marsical
Estibarribia."
"It has been heard a
lot, but I have never
seen a foreign military
base in Paraguay." he
added.
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