US Southern Command Presence in Chile Protested
The Chilean Communist Party (PC) protested Saturday the presence in the country of General Ben Craddock, chief of the US Army Southern Command, and demanded information about his visit from the government.

The PC questions in a letter to Defense Minister Jaime Ravinet, participation of the US military officer in what they call First Southern-Cone Defense Conference, which regional top military officers attended.

The letter signed by Jorge Insunza, in charge of International Relations in that group, highlighted that judging from “the little information about the meeting,” its agenda must have had the increase of coordination work by the military commands as the main issue.

According to Insunza, the Chilean people have the right receive information from the authorities about the aspects discussed in that meeting and the purpose for the top military officer´s presence in the country.