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[Judi Lynn]

Rumsfeld Meets With Paraguay President

Wednesday August 17, 2005 8:01 AM


By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press Writer

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld wants Western Hemisphere countries to cooperate with one another to stem ``anti-social, destabilizing behavior'' like corruption, gangs and drug trafficking.

``The kinds of problems that the hemisphere faces are problems that don't lend themselves to single-nation solutions,'' the Pentagon chief said while embarking on a three-day Latin American trip.
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``There are countries like Paraguay and others, their neighboring countries, they're all interested in being able to grow and function in a manner that's free of external influence and to do things in ways that fit their history and their circumstance,'' Rumsfeld said Tuesday.

A country considered friendly with the United States and wary of Castro and Chavez, Paraguay shares its northwestern border with Bolivia. That country has been headed by an interim president since the June ouster of President Carlos Mesa and his U.S.-backed government after just 19 months in power.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5215574,00.html