What is the U.S. doing in Paraguay?

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The U.S. has taken a huge interest in Paraguay including diplomatic meetings and military presence. They claim it is because of a large Moslem population in one corner of the country and they want to help the poor. Read on.

Rev Moon has bought up thousands to millions of acres of land.

An earth resource that is rarely talked about is water. PNAC has an oil AND water agenda. Paraguay has the world's largest aqua fir.

There are many articles of news and commentary about this available out there - the following is from CommonDreams -

(MODS - I have four snippets from a CommonDreams article - most paragraphs are only one sentence so I have taken the liberty of grouping related sentences as one paragraph.)

"In May, Congress granted immunity from prosecution to the U.S. soldiers participating in the 13 operations approved so far, two of which are already underway.

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Rivarola said that the United States is keeping a particularly close eye on the tri-border area where Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil meet. The region is home to a large Arab community, which various intelligence services have identified as a source of financing and shelter for Islamic fundamentalist groups.

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Castiglioni officially announced this week that in late 2006, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will open an office in the U.S. Embassy in Asunción.

This was agreed in early July when Castiglioni visited the United States, where he was received by Vice President Dick Cheney and Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega.

”That's a big fuss to make over a vice president of Paraguay,” said Boccia Paz, referring to the high-level delegation that met with Castiglioni, treatment that is not frequently seen in Washington towards small Latin American countries.

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The national government has not reached any agreement with the United States for the establishment of a U.S. military base” in Paraguay, says a communiqué signed by Foreign Minister Leila Rachid.

The statement issued by the U.S. Embassy said the same thing, and added that the U.S. government had ”no intentions” of posting soldiers for long periods of time in Paraguay.

The first joint military exercises include plans for humanitarian medical assistance for ”hundreds or thousands” of peasant farmers and other people in need in the central and northern departments (provinces) of Canindeyú, Caazapá and Ñeembucú, stated the U.S. communiqué.

The statement also denied that the United States had any interest in the Guaraní aquifer except that this resource may serve to increase the prosperity and well-being of people in this region.

The Guaraní aquifer is one of the world's largest reserves of fresh water, covering an area of 1.2 million square kilometres in South America. An estimated 70 percent of it is located in Brazil, 19 percent in Argentina, six percent in Paraguay and five percent in Uruguay.

The aquifer has attracted the interest of several international organisations, and according to civil society groups it holds a special interest for the United States, as a source of what will soon be a scarce resource."

Unquote - The U.S. says that they are watching the Moslem population in Paraguay - this is in the same corner of the country as the aqua fir.


Edit to add link:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0804-08.htm

[montanacowboy]

1. The Water Wars to come

after oil, comes water

[htuttle]

2. What is it doing? Robbing, killing, raping...

Same old, same old.

It's what we've always been good at.