Search This Blog

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Paraguay revokes invitation to US troops

President Fernando Lugo on Thursday said he has decided to cancel plans for US troops to come to Paraguay next year for joint military exercises and development projects.

Lugo told reporters that he was no longer in favor of hosting visiting troops participating in the Pentagon's "New Horizons" program.

"Therse would be about 500 US military and other personnel in the country and that wouldn't go unnoticed," said Lugo, Paraguay's first leftist president after 61 years of conservative rule.

Read more

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.