Undernews Extract: Bush Purchases 99,000 Acres In Paraguay?
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BUSH REPORTED TO HAVE PURCHASED 99,000 ACRES IN PARAGUAY
Why might the president and his family need a 98,840-acre ranch in Paraguay protected by a semi-secret U.S. military
base manned by American troops who have been exempted from war-crimes prosecution by the Paraguayan government? -
Wonkette
PRENSA LATINA - The land grab project of US President George W. Bush in Chaco, Paraguay, has generated considerable
discomfort both politically and environmentally. The news circulating the continent about plans to buy 98,840 acres of
land in Chaco, Paraguay, near the Triple Frontier (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay) is the talk of the town in these
countries.
Although official sources have not confirmed the information that is already public, the land is reportedly located in
Paso de Patria, near Bolivian gas reserves and the Guarani indigenous water region, within the Triple Border. . .
Concern increased last week with the arrival of Bush" daughter, Jenna, and a source from the Physical Planning
Department saying that most of the Chaco region belongs to private companies.
Luis D'Elia, Argentina´s undersecretary for Land for Social Habitat, says the matter raises regional concern because it
threatens local natural resources.
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STEVE O - It has been reported that George W. Bush has recently purchased a 98,842 acre farm in Northern Paraguay. What
on earth does the President of the United States need a 98,000+ acre farm in Northern Paraguay for?
On the surface it looks all very innocent, but let's add the very quiet trip that Jenna Bush made to the country earlier
this month in which she met Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte and his family at their official residence. She also met
with U.S. Ambassador James Cason. Could it be that our little drunken Jenna is all grown up and playing diplomacy?
This all still seems very innocent on the surface, but now let's add the five hundred U.S. troops that arrived in
Paraguay with planes, weapons and ammunition in July 2005, shortly after the Paraguayan Senate granted U.S. troops
immunity from national and International Criminal Court jurisdiction. Neighboring countries and human rights
organizations are concerned the massive air base at Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay is potential real estate for the
U.S. military.
Does Bush plan on being charged with something in the future? Does Bush foresee a collapse of the United States and
feels a strong need to have a place to cut and run to, or does Bush just need a nice secret little place other than
Gitmo where he can send people he doesn't like?
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BRING IT ON - Jenna Bush paid a secret diplomatic visit to Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte and U.S. Ambassador James
Cason. There were no press conferences, no public sightings and no official confirmation of her 10-day trip which
apparently ended this week. . .
And Jenna's down there having secret meetings with the president and America's ambassador to Paraguay, James Cason. Bush
posted Cason in Havana in 2002, but last year moved him to Paraguay. Cason apparently gets around. A former "political
adviser" to the U.S. Atlantic Command and ATO's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, Cason has been stationed in El
Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama … basically everywhere the U.S. has run secret and not-so-secret wars over the
past 30 years.
Here's a fun question for Tony Snow: Why might the president and his family need a 98,840-acre ranch in Paraguay
protected by a semi-secret U.S. military base manned by American troops who have been exempted from war-crimes
prosecution by the Paraguayan government?
WONKETTE - Here's a little background on the base itself, which Rumsfeld secretly visited in late 2005: U.S. Special
Forces began arriving this past summer at Paraguay's Mariscal Estigarribia air base, a sprawling complex built in 1982
during the reign of dictator Alfredo Stroessner.
Argentinean journalists who got a peek at the place say the airfield can handle B-52 bombers and Galaxy C-5 cargo
planes. It also has a huge radar system, vast hangers, and can house up to 16,000 troops. The air base is larger than
the international airport at the capital city, Asuncion.
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