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Meddling of US Amb Slammed in Paraguay:; Cason's Last Post was in Cuba
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
[James Cason is the theatrical "diplomat" whose previous assignment was
at the US Interests Section in Havana, where he engaged in widely
re****ted, and well-do***ented, destabilization attempts. Several amusing
articles follow the first, one noting that Paraguay was a country of
refuge for many Nazi war criminals, and the other on the 2006
purchase of 9,000 acres in Paraguay. Given the upcoming election in
Paraguay, however, (ex-priest and anti-oligarch Lugo is leading in the
polls) that might have been yet another Bush miscalculation. -NY Transfer]
Granma Daily - Dec 14, 2007
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art28.html
Meddling of US Ambassador Criticized in Paraguay
ASUNCION, December 13." An influential senator of the governing
Colorado Party of Paraguay called the US ambassador in Asuncion a
second rate official and demanded he apologize for comments made that
constitute meddling in the countrys affairs.
Senator Juan Carlos Galaverna reacted to Ambassador James Casons
statement that Paraguayan politicians should explain their government
programs instead of trying to avert attention by criticizing the press.
Galavernas remark comes during the campaign for internal elections in
the governing party to take place on Sunday. The senator is a close
collaborator of President Nicanor Duarte Frutos.
"Paraguay is a sovereign country, which [ambassador James Cason] wants
to counsel, as if he were a presidential advisor," said Galaverna, a
three-term senator.
The Colorado Party will elect its presidential candidate on Sunday for
the general elections to be held in April 2008. The candidates are
former Education Minister Blanca Ovelar and former Vice President Luis
Castiglioni.
According to Reuters, Galaverna said that Cason "has no right to
intervene" and demanded "he apologize for his audacity." "They send us
a second rate ambassador that wants to tell our president what to do.
He should shut up," he said.
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Prensa Latina (Havana) and others compiled by Scoop News - Oct 20, 2006
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00308.htm
BUSH RE****TED 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 re****tedly 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 re****ted 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?
Source:
http://www.teambio.org/2006/10/bush-family-98842-acres-and-a-mule/
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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 air****t at the capital city,
Asuncion.
Source:
http://www.wonkette.com/politics/george-w.-bush/we-hate-to-bring-up-the-nazis-but-they-fled-to-south-america-too-208549.php
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