Paraguayan president-elect Fernando Lugo said Sunday that he would investigate in the existence of a U.S. military base in northwest Paraguay alleged by international observers, according to information reaching here.
"After taking office on Aug. 15, we will open our country to any investigation in order to clarify the myth that there are U.S. military bases in Marsical Estigarribia," Lugo said Sunday in Bolivian capital la Paz after meeting with Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Lugo said that there are some U.S. army in Paraguayan territory for humanitarian actions, but no U.S. military base which can operate and take action in neighboring countries.
Previously an International Observation Mission to Paraguay said that Paraguay is becoming a large U.S. base with strategic aims to dominate the region of the Southern Cone, including Argentina, Chile and southern part of Brazil.
Carlos Rolon and Gustavo Blanco, members of the mission said Paraguay's water, gas, oil reserves and its continental location are of special interest to Washington.
They criticized that the U.S. army of the South Commander and the aid programs of U.S. Agency for International Development are part of a social miniaturization process in Paraguayan land.
Lugo said "We, at least as Paraguayan, deny it and we want to open all our border to those who wish to go to Marsical Estibarribia."
"It has been heard a lot, but I have never seen a foreign military base in Paraguay." he added.
Source:Xinhua
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