U.S. to Build Military Base in Honduras

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U.S. to Build Military Base in Honduras
Written by Cyril Mychalejko
Wednesday, 19 July 2006

The AP has reported that the U.S. plans to help Honduras build a military base in the northeast part of the country near the Nicaraguan border to help combat drug trafficking.

"It's a zone where there is conflict and problems, therefore we need to have greater presence," said Gen. Romeo Vasquez, the head of the joint chiefs of staff of the armed forces who took classes at the School of the Americas.

The base will house aircraft, a fuel supplying system, and U.S. soldiers—if needed.

The U.S. State Department describes Honduras as being a close Washington ally since the 1980's when that country's government "supported U.S. policy opposing a revolutionary Marxist government in Nicaragua and an active leftist insurgency in El Salvador." Coincidentally, Nicaragua has an upcoming election featuring Sandanista candidate Daniel Ortega, one of the men and women who helped bring the "revolutionary Marxist government" to Nicaragua by overthrowing the U.S. backed Somoza dictatorship.

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