Brazil will not allow drug cartels or armed groups from taking over Paraguay

[Judi Lynn]

Friday, May 7th 2010 - 21:40 UTC
Brazil will not allow drug cartels or armed groups from taking over Paraguay

Brazilian Senate president Jose Sarney said there are serious risks of a “Colombianization” of Paraguay given the recent actions of an armed group self proclaimed the Paraguayan People’s Army, EPP, and called for strong support for President Fernando Lugo.

“EPP can’t turn into a FARC or a Shinning Path”, said Senator Sarney, in reference to the Colombian and Peruvian seditious armed groups.

Brazil “with all its greatness can’t allow any source of instability in its neighbourhood” or allow for a similar process to those that “have already happened in Peru or Colombia”, insisted the former Brazilian president.

Sarney one of President Lula da Silva’s main allies in Congress warned that Brazil could suffer consequences from an instability situation in Paraguay.

Brazilian Defence minister Nelson Jobim said this week that the Brazilian Federal Police has increased collaboration with Paraguayan authorities, and Congress approved the donation of three jungle fighter planes to the Paraguayan air force.

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