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*** U.S. opens Pinochet documents
WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA knew almost immediately after Augusto
Pinochet seized power in Chile that his military regime engaged in
indiscriminate killings and other abuses to wipe out opposition,
according to documents declassified and made public Wednesday. "The
regime shows no sign of relenting in its determination to deal
swiftly and decisively with dissidents," CIA field officers reported
to headquarters Oct. 12, 1973, a month after the coup that ousted
Salvador Allende, a Marxist who had been elected president. "The
bloodshed goes on." The only question, the agency reported to
Washington, was how many Chileans were killed, a figure Pinochet's
lieutenants kept as a carefully guarded secret. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560131916-342
*** U.S. hands over Panama base
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) - The U.S. army handed over Fort Sherman
Wednesday, its last base on Panama's Caribbean coast, as part of the
U.S. withdraw from the former canal zone. Fort Sherman has been in
operation since shortly after the canal opened in 1914. The U.S.
intends to turn over canal property to Panama by the end of the year.
Large amounts of unexploded munitions are still buried at the firing
range, and Panama wants the U.S. to take responsibility for the
cleanup there even after the transfer. U.S. officials say current
cleanup technology would affect the jungle. The U.S. has already
handed over control of former Caribbean bases Fort Davis and Fort
Gulick. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560133852-dee
*** Puerto Rico gov. wants Navy out
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Citing a history of stray bombs and
environmental damage, Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro Rossello says he'll try
to expel the U.S. Navy from an outlying island. "It's going to be a
fight - we're all agreed on that, but we are committed," Rossello
said Wednesday in adopting a government commission's report calling
for the Navy to leave Vieques island. Rossello said he considered a
1983 agreement between the Navy and the Puerto Rican government void
because the Navy had not lived up to its promises to protect the
environment and the safety of the island's 9,300 residents. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560135966-234
*** Guyana hits snag on launch pad
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - A U.S. firm looking to set up a satellite
launching site in Guyana has run into a snag, with Venezuelan
officials claiming the land belongs to them. Beal Aerospace
Technologies of Frisco, Texas, is considering locating the pad in
Guyana because of delays in winning permits to build on Anguilla's
Sombrero Island in the Caribbean. Guyanese officials said Tuesday
they are concerned by reports in the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional
quoting Foreign Minister Jose Vincente Rangel as saying his
government objects to the project because it is in Essequibo County,
claimed by Venezuela since the 1940s. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560134448-187
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