The military base overlies the Guarani aquifer, one of the world's largest underground fresh water reserves.
Secret Invasion: US Troops Steal into Paraguay By W.T. Whitney Jr http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/2479/1/140/ Also Notable: Jenna Bush in Paraguay for UNICEF Plan [Must have been one of THOSE coincidences -- Arthur (Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer] http://www.feastofhateandfear.com/archives/dutch.html By PEDRO SERVIN, Associated Press Writer Monday, October 9, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/09/international/i194710D48.DTL (10-09) 19:47 PDT ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) -- President Bush's daughter Jenna came to this poor, landlocked South American country to take part in a UNICEF program for young professionals volunteers, the U.N. children's fund said Monday. UNICEF released few details about the program involving the 24-year-old, citing security concerns. She is planning to stay in the country for 10 days. "The visit is strictly private in nature," UNICEF said in a one-page statement released by spokeswoman Natalie Echague. "She will get to know the UNICEF activities in Paraguay and some of the programs it cooperates in." Local news media reported that Jenna Bush arrived Saturday in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion on a commercial flight, then dined Sunday evening with Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte and his family at their official residence. She also met with U.S. Ambassador James Cason. Officials did not confirm those accounts. Jenna Bush planned no news conferences and no interviews, according to UNICEF. She and sister Barbara are the twin daughters of Bush and his wife, Laura. Paraguay, with 6 million people, is one of the poorest countries in South America. The United Nations Children's Fund and other aid groups have sought to extend basic services such as potable water, health care, education and better housing to the least developed areas. -- Leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.leighm.net
