Posted on 10/19/2006 1:46:58 PM PDT by NapkinUser
Asuncion, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) The land grab project of US President George W. Bush in Chaco, Paraguay, has generated considerable discomfort both politically and environmentally.
The news circulating the continent about plans to buy 98,840 acres of land in Chaco, Paraguay, near the Triple Frontier (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay) is the talk of the town in these countries.
Although official sources have not confirmed the information that is already public, the land is reportedly located in Paso de Patria, near Bolivian gas reserves and the Guarani indigenous water region, within the Triple Border.
Alto Paraguay Gov. Erasmo Rodriguez Acosta revealed he heard that part of the land purchase consists of an ecological reserve (Fundacion Patria), with which Bush is affiliated.
In its interview with Rodriguez Acosta, neike.com.py reported that he does not have documentation of this affiliation and it could not communicate either with the foundation or with the National Rural Development and Land Institute, in charge of these state lands.
Concern increased last week with the arrival of Bush" daughter, Jenna, and a source from the Physical Planning Department saying that most of the Chaco region belongs to private companies.
Luis D"Elia, Argentina´s undersecretary for Land for Social Habitat, says the matter raises regional concern because it threatens local natural resources.
He termed it surprising that the Bush family is trying to settle a few short miles from the US Mariscal Estigarribia Military Base.
Argentinean Adolfo Perez Esquivel warned that the real war will be fought not for oil, but for water, and recalled that Acuifero Guaraní is one of the largest underground water reserves in South America, running beneath Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (larger than Texas and California together).
The southern US states are already struggling with water shortages," asserted the 1980 Nobel Peace Prizewinner.
Orlando Castillo, Paraguay Peace and Justice Service member, recalled the US military buildup in Chaco under a bilateral agreement.
This must be where Rove plans to build his new weather manipulation/mind control machine.
Since when is the purchase of land on the open market a 'land grab'.
Yup. We've got one here in downtown Mobile.
I provided the source.
I provided the original. What's your point?
Show me where in my post the author changed any wording of the EO.
Prosecution for what, for heaven's sake.
War crimes under international law.....is what the dummies are claiming. (It's definately not my opinion.)
The latest leftist talking point, but one sillier than most. Water is the most easily-recycled substance on earth.
Great list! I, too, am sick of the Bush Bashers here. He's done a lot given the fact he has a retarded Congress!
Public ownership or exclusive use of the property by the public, such as for a public . . . roadway, park, forest, governmental office building, or military reservation; (b) projects designated for public, common carrier, public transportation, or public utility use, including those for which a fee is assessed, that serve the general public and are subject to regulation by a governmental entity; (c) conveying the property to a non-governmental entity, such as a telecommunications or transportation common carrier, that makes the property available for use by the general public as of right; (d) preventing or mitigating a harmful use of land that constitutes a threat to public health, safety, or the environment . . . .
No, I didn't think it was. We have to really work between now and Election Day to get pubbies elected. I shudder to think of Nancy Pelosi as the boss. Argghhhh!!!
Okay, I don't see where the missing words change the meaning. It still gives the Feds many exemptions in direct contrast to "Protecting the Property Rights of the American People ".
For my part, I sent another donation today to http://www.gop.com/finalpush
I'm also volunteering at my local republican victory headquarters.
Hope many others here are doing same.
I think the missing words change the meaning entirely . . . to each his own, I suppose. Moreover, the issue of selectively editing text without adding some sort of a signal is amateurish. It leads to a permissible inference that the writer is [ahem] leading his reader in a not-entirely-proper direction.
Good for you. I sent in my money, too, to the GOP. Mxxx
OK, best friends forever!
eternally!
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