Honduras to Build New
Military Base
TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras will build a new
military base in the Caribbean, in addition
to another military base build with funding
from the U.S. in the same region with the
pretext of fighting drug trafficking.
Foreign Minister Mario Canahuati said that
the new military base will be in Guanaja, in
the Department of Islas de la Bahia, but he
did not gave any further details.
Last April Washington and Tegucigalpa opened
a base in Gracias a Dios Department, near
the border with Nicaragua, in which the U.S.
government invested US$2 million dollars.
The military base is under the coordination
of the Honduran Navy, but under the
supervision of the U.S. Southern Command.
The U.S. also has an Air Force Station in
that country, in Palmerola, in Comayagua
Department, where President Manuel Zelaya
was initially taken after the coup.
Popular organizations and human rights
defenders warned about a return to the
militarization in the country after the
coup. |
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