NewsWhore
02-20-2012, 12:00 PM
On Saturday February 18, a representative from the Dominican left said that the United States was proposing to construct a military base on Saona Island. The official announcement is that it is a naval station, which the US is paying for.
Ivan Rodriguez, the General Secretary of the Revolutionary Alternative is quoted as saying in Hoy newspaper that groups from the left are planning to protest against the installation of the military base with other campaigning organizations.
He stated that the decision was ominous and unacceptable, saying that it was a plan for intervention and military control by the US.
According to Rear Admiral Nicolas Cabrera Arias, head of the navy, they are building a naval station and a jetty at a cost of US$1.5 million in order to look for drug traffickers, illegal journeys to Puerto Rico and to provide more security for tourists in the area.
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Ivan Rodriguez, the General Secretary of the Revolutionary Alternative is quoted as saying in Hoy newspaper that groups from the left are planning to protest against the installation of the military base with other campaigning organizations.
He stated that the decision was ominous and unacceptable, saying that it was a plan for intervention and military control by the US.
According to Rear Admiral Nicolas Cabrera Arias, head of the navy, they are building a naval station and a jetty at a cost of US$1.5 million in order to look for drug traffickers, illegal journeys to Puerto Rico and to provide more security for tourists in the area.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)