National Security & Crime
President Fernando Lugo signed the measure recently, by declaring emergency for 60 days in the San Pedro and northern departments of Concepcion. The measure allows the government to mobilize the armed forces and the suspension of certain civil liberties for the duration of the period.
The government is still allowing for a mulling to donate helicopters to its political friend, the Republic of Paraguay, and bureaucrat said recently. The Executive general of the Division of Latin American, James Wu, and Caribbean Affairs under Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), prepared the remarks to refute a previous report that the government has decided to Paraguay 11 US-made UH-1H helicopters."The content of the report is correct," said James Wu.
Paraguay is bordered by Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia. The country has a troubled history and after its independence in 1811, it suffered invasions from its neighbours over many years.
The naval forces of Paraguay were developed under Francia. The Navy was expanded in the period of the President Lopezes and included both naval artillery and a marine battalion element.
Paraguay’s Customs head, Carlos Rios, knew he may get plenty of heat from the tobacco business, but he determined to shift ahead with the raid despite. After all, he was part of a new management that had vowed to end the nation’s intensely entrenched smuggling ethnicity.
