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Latin America

Bacchus4.0

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12. nope, Z was taken to a Honduran base

Reply to byeya (Reply #5)

Sat May 25, 2013, 04:41 PM

May 2013

the US leases a portion of the base. Just like in Ecuador until 2009 when Ecuador did not renew the base. The base in Manta remains an Ecuadorian military base.

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AP Further Documents Evidence of Honduran Police Death Squads; U.S. State Department Hits Back [View all] Catherina May 2013 OP

Death squads are a plague in Latin America. ocpagu May 2013 #1

Good grief! After reading the article I thought I should try to find a photo Judi Lynn May 2013 #2

More images: Judi Lynn May 2013 #4

I hope I don't have nightmares tonight. Yuck. n/t Catherina May 2013 #14

The same thing is going on in Colombia with "Labor Organizers". bvar22 May 2013 #3

"We are blindly driving an entire continent into the arms of China and Russia " Catherina May 2013 #13

"For a while there, there was hope.... bvar22 May 2013 #16

Another reply to you Catherina May 2013 #17

When the elected president of Honduras was overthrown he was taken to a US military base byeya May 2013 #5

Timely post Catherina May 2013 #10

nope, Z was taken to a Honduran base Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #12

we've seen this same lie naaman fletcher May 2013 #15

K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #6

Yo WillyT! Catherina May 2013 #7

Right Back Atcha, Catherina !!! WillyT May 2013 #8

Lets fix our country before we screw up others. grahamhgreen May 2013 #9

You'd think that was a no-brainer n/t Catherina May 2013 #11