¿De Manta a Palanquero?

http://www.cambio.com.co/portadacambio/779/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR_...

On Tuesday 22 April, the U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield, met with Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos, and told a story that took him by surprise. Según el diplomático, Washington había observado un avance significativo de las Fuerzas Militares en materia de respeto a los derechos humanos, así como en los esquemas de planeación y ejecución de las operaciones de la Fuerza Aérea, y por eso el Departamento de Estado había decidido levantarle el veto o descertificación que desde enero de 2003 pesaba sobre la base aérea de Palanquero, en Puerto Salgar, Cundinamarca. According to the diplomat, Washington had noted significant progress in the Armed Forces regarding respect for human rights, as well as patterns of planning and execution of operations of the Air Force, which is why the State Department had decided to lift the veto or descertificación that since January 2003 weighed on the Palanquero Air Base in Puerto Salgar, Cundinamarca.

The news went virtually unnoticed, buried by the scandal of 'Yidispolítica' filtration drabs to the contents of computers' Raul Reyes' and extradition of paramilitary leaders. Sin embargo, la noticia fue interpretada en círculos militares y diplomáticos como una señal en el sentido de que la decisión estadounidense sería el primer paso para ambientar el traslado a Palanquero de la base de Manta, Ecuador, desde donde operan los vuelos de vigilancia del narcotráfico. However, the news was interpreted in military and diplomatic circles as a signal that the U.S. decision would be the first step to base the Palanquero transfer to the base of Manta, Ecuador, from where they operate flights surveillance of drug trafficking . (Translation via Google)

By aztec on Jun 7, 2008, 15:24 in Politics & the war.

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