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Opponents of Iran's deepening ties to Latin America are suspicious of its plans to build Nicaragua a new dam.
RIO BLANCO, Nicaragua -- Iran's plan to build a $200 million hydroelectric dam in this energy-starved country is raising concerns here and in Washington about its mounting influence in Latin America.
The plant proposal is part of a push to wean this oil-addicted country -- 80 percent of electricity is supplied by fuel-burning plants -- off increasingly expensive crude and help stem an energy crisis that has created electricityrationing blackouts.
The dam is the latest among a handful of projects that Iran plans to build in Central America's most impoverished nation. Others include the construction of 10,000 homes for the poor, providing 4,000 farming tractors, and a joint effort with Venezuela to link deep-water container ports on the Caribbean and Pacific coasts. In turn, Nicaragua is to export coffee and other products to Iran.
http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/587088.html
By miamimike on Jun 28, 2008, 23:23 in Politics & the war.
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miamimike says on Jun 29, 2008, 04:14: And to think, in spite of this, Washington is still Pumping Aid money into Nicaragua. Someday we(usa) will wise Up and start helping those here in the US, the American Taxpayer. "Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Jun 29, 2008, 05:41: The US spreads its influence by invading other countries, slaughtering thousands, and installing puppets leaders in power, but only those they can control. Yet somehow, the US administration is alarmed and suspisious about Iran building a dam in Nicaragua, along with the construction of 10,000 homes for the poor, providing 4,000 farming tractors, and a joint effort with Venezuela to link deep-water container ports on the Caribbean and Pacific coasts. "Huevos Rancheros en Medellin, No Quiero Taco Bell." - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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miamimike says on Jun 29, 2008, 05:55: I know and see a lot of Veterans who would appreciate taking some of that foreign Aid money and properly/adequately funding our VA Medical System,,,Mexico is the latest to grab their share of Aid money for Drug Fighting! Call it "Plan Mexico" like another plan we are all familiar with. Nevermind that one of the Richest Men in the World, Carlos Slim, who lives in Mexico, could easily cough up some millions to fund the Drug Battle in his Homeland. No wonder the world treats us like Suckers/Chumps...One deserves the treatment they receive,,, "Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Jun 29, 2008, 06:01: miamimike, "Huevos Rancheros en Medellin, No Quiero Taco Bell." - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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harvardexec says on Jun 29, 2008, 09:32: MiamiMike..."Someday we(usa) will wise Up and start helping those here in the US, the American Taxpayer." "I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated."-John McCain 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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miamimike says on Jun 29, 2008, 10:12: HE-Yes that Cuban Adjustment Act as well as the Wet/dry foot law is extremly nervewracking to the few americans here in Miami as well to the rest of the Immigrant Groups to whom such laws do not apply.If there ever was a Law whose time has come to repeal it, this is it! That damn Cuban adjustment law of 1966 that grants fast track permenent residency to Cubans in 1 yr, 1 day under the wet'dry foot law. "Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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vladimiro says on Jun 29, 2008, 10:46: Maybe its an atomic dam with some secret purposes we don't know about ?
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Timba says on Jun 30, 2008, 08:05: STEP 1: Get control of your money back from the privately owned Federal Reserve. Why does the U.S. government pay a private entity to print and loan it money ?
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