"Lake disappears suddenly in Chile' (Or why the BFEE bought land over water aquifer in Paraguay)

[BeHereNow]

I posted this in LBN yesterday, but it was locked due to the time difference.
I think it worthy of a move to GD, rather than a lock.

Source: BBC

"When park rangers patrolled the area in the Magallanes region in March, the two-hectare (five-acre) lake was its normal size, officials say.
But last month they found a huge dry crater and several stranded chunks of ice that used to float on the water."

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6225676.stm


Do a search on this and weep.

Meanwhile, your tax dollars are being spent to guard the the BFEE aquifer in Paraguay.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/oct/23/mainsection...
http://www.clarin.com/suplementos/zona/2005/09/11/z-036...

And the B I N G O link?
Here:
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/2991
"On May 27, the Paraguayan National Congress signed an agreement with the United States that allows U.S. military personnel to train, work, and operate in different regions of the country for a period of 18 months. Within weeks the first U.S. troops began to arrive.

Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte said on August 30 that the U.S. government will never have a military base in Paraguay. But a visit by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to the South American country last August (16-18) and Paraguay's decision to grant legal immunity to U.S. personnel on its soil have stirred the fears of its neighbors that a longer term U.S. military operation may be imminent. For now, the U.S. military plans to send some 400 U.S. troops there before the end of next year."

BHN

[NCDem60]

1. Old Story

That's almost a year old. June 07

[Elspeth]

2. That doesn't mean that it isn't still important

Or that it still doesn't have ramifications.

[BeHereNow]

3. The original link I found was current, a follow up to the link I used.

Does the timeline make the story any less important?
Welcome to DU.

BHN

[JanMichael]

4. and probably one that is worth paying attention to particularly now

in light of the drought that is affecting so many parts of the country.