Mines swept by heavy rainfall forces closure of Chile/Peru border passage

Wednesday, February 22nd 2012 - 00:05 UTC

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A main border pass between Chile and Peru remains closed to all traffic because recent heavy rainfall and flooding have swept antipersonnel and anti-tank mines in the region, in some cases all the way to the Pacific, where beaches have been put out of limits. Read full article

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Yuleno
Another legacy of Pinochet and yanqui neo-liberal policy.Nobody was going to invade chile from Peru,they got invaded from Washington.
Feb 22nd, 2012 - 05:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ManRod
Yuleno, another one just talking without the minimal knowledge of what happened in the 70ies.
The only reason Peru did not launch their reconquest, is because dictator Juan Velasco Alvarado, who had mediatically and military prepared the reconquest of Arica arround the 1st century after their lost, was overthrown by a more “moderate” dictator Bermudez, the former Prime Minister.
To that point, Peru had armed themselves becoming the biggest military powerhouse in south america, with soviet support.

“Chileans should stop with the bullshit or tomorrow I shall eat breakfast in [invade] Santiago”

—Juan Velasco Alvarado

http://books.google.de/books?id=YYm4wmXl2M4C&pg=PA228&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Feb 22nd, 2012 - 06:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Yuleno
And the yanqui wouldn't defend their puppet dictator,ManRod ?
What kind of justification can you find for the use of landmines and the lack of knowledge as to where they are and why they are still there.Wouldnt it be great if landmines were used in general,instead of border controls?
Feb 22nd, 2012 - 10:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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