[nasional_list] [ppiindia] U.S. Rethinks Its Cutoff of Military Aid to Latin American Nations
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U.S. Rethinks Its Cutoff of Military Aid to Latin American Nations
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: March 12, 2006
SANTIAGO, Chile, March 11 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice indicated
Saturday that the United States would look for ways to resume military
assistance to Latin American nations cut off from aid programs because of their
refusal to shield Americans from the International Criminal Court.
Officials traveling with Ms. Rice said that in meeting with President Evo
Morales of Bolivia, she had emphasized the importance of cooperating on efforts
to combat drugs despite his vow to end coca plant eradication programs. The
newly installed Bolivian leader favors the legal cultivation of coca, the plant
used to manufacture cocaine, but says he opposes cocaine and has agreed to let
American antidrug officials remain in the country.
In a friendly but pointed gesture, he gave Ms. Rice a small guitar decorated on
the front with real leaves from a coca plant in lacquer. Ms. Rice, perhaps not
realizing that the decoration was from the plant that the United States has
sought to eradicate, then smiled and strummed the guitar for television
cameras. American officials said Bolivian leader was clearly trying to show how
growing the plant that is made into cocaine is a part of his nation's culture.
Eliminating or reducing military assistance to countries like Chile and Bolivia
that are seeking to combat terrorism or drug trafficking is "sort of the same
as shooting ourselves in the foot," Ms. Rice told reporters on Friday as she
traveled here for the inauguration of Michelle Bachelet as the new president of
Chile.
Ms. Rice said, however, that the Bush administration had limited flexibility in
restoring aid because a law enacted by Congress required the cutoff of military
aid to countries that did not exempt American citizens from being brought
before the court.
At least 30 countries have declined to enact an exemption, including 12 in
Latin America and the Caribbean.
At the time the law was adopted, the Defense Department supported it on grounds
that American military officials based overseas might be brought before the
court. More recently, administration officials said Defense Department
officials had become concerned about the loss of military cooperation with key
allies.
Although the law allows President Bush to apply a waiver to cutting off
military assistance, State Department officials said the administration was
concerned that if some waivers were granted, other countries would demand them
as well.
A senior State Department official, briefing reporters under ground rules
requiring anonymity, said Ms. Rice told Mr. Morales that Washington would to
try to help provide economic opportunities to the "marginalized sectors" of
Bolivia's economy.
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