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Dangerous Cargo
SANTO DOMINGO -- The Dominican Republic's foreign minister called for an
ban to all shipments of nuclear waste passing through the Caribbean basin
Foreign Minister Eduardo Latorre has urged other Caribbean statesmen to
band
together to lobby international organizations to put a stop to such
practices.
Caribbean countries are worried that seagoing vessels carrying nuclear
waste present an ongoing threat to the ecosystem. Latorre said President
Leonel Fernandez would bring up the issue during a summit of the Association
of Caribbean States in the Dominican Republic on April 16.
U.S. Army's Caldera to Meet with Latin American Military Leaders
WASHINGTON -- Military leaders from 28 Latin America and Caribbean
countries will join with U.S. lawmakers during a March 14-17 seminar in
Washington on the role of legislatures in the shaping of national defense
policies.
U.S. Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera is expected to attend the
conference, which is sponsored by the National Defense University's Center
for Hemispheric Defense. Participants from Latin America and the Caribbean
will include cabinet ministers and senior members of legislative defense
committees, and civilian and military officers. Source: Politico
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