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Paraguay Opens the Door: U.S. Troops Cleared to Operate in South America’s Heartland

Paraguay signs a landmark agreement authorizing U.S. troops to operate on its soil—making it the latest South American nation to align with Washington’s expanding military framework to counter the cartels

By Dionys Duroc
Paraguay Opens the Door: U.S. Troops Cleared to Operate in South America’s Heartland
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña (right) in Asunción, Paraguay, Aug. 15, 2023. Credit: Jorge Saenz/AP; U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) in Munich on Feb. 17, 2026. Credit: Johannes Simon/Getty Images; U.S. troops (center) in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Credit: Omar Sobhani/Reuters; The Palacio de los López (background) in Asunción, Paraguay. Credit: Cesar Olmedo/Reuters. Edited by Sociedad Media
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