El presidente de Guatemala descarta la instalación de bases militares de EE.UU. en su país
El presidente de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, descartó la instalación de bases militares de Estados Unidos en el país, al asegurar que la cooperación bilateral en materia de seguridad e infraestructura responde a una agenda soberana y no a una estrategia de despliegue militar extranjero
TL;DR
- Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo rejected the idea of US military bases in Guatemala.
- He stated that cooperation in security and infrastructure is part of a sovereign agenda.
- Arévalo clarified that strategic projects like port and railway renovations are defined by Guatemala's national interests.
- These projects receive technical advice from the US Army Corps of Engineers but are financed by Guatemala.
- The President referenced US President Trump's new national security strategy, which aims to reassert US leadership in Latin America.
- Arévalo stressed that bilateral relations should be based on shared democratic principles and invoked the Inter-American Democratic Charter.