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Rumsfeld to visit Peru, Paraguay

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08/12/05

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will visit Paraguay and Peru this month, top officials in both countries said Thursday.
Rumsfeld will travel to Paraguay on August 17 and will stay one or two days, Paraguayan Vice President Luis Castiglioni said.

Nearly 400 US troops are in Paraguay for a series of military exercises that started last month and end in December 2006.
In Lima, Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said Rumsfeld would visit his country this month, but he did not give a date. It will be the first visit to Peru by a US defense secretary.