MR. EDITOR:
It is clear that our sovereignty is not threatened by the letter of the "Shield of the Americas" agreement. However, some fear that this shield may not withstand the thrust of the "Spear of the South," which President Trump applied in Venezuela. The question is to what extent our international policy can be based on speculation, and what the cost of treating it as fact would be.
Miguel A. Vergara Villalobos
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TO THE EDITOR:
It is clear that in the letter of the "Shield of the Americas" agreement our sovereignty is not threatened. However, some fear that this shield may not withstand the thrust of the "Spear of the South," which President Trump applied in Venezuela. The question is to what extent our international policy can be based on speculation, and what the cost of treating it as fact would be.
Miguel A. Vergara Villalobos
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