Pentagon Sends Hundreds of U.S. Troops to Latin America as Anti-Trafficking Effort Grows
Photo: The New York TimesHow the sides differ Left sources place the deployment within a history of U.S. intervention in the region; right sources stress the troops' jungle training in Panama.
Both sides report that the Pentagon is sending hundreds of U.S. troops to Latin America as it expands military efforts against drug traffickers. Fox News adds that the troops are from the Army's 10th Mountain Division and are going to Panama for jungle training. The New York Times describes the plans as recalling a long and bloody history of U.S. intervention in the region. The articles differ mainly in emphasis: one gives historical context, the other gives operational detail on the training.
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Presents the deployment as an expansion of the anti-drug campaign while highlighting the region's long, bloody history of U.S. intervention.
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Presents the deployment as Army troops going to Panama for jungle training, as part of the broader expanding campaign against drug trafficking.