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President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, Margarita Diaz de Vivar, and Ambassador James Cason, observing the customs patrol boats provided by the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, National Customs Agency Director Margarita Diaz de Vivar, and Ambassador James Cason, observing the customs patrol boats provided by the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

USAID Millennium Challenge Program Bolsters Paraguayan Customs

March 14, 2008

Ambassador Cason participated in a ceremony at the Port of Asuncion to mark the donation of six new customs patrol boats provided by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Program, which the U.S. Agency for International Development manages.  The event also served as a graduation event for 55 officials of the National Customs Agency, the Paraguayan Navy, and the National Police, who have completed advanced training in contraband seizures.

Ambassador Cason joined President Nicanor Duarte Frutos and Customs Director Margarita Diaz de Vivar in a sign of solidarity for the strengthening of customs enforcement.

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