Word: satena
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...usual picture of a Latin American military outfit. But with a lot of land to be settled-more than half of Colombia's territory is virtually uninhabited-and no foreign wars to fight, the Colombian government decided to put the air force to work by setting up Satena (for "Service to the National Territories"). The Colombian air force contributed the planes and the pilots, but Satena's other expenses had to be met from revenues. Charging one-fourth the fares of commercial lines, it still manages to stay in the black. Now Satena has eleven cargo planes making...
...most communities along Satena's route, the air force planes are the only regular link with the outside world. From Bogota, Satena takes off daily with fabrics, fertilizers, medicines and home appliances; commissaries are being set up to sell these goods at bargain prices. On return trips, the planes bring out fish, hides, rubber and dairy products. Farmers in the Caqueta region last year shipped 1,000,000 sacks of rice to market via Satena; at the village of El Refugio, fishermen who used to have no way to market their catch now fly out four tons weekly. This...
...engineers are hacking out jungle highways; army troops are detailed to remote villages to build schools and clinics, dig wells and paint houses. Other armies-in Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela-have also established public-works beachheads in the boondocks. "The role of the military," says Lieut. Colonel Alvaro Baquero, Satena's general manager, "is not only to defend the nation, but also to help...
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