The naval base of Rota, in southern Spain, prepares for tomorrow’s third of four US destroyers ships that make up the missile shield NATO, a device that has improved the economy of the area but created less employment announced.
Located in the province of Cadiz, near the Straits of Gibraltar, the military deployment in the Spanish base is improving the economy of the area, but away from the promises of job creation, in a province suffering one of the highest rates of unemployment in Spain.
The unions complain that fewer Spanish civilian personnel in 2012 and claim that this decrease coincides with the US is increasing civilian personnel.
Tomorrow reach the base of Rota vessel “Porter” with its complement of 270 Marines, who will join the 200 who arrived in February 2014 with the “USS Donald Cook” and landed 270 in June with the “USS Ross”.
Earlier this year will reach the “USS Carney,” so that the deployment of four destroyers will be completed in Spanish territory.
In total these ships will settle in Rota 1,200 marines with approximately 1,500 families, with the arrival of the missile shield will cause the US population base double.
If the expectations of job creation have disappointed based workers, the settlement of these families do has been noticed in the economy of the village.
The most concrete indicator is the vacation homes that Americans pay also quite higher than usual in the area rents.
If in January 2014, before the arrival of the first destroyer, Rota had 500 rental housing US base in March 2015 when two ships are here, there are 850.
Also, it should add increased consumption in restaurants, bars and shops of all kinds of these families with medium and high purchasing power.
The arrival of more than 2,500 new American neighbors, related to the missile shield has not changed much the configuration of a people who, for sixty years, lives with US personnel from the base and and He has adapted many of its businesses, such as bars or shops, to their tastes.
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