Yankee Bases Go Home
A recent military agreement between the US and Colombia may not change much in terms of the presence of US forces in Latin America. But the timing of the agreement was terrible, fueling support for demagogues like Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and undermining Brazil's government and other moderate forces.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Last month, the leaders of all 12 countries of South America (except one) gathered in Quito, Ecuador’s capital, for the summit of the Union of South American Nations. UNASUR or UNASUL (depending on whether one speaks Spanish or Portuguese) was established by the twelve presidents in Brasília in May 2008 with the aim of furthering economic and political integration. Instead, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez hijacked the Quito meeting to propagate his Bolivarian Revolution and expound his own ideas for the continent’s future as independent of the United States.