Obama envoy: “US not interested in having bases in Colombia”

Thursday, August 27th 2009 - 15:36 UTC

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A top official from President Obama’s administration touring South America said on Wednesday that “the US is not interested in military bases in Colombia” and suggested Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez “is not acting responsibly” when he talks of “winds of war” in the region because of a security agreement between United States and Colombia Read full article

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Perhaps if the Obama campaign and now the administration had paid Latin America a little more attention from the beginning, it would not be in the akward position it is now. It is a bit hard to conduct a credible campaign to counter the likes of Hugo Chavez and company when you still have no Assistant Secretary of State for Hemispheric Affairs some 8 months after the inauguration!
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