“Isolated” Colombia seriously considering abandoning Unasur

Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 13:35 UTC

Full article 3 comments

Colombia could consider quitting the South American Nations Union, Unasur, if the block does not agree to debate issues related to drug trafficking, terrorism and arms purchases. There is a lack of “sensitivity” from other members to consider these issues. Read full article

Comments

Disclaimer & comment rules

Schaeffer
Silva makes an interesting suggestion -- let's see what all the nations of South America have in the way of military agreements with the US.
Sep 17th, 2009 - 07:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
ed
no need military agreements with US to defend South America against Penguens and Whales !!
Sep 18th, 2009 - 12:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
Stuart
“Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and even landlocked Bolivia are involved in significant military hardware purchases, totaling over 25 billion US dollars.”

The US military budget for 2009 is $651.2 billion (Wikipedia)- 26 times the purchases of these 4 countries. Wouldn't you be scared is a country with such astronomical arms spending opened up a number of new bases in your back yard? Colombia is turning itself into the Israel of South America.
Sep 18th, 2009 - 08:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
-+

Commenting for this story is now closed.
If you have a Facebook account, become a fan and comment on our Facebook Page!