Bolivia
Not To Allow U.S. Military
Bases
La Paz - The Bolivian
government will never allow the
establishment of a U.S. military base on its
territory, President Evo Morales said
Friday.
"Bolivia has its own dignity even though it
is a small country, and we will never allow
any foreign military base on our territory,"
Morales said during the celebration of the
country's Army Day in Oruro, a city in
southwest Bolivia.
Morales said most of the South American
leaders rejected President Alvaro Uribe's
plan to expand U.S. military presence in
Colombia, which violates national
sovereignty and poses a possible threat to
regional security.
In recent years, with more and more Latin
American left-wing parties coming into
power, U.S. military bases in Latin America
have shrank continuously.
Washington started to seek the establishment
of U.S. military bases in other countries
such as Colombia since Ecuador refused last
year to renew its contract with the United
States on the use of Manta military base. |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
