Colombia-US Pact Executed
Bogota - The
implementation of a controversial military
pact between the United States and Colombia
is imminent, after the government
designed a special commission to review
details in that northern country.
Comprised of officials from the Foreign
Affairs, Defense, Interior, and Justice
Ministries, the Colombian delegation
traveled to Washington to seal the accord,
termed by several neighboring nations a
threat to peace and stability in the region.
"If God wants, everything will be close this
weekend," Military Forces commander Gen.
Freddy Padilla said during a visit to the
air base in Palanquero, one of the seven
bases the United States could use after
signing the agreement.
In virtue of this accord, at least 1,400
GIs, 800 directly and 600 contractors, will
be permanently in Colombia. They will use
such quantity of military bases.
Several voices of the national political
spectrum, among them liberal senator Piedad
Cordoba, have stated that this pact violates
the national sovereignty and turned Colombia
into a hostile country for the nations of
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