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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Latam leaders oppose US bases


South American leaders remain uneasy about a military agreement between the US and Colombia. The deal gives the US military a 10-year lease on space at seven Colombian bases, to help fight drug traffickers and leftist rebels.

The deal between the US and Colombia is being hotly debated by South American presidents at the summit in Bariloche.

Colombia's Alvaro Uribe defended his country's decision.

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