Bolivia Will Denounce US Bases in Region at UN Security Council

[Judi Lynn]

Bolivia Will Denounce US Bases in Region at UN Security Council
Published 2 July 2016

The second summit of leaders from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Nations declared the region a zone of peace


Bolivian President Evo Morales said Thursday he will raise the issue of U.S. military bases in Latin America at the United Nations Security Council after his country was recently elected to occupy one of the non-permanent seats.

Morales argued that the end of the conflict between the Colombian state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — the region's last remaining armed conflict — means that the United States no longer has an excuse to have bases in the region.

The Bolivian president said he would also seek to bring up the issue of colonization in Puerto Rico and the oppression of Palestinians.

Despite Morales' eagerness to tackle major topics at the Security Council, he was nonetheless realistic about his expectations at the notoriously undemocratic forum.

More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Bolivia-Will-Denounce-US-Bases-in-Region-at-UN-Security-Council-20160702-0006.html

[forest444]

1. Macri, on the other hand, has signed a preliminary accord allowing two U.S. bases in Argentina.

One in the southern end of the country, in Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego); and the other in the northern end, near the Iguazú Falls.

Should such plans materialize, it would be the first time in the nation's history that an Argentine president allowed such a thing. Past attempts to establish U.S. bases in Mar del Plata (1991) and Resistencia (2012) were both nixed by Presidents Menem and Cristina Kirchner, respectively.

Here's an article with more on the controversy:

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.politicaymedios.com.ar/nota/8616/desembarcan_los_marines/&prev=search

[Zorro]

2. Once again Morales demonstrates he's not the sharpest tool in the shed

The US needs those bases in Latin America to prepare for the invasion of Venezuela.

[hack89]

3. I doubt America really wants to help Maduro that much. Nt