Bolivia not to allow U.S. military bases on its territory: president
Xinhua
August 8, 2009
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.
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