US ''Based'' Out in Latin America http://upsidedownworld.org/main/international-archives-60/2561-based-out-in-latin-america

Foreign bases have been a mainstay of global US military domination for decades. But in Latin America they have been closing fast and a new deal to use seven Colombian military bases is, paradoxically, a sign of US weakness in the region.

comment-also see... Colombia-US base deal to be denounced before UN http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/10422-base-agreement-with-us-to-be-denounced-before-un-council.html