Evo Morales to take proposal against military bases to UNASUR
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By Granma International
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Friday, Aug 28, 2009
Bolivian President Evo Morales announced today that he is to propose a continental referendum on the installation of U.S. military bases in the region at the upcoming Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Summit.
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“It is the people who should decide as to whether uniformed foreigners should be in South America and not the empires,” affirmed the head of state during a public gathering in the town of Coipasa in Oruro department.
He stated that the United States is advancing a policy aimed at disintegrating the subcontinent in order to subject it to its control and provoke friction among the governments of countries in the region.
On various opportunities, the president has stated that allowing the presence of foreign military troops in the region is an insult and a gesture that discredits members of the armed forces and police in all the nations.
Morales’ position is in response to Colombia’s plans to sign an extension of its military agreement with the United States that would include the use of seven military bases in the South American country by U.S. troops.
Representatives of UNASUR (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela) are to meet this Friday in Bariloche, Argentina, within the rotating presidency that Ecuador has occupied since August 10.
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