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U.S. Bottoms in Colombia Shake the Region About the shores of the Magdalena River, in a lavish green valley sprinkled with cattle ranches and facilities, sits the Palanquero military platform, an outpost built with Colombia’s greatest driveway, housing for 2,000 troops, a cinema, a store, plus a casino. Palanquero reaches the ten's heart - year, green military agreement signed between your Usa on October 30, 2009, gives use of eight bases in the country to California. Although administrators in the U.S. and Colombian governments deal the settlement is targeted at battling narcotraffickers and guerrillas within Colombian edges, an U.S. Air Force document says the deal offers a “unique opportunity” for “conducting full spectrum operations” in the region against various risks, including “anti-U.S. governments.” After Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa ended the lease for the base in Manta, Ecuador the Pentagon desired usage of the bases in Colombia. The U.S. capacity in Colombia will now be higher than at Manta, which concerns supporters in Colombia to human rights and Leftleaning governments throughout the spot. Of growing these angles “The primary purpose is always to take tactical control of Latin America,” opposition senator Jorge Enrique Robledo of the Polo Democr