Colombia under fire from neighbours over US ‘military aggression’

With almost all of his Latin American counterparts signalling alarm at the plan, President Uribe embarked on a whirlwind tour of regional capitals this week in an attempt to reassure them that it was not a threat to their sovereignty and was aimed only at combating the drugs trade, which raises millions of dollars for Colombian paramilitary groups.

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 11, 2009 - 7:21 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 11, 2009 - 7:21 PM PDT

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by Jason Patti - Sep. 1, 2009

The second paragraph states that Uribe "asked Washington to step in" -- when, in fact, Washington made the offer after Ecuador refused.

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