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The Sydney Morning Herald

US switches cocaine air bases to Columbia
July 18, 2009

BOGOTA: Colombia and the US are poised to sign an agreement to transfer anti-drug flight operations from Ecuador to at least three Colombian air bases, a move that has drawn criticism it will leave the country more dependent on Washington.

Although the deal has not been finalised, Colombia's Defence, Interior and Foreign ministers held a public forum in Bogota this week to discuss details of the plan.

"We are deepening co-operation agreements that already exist in our common struggle against narco-trafficking and terrorism," said the Foreign Minister, Jaime Bermudez, who framed the accord as a means of making the war on drugs more "efficient and stronger"....more at link