{"id":8538,"date":"2009-05-29T12:20:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T17:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8538"},"modified":"2009-05-29T12:20:37","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T17:20:37","slug":"john-lindsay-poland-new-military-base-in-colombia-would-spread-pentagon-reach-throughout-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8538","title":{"rendered":"John Lindsay-Poland: New Military Base in Colombia Would Spread Pentagon Reach Throughout Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By John Lindsay-Poland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon budget submitted to Congress on May 7 includes $46 million for development of a new U.S. military base in Palanquero, Colombia. The official justification states that the Defense Department seeks &#8220;an array of access  arrangements for contingency operations, logistics, and training in Central\/South America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This  base would feed a failed drug policy, support an abusive army, and reinforce a tragic history of U.S. military intervention in the region. It&#8217;s wrong and wasteful, and Congress should scrap it.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Lindsay-Poland co-directs the Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin  America and the Caribbean, in Oakland, California. He can be reached at  johnlp(at)igc(dot)org.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>See the article online at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/app.streamsend.com\/c\/4330541\/45241\/3zqYKsw\/iKs8?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Famericas.irc-online.org%2Fam%2F6148%3Futm_source%3Dstreamsend%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_content%3D4330541%26utm_campaign%3DNew%2520Military%2520Base%2520in%2520Colombia%2520Would%2520Spread%2520Pentagon%2520Reach%2520Throughout%2520Latin%2520America%2520\">http:\/\/americas.irc-online.org\/am\/6148<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>More Articles from the Americas Program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>House and Senate Pass New Military Aid to Mexico<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/app.streamsend.com\/c\/4330541\/45251\/3zqYKsw\/iKs8?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Famericas.irc-online.org%2Fam%2F6122%3Futm_source%3Dstreamsend%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_content%3D4330541%26utm_campaign%3DNew%2520Military%2520Base%2520in%2520Colombia%2520Would%2520Spread%2520Pentagon%2520Reach%2520Throughout%2520Latin%2520America%2520\">http:\/\/americas.irc-online.org\/am\/6122<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Obama Pledges to Seek &#8220;Equal Partnership&#8221; At Americas Summit:<br \/>\nMatching Words with Deeds<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/app.streamsend.com\/c\/4330541\/45261\/3zqYKsw\/iKs8?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Famericas.irc-online.org%2Fam%2F6068%3Futm_source%3Dstreamsend%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_content%3D4330541%26utm_campaign%3DNew%2520Military%2520Base%2520in%2520Colombia%2520Would%2520Spread%2520Pentagon%2520Reach%2520Throughout%2520Latin%2520America%2520\">http:\/\/americas.irc-online.org\/am\/6068<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colombia: Social Conflict Replaces Warfare<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/app.streamsend.com\/c\/4330541\/45271\/3zqYKsw\/iKs8?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Famericas.irc-online.org%2Fam%2F5725%3Futm_source%3Dstreamsend%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_content%3D4330541%26utm_campaign%3DNew%2520Military%2520Base%2520in%2520Colombia%2520Would%2520Spread%2520Pentagon%2520Reach%2520Throughout%2520Latin%2520America%2520\">http:\/\/americas.irc-online.org\/am\/5725<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Lindsay-Poland The Pentagon budget submitted to Congress on May 7 includes $46 million for development of a new U.S. military base in Palanquero, Colombia. The official justification states that the Defense Department seeks &#8220;an array of access arrangements &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8538\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdXTf-2dI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8538"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8545,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8538\/revisions\/8545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}