Tension Builds between Colombia-Ecuador
Colombia s decision to continue aerial fumigations on the border with Ecuador, after promising not to do so, has increased tension between the neighboring nations.

Ecuadorian President-elect Rafael Correa condemned the fumigation of coca leaf crops by air only a little over 300 feet from his country s border, according to reports from Buenos Aires in Bogota on Thursday.

"We are being attacked by Bogota," Correa told press during his visit to the Argentine capital.

"When Colombia fumigates the coca leaves, it damages our crops and also affects the farmers, and we cannot accept that," declared the president-to-be, who will take up his post on January 15.

He warned that he would bring the issue to the United Nations or the Organization of American States if necessary, and accuse the Colombian government for the harmful effects associated with the toxin used.