Colombians Protest U.S.
Military Presence
BOGOTA - Some 10,000 Colombians marched on
Wednesday in Bogota to protest a military
agreement allowing U.S. troops to be
stationed in Colombia.
Protestors rejected the Colombia-U.S.
military cooperation agreement signed on
Oct. 30, 2009, which allowed the U.S.
military to be quartered in at least seven
Colombian bases.
Colombia's neighboring countries Ecuador and
Venezuela also opposed this agreement, which
was allegedly aimed to fight drug
trafficking and guerrillas.
Protestors marched from the Public
University of Bogota toward Simon Bolivar
Square, one day after national celebrations
of the country's independence from Spain.
"We are neither autonomous nor completely
free, and our rights are violated," said
Luis Calambas, a leader of the protest.
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