This book explores domestic opposition to formal US military bases in Latin America, and provides evidence of a growing network of informal and secretive base-like arrangements that supports US military operations in the Latin American Region.

Autorentext

Sebastian E. Bitar is Assistant Professor of Global Policy at the School of Government of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia. He is the author of The First Steps of Human Rights in Colombia (published in Spanish, 2007).

Inhalt

1. Introduction
2. US Bases in Latin America
3. Base Politics: Conceptual Framework
4. Successful Basing Agreements
5. Failed Basing Agreements I: Ecuador ' 's Domestic Transformation and the Loss of Manta
6. Failed Basing Agreements Ii: The Seven Formal Bases in Colombia
7. Quasi-Bases in Latin America