US-Colombia military ties face resistance

AlJazeeraEnglish
July 27, 2009
The United States is in the final stages of negotiations with Colombia to shift its anti-drug operations from Ecuador to Colombian airbases.

The plan has faced resistance in Colombia, where a senator says the US uses its fight against drugs as an excuse to increase its influence in Colombia's internal affairs.

Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports from the capital, Bogota.