The beginnings...
The move to put bases in Colombia summons the new U.S. strategy to gain control over this Latin American region. Mainly because this region is most vulnerable to the movement that I call pinktideism. Let’s recollect some of the U.S. strategies that failed to prevent the continued leftward drift in Latin America.
Bolivia:
When he became the elected president of Bolivia, Evo Morales feared a Coup d'état that many warned him about. You can see the fear in his eyes as he talked about it in this film:



There has been separatist movements in some of the richest provinces of Bolivia, which include Santa Cruz, Pando, Beni and Tarija . In Santa Cruz, the movement escalated to an illegal U.S. backed referendum to declare autonomy in the region. The referendum failed.

Ecuador, Venezuela... to be continued