Poll: A majority in favor of the Colombia-US military agreement

Authors:
Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri and José Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net

During October 2009, we made the following question to the visitors of our Spanish website Morochos.org:

Your opinion about the agreement that allows the U.S. military to use Colombian bases is:

We gave two options and each received the following percentage of votes...

1) In favor, 57%

2) Against, 43%

Observations:

While this agreement is opposed by several governments in Latin America, the persistent problem of the FARC, and the support that Chavez gives to the socialist guerrillas, could be causing a kindly view of the United States' military presence in the area.

Apparently, this accord is being perceived in some circles as a way to combat guerrillas and hamper the Chavez's plans in Colombia.

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