"Now that the Yankees want to set up four bases in Colombia...it forces us to revise our relations with Colombia," Chavez said on a state television station. The Colombian government recently announced a deal allowing U.S. military personnel to operate from Colombian military facilities. Chavez said the deal was a "threat" to Venezuela and "opened the door to our constant attackers and those preparing fresh aggressions against us." The deal comes after Ecuador, whose President Rafael Correa has become a close ally of Chavez, evicted the U.S. from a military base there, which was key to U.S. anti-drug operations. Read more here. Semana International delivers news about Colombia in English. Find more in our home.