Western Hemisphere
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa suggested on Friday that he Defense Council of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) should analyze a report prepared by the United States on military strategy and then call "an urgent meeting with (US) President (Barack) Obama."

For his part, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez disclosed at the Unasur extraordinary summit of Heads of State, held in the Argentinean city of Bariloche, the contents of a report entitled "South American strategy. The white book. Air Mobility Command."

According to him, the report was prepared earlier this year by the US armed forces, DPA quoted.

The paper states "the inclusion of South America in an air strategy," and the priorities of the US air force are listed, including the use of the Colombian military station of Palanquero as an "expeditionary base," as shown by Chávez to the TV cameras.

"I am very worried and cannot accept that a US paper treats us as the backyard. I would like to propose a first decision at this extraordinary meeting: to strongly recommend the Defense Council to submit to us a report and, based on that report, to ask an urgent meeting with President Obama," said Correa, the pro-tempore president of the South American scheme.