In 1996, for example, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Vanuatu and Venezuela were all under American embargo for beastliness to whales or dolphins.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez who called for a joint statement condemning the Colombian proposal said the bases could destabilize the region.Our South America correspondent Candace Piette reports.
But empty driveways and unmown lawns are the least of suburbia's problems, according to Christopher Leinberger, an urban theorist and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC.