'Inside USA' goes outside with reports from Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina, for a South American perspective on the neighbour in the north. Today, in most Latin American countries - pledging allegiance to Washington DC and its institutions would be political suicide. As the US influence in the region wanes, America's last major ally is the right wing government of Colombia, where the Bush administration has been trying to nail down a free trade deal. In the US, it is a controversial deal, with both Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama opposing it. 'Inside USA' reports on how that proposed free trade deal is seen inside Colombia, and they travel to the slums of Caracas in Venezuela where they find armed militias preparing for what they call an imperialist invasion.