Sentence:  Suppose , he says , that the tables were turned , and we were in the Soviets ' position : `` There would be more than 2000 modern Soviet fighters , all better than ours , stationed at 250 bases in <WSD>Mexico</WSD> and the Caribbean . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810