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My point is that his cooperation would be limited. For instance, while Brazilian police and military forces might be deployed to secure the region, there seems no likelihood that US forces would be permitted to operate on the Brazilian side of the border. Of course, Argentina doesn't have the most pro-US government these days either.
Also, although this may be a gross over-generalization, one thing I have noticed working with troops from Arab countries is that they don't like jungles. I would expect any AQ or Hizbullah types hanging out in the region to try to merge into the local Arab urban populations. And, as noted, since the most hospitable parts of the population are rather small, the number of terrorists able to hide there is correspondingly small.
Essentially, I see the environment there as closer to a lawless Dearborn, Michigan, Hamburg, Germany or the banlieus of Paris - a place where smaller terrorist cells might be able to set up safe houses, raise money, buy weapons or make smuggling contacts to move elsewhere in the region - rather than like Afghanistan's White Mountains - a place to set up training camps and a larger infrastructure. That affects in part the tactical approach, and makes the likelier scenarios more of a law enforcement and intelligence operation than a military operation.
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