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US trade official: Confident congress will OK Colombia deals

Category: News/Economy
... groups have been frustrated that President Barack Obama has set a goal of reaching a deal on the South Korea trade pact by his trip to Seoul in November, while not laying out a similar timetable on ... Wednesday, 08 September 2010
NGO files treason complaint against Uribe

Category: News/News
... U.S. access to at least seven Colombian military bases and civilian airports, was signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and Uribe in August 2009, but was never approved by the country's Congress. According ... Thursday, 02 September 2010
Santos defends Uribe against treason claims

Category: News/News
... controversial pact, which granted the U.S. access to at least seven Colombian military bases and civilian airports, was signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and Uribe in August 2009, but was never approved ... Friday, 20 August 2010
Colombia captures top suspected Venezuelan trafficker

Category: News/News
... Orel Sambrano, who wrote articles linking the Makled family to illegal activities including drug trafficking. In 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama placed Makled on a list of significant foreign narcotics ... Friday, 20 August 2010
NGO accuses Uribe of treason

Category: News/News
... simply an extension of previous treaties. The controversial pact, which granted the U.S. access to at least seven Colombian military bases and civilian airports, was signed by U.S. President Barack Obama ... Thursday, 19 August 2010
US: Colombia must defend military pact

Category: News/News
... and civilian airports, was signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in August 2009, but was never approved by the country's Congress. According to Uribe, the pact ... Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Castro and Cordoba meet again in Havana

Category: News/News
... on the table for discussion. Castro said that he has faith that a man like U.S. President Barack Obama, whose background is a mix of black, white, Christian and Muslim, will be instrumental in encouraging ... Monday, 16 August 2010
Benedetti opens his eyes

Category: Perspective/Disinformation
... Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa and U.S. President Barack Obama with their eyes closed. As Benedetti's website, calling on Obama, Correa and Chavez to "wake up" is still online, local media suspect ... Sunday, 15 August 2010
Ambassador William Brownfield leaves Colombia

Category: News/News
... sought a friendly relationship and tried to communicate the decisions of its government well, today Colombia has a low profile with the government of Barack Obama," said Horacio Godoy, director of international ... Friday, 13 August 2010
Obama extends Colombian counternarcotics aid

Category: News/News
United States President Barack Obama extends assistance for Colombia's armed forces to intercept aircraft involved in drug trafficking. United States President Barack Obama on Thursday extended ... Thursday, 12 August 2010
Colombia still awaiting US plan to fix trade pact

Category: News/News
... U.S. trade officials acknowledged Thursday. The delay raises questions about how hard President Barack Obama is prepared to fight for the pact, which is fiercely opposed by the AFL-CIO labor federation, ... Thursday, 12 August 2010
US industrialists tour Colombia

Category: News/Economy
... agreement to Congress in April 2007, but it was not rubber-stamped before the end of the congressional session in December 2008. During his presidential election campaign, Barack Obama opposed approving ... Monday, 09 August 2010
Obama to honor Colombian with Citizens Medal

Category: News/News
U.S. President Barack Obama will present a Colombian immigrant with the Presidential Citizens Medal at a White House ceremony, honoring the Pereira native for his work feeding the poor in New York City. ... Wednesday, 04 August 2010
Colombian joins Vanity Fair's Best Dressed List

Category: Colombia Reports Lite/Beauty
... late Julio Santo Domingo Jr., one of Colombia's most successful businessmen, shares the spotlight of the prestigious list with United States first lady Michelle Obama, France's first lady Carla Bruni, ... Wednesday, 04 August 2010
NGO: 'Alarming' link between US aid and 'false positives'

Category: News/News
... over the last ten years. Over the next year U.S. President Barack Obama's administration will shift funding allocation from the fight against drugs to focus more on policies that seek economic, social, ... Friday, 30 July 2010
US national security advisor to attend Santos' inauguration

Category: News/News
U.S. President Barack Obama announced that National Security Advisor General James Jone will head a presidential delegation to Colombia to attend the inauguration of Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel ... Thursday, 29 July 2010
Silva confident US will approve FTA

Category: News/News
... in April 2007, but it was not rubber-stamped before the end of the Congressional session in December 2008. During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama opposed approving a trade deal with the Andean ... Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Clinton congratulates Colombia on bicentennial

Category: News/News
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulates Colombia on the bicentennial of its independence, on behalf of President Barack Obama and the American people. In a statement released on ... Monday, 19 July 2010
Chavez: Colombia's FARC accusations are US plot

Category: News/News
... Chavez also complained of the Obama administration's "permanent and fallacious " accusations against Venezuela of involvement of the international drug trade. Chavez stated that "President Obama was ... Monday, 19 July 2010
Morris' visa case shows little change in Obama policy

Category: Perspective/Pablo Rojas
... was no change. Even under Obama, it seems, the U.S. government struggles to distinguish between the Colombian terrorists, drug traffickers and political dissidents. Last week, the victim was Colombian ... Friday, 16 July 2010
Obama promises progress on stalled Colombia FTA

Category: News/News
U.S. President Barack Obama expressed his desire to reignite the stalled free trade agreement with Colombia, and stay true to his State of the Union speech vow to double U.S. exports in five years. ... Wednesday, 07 July 2010
New ambassadors present credentials to Uribe

Category: News/News
... The U.S.'s will also be sending a new ambassador to Colombia this year, when William Brownfield comes to the end of his post in Bogota. President Barack Obama nominated Peter Michael McKinley to fill ... Wednesday, 07 July 2010
Under Santos, there will be no honeymoon with Venezuela

Category: Perspective/Gustavo Silva
... that the problem in the bilateral relationship was somehow Mr. Uribe’s doing. Without him, President Santos can activate a restart button à la Obama and the tensions along the border will diminish. ... Monday, 05 July 2010
Admiral: US military presence in Colombia does not affect region

Category: News/News
... in the last few years and reiterated U.S. President Barack Obama's administration's commitment to "military cooperation" with Bogota. Mullen said that the U.S.'s military presence in Colombia "is decreasing" ... Thursday, 01 July 2010
New US ambassador to Bogota seeks improved relations with Venezuela

Category: News/News
... currently serving as ambassador to Peru. The diplomat also reiterated that the administration of President Obama is committed to advancing a free trade agreement with Colombia, which has been awaiting ... Tuesday, 29 June 2010
US Democrat Hoyer prods Obama on trade deals

Category: News/Economy
A top U.S. Democrat on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to incorporate trade deals with Colombia and Panama into his new push to win congressional approval of a pact with South Korea by early 2011. ... Tuesday, 29 June 2010
US: Relations with Colombia to change

Category: News/News
... affirmed. When asked about the U.S.'s pending ratification of its free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia, Valenzuela said that U.S. President Barack Obama's administration continues to be committed ... Monday, 28 June 2010
'Santos can win over US Democrats'

Category: News/News
... On Friday, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez reiterated calls for patience while giving further guarantees that FTA would pass. "The Obama administration understands ... Monday, 28 June 2010
Uribe meets Obama

Category: News/News
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Friday he had met with United States President Barack Obama in Toronto, Canada where the G8 are meeting. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Friday he had ... Saturday, 26 June 2010
US owes moral debt to Colombia: VP-elect

Category: News/News
... a triumph of illegal armed groups," said Garzon. The vice president-elect's statement came only hours after U.S. president Barack Obama called to congratulate President-elect Juan Manuel Santos for his ... Friday, 25 June 2010
US reassures Colombia over FTA, urges patience

Category: News/Economy
... U.S. congress, but added that it will take time, reports El Espectador. "The Obama administration understand the importance of ratifying the deal, and is confident it will be," Sanchez said from Bogota, ... Friday, 25 June 2010
Obama desperately trying to avoid Uribe at G8 summit

Category: Perspective/Disinformation
United States President Barack Obama was seen rushing from a press conference in Toronto, Canada on Friday after a State Department official notified him Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was looking ... Friday, 25 June 2010
Uribe hopes to discuss FTA with Obama at G8 summit

Category: News/News
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is in Canada to attend the G8 summit, and hopes to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the two countries' pending free trade agreement. Colombian President ... Friday, 25 June 2010
Obama calls to congratulate Santos

Category: News/News
U.S. president Barack Obama called Thursday to congratulate Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos for his victory in Sunday’s election. U.S. president Barack Obama on Thursday called to ... Thursday, 24 June 2010
Washington Post: Santos is strong US ally

Category: News/News
The Washington Post praises Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos as a "strong and needed U.S. ally," and calls on President Obama to move forward with the free trade deal. The Washington ... Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Santos’ doubtful plan for national unity

Category: Perspective/Pablo Rojas
... trend more visible and more worrying (from Santos’s point of view) than in the United States. The transition from George W. Bush to Barack Obama put an end to the nearly unconditional alliance Colombia ... Friday, 18 June 2010
Clinton pledges continued US support for Colombia

Category: News/News
... President Barack Obama's administration to maintain not just military assistance, but also an increase in support for social and economic development, production of clean energy and mitigation of climate ... Thursday, 10 June 2010
Clinton meets Santos and Mockus

Category: News/2010 Elections
... Barack Obama, but that it is purely a legal issue within the U.S. Earlier on Wednesday, Colombian businessmen voiced their frustrations with the continued delay in the FTA's passage and demanded that ... Wednesday, 09 June 2010
Colombian businesses air frustrations over delay of US trade deal

Category: News/News
... national association of international trade (Analdex), the blame for the delay lies with U.S. President Barack Obama, not with Congress. "They have told us that there are enough votes in the U.S. Congress ... Wednesday, 09 June 2010
Bogota will ask Clinton to maintain solidarity with Colombia

Category: News/News
Colombia's defense minister says his government will ask U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who arrives in Colombia Tuesday, to "maintain solidarity and cooperation" between the two nations. ... Tuesday, 08 June 2010
US congressmen urge Obama to pass Colombia FTA

Category: News/News
In a letter to President Barack Obama, 39 U.S. congressmen urge their head of state to support the ratification of the nation's pending free trade agreement with Colombia. In a letter to President ... Friday, 04 June 2010
Correa and Clinton to dicuss US-Colombia bases pact

Category: News/News
... be the first minister of the Barack Obama administration to visit Colombia. Colombia increased regional tensions after the it signed signed a controversial agreement with the U.S., granting the North ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010
US-Colombia FTA will not pass this year

Category: News/News
... to push for the passage of the free trade deal with Colombia. On Tuesday sixteen U.S. senators sent a letter to President Barack Obama asserting that he should set a date for Congress to ratify the stalled ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010
US senators press Obama to ratify FTA with Colombia

Category: News/News
Sixteen North Americn senators sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama asserting that their nation's leader set a date for congress to ratify the stalled free trade agreement with Colombia. Sixteen ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010
Clinton to visit Colombia in June

Category: News/News
... visit two cities during her stay in the Andean country. Clinton will be the first minister of the Barack Obama administration to visit Colombia. ... Thursday, 27 May 2010
One week before the elections, has Santos regained the momentum?

Category: Perspective/Pablo Rojas
... guru” who helped manage Barack Obama’s online mobilization efforts, and JJ Rendon, a ruthless Venezuelan spin doctor known for running dirty but extremely effective smear campaigns. Just as Santos ... Saturday, 22 May 2010