American unions, particularly the AFL-CIO are delaying the passage of the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) for domestic political reasons, says the president of the U.S. Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).…
A free trade agreement (FTA) between Colombia and the United States is continued to be held up because Colombia is not updating its labor laws and shows no improvement in…
Spanish opposition leader Mariano Rajoy commended President Alvaro Uribe on improving Colombia’s human rights record during his administration, following a meeting with the president on Friday. Rajoy, the parliamentary leader…
The US-Colombia military base agreement is completely misunderstood, and it is one of the many examples of U.S. military agreements aimed at exporting security in order to stay out of…
Colombia’s ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Alfonso Hoyos, walked out of an International Commission on Human Rights meeting on Thursday, after Ecuador requested that the Commission…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced on Thursday that his government will accept an annual human rights review in order to move forward with a free trade agreement with Canada. Speaking…
The head of the Colombian Supreme Court, Jaime Arrubla, announced on Thursday that one of its judges has received a threatening email signed by prisoners of Combita, a jail in…
Ecuador’s Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patiño, admitted on Thursday that there are still difficulties in the process of normalizing relations between Colombia and Ecuador, reported newspaper EcoDiario. Patiño explained that the main…
Colombian presidential candidates came together on Thursday and signed an agreement saying they will respect the principles of the Constitution, reported El Espectador. It is the first time in the history…