Obama: I will press Congress to pass Colombia FTA
U.S. President Barack Obama said he is a “fierce defender” of the free market and will press Congress to pass a free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia this year. In…
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Geithner: Obama plans to pass Colombia FTA this year
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday that Obama plans to implement the pending free trade agreement (FTA) between the U.S. and Colombia this year. Geithner was asked whether Obama’s…
Future of Plan Colombia remains uncertain
The future of U.S. military aid to Colombia is in question, following the absence of any mention of Plan Colombia in President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget proposal to Congress on…
Plan Colombia not mentioned in US 2011 budget proposal
Plan Colombia, the U.S. financial and military aid program to help Colombia fight drug trafficking and leftist guerrillas, was not mentioned in President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget proposal to Congress.…
US to strengthen commercial relations with Colombia: Obama
United States President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union speech on Wednesday that his administration seeks to “strengthen trade relations” with Colombia, without explicitly mentioning a free…
Colombia has ‘Democratic friends’ in US Congress: Ex-Im Bank
Colombia has as many friends amongst Democrats in the U.S. Congress as amongst Republicans, the chairman of the U.S. Export-Import Bank declared Thursday. Bank chairman Fred Hochberg rejected the idea…
Presidential candidate promises Obama military alliance will continue
Colombian Conservative Presidential candidate Andres Felipe Arias promised U.S. President Barack Obama he would continue the military alliance between the two countries if elected president. Arias sent a letter to…
‘Piedad Cordoba too close to Chavez’
Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba’s close relation to Venezuela president Hugo Chavez is what made her not win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, says Adam Isacson, program director of the Washington-based…
Piedad Cordoba does not win Nobel Peace Prize, Obama does
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to U.S. President Barack Obama and not Colombian opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba, who had been considered the most probable to win. In the weeks…