Statements from Members of the U.S. Congress about Colombia
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Energy, U.S. Policy, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Dictator Chavez and U.S. Oil |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | American dependence on foreign oil poses a national security risk. It makes no sense at all. And why are we paying dictators and tyrants to supply us with energy? |
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Questions for the Record Submitted to Ambassador - Designate Larry Leon Palmer by Senator Richard G. Lugar |
| Author/Source: | Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) |
| Brief: | A worsening of the situation in Venezuela should be of concern to all the Member States of the OAS as it is a clear violation of Venezuela's obligations under the American Convention on Human Rights and the Inter-American Democratic Charter. |
Thursday, July 22, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Time to Act on Trade Is Now |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | According to research conducted by our colleagues on the Ways and Means Committee, the inaction of these trade agreements is costing America jobs and market access. |
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia Free Trade Agreement |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | We need to unleash American businesses and entrepreneurs to expand into new markets. Passing the Colombia, South Korea, and Panama Free Trade Agreements would give real, tangible benefits to American workers and create jobs. |
Monday, July 12, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Press Freedom, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. denies visa to Colombian journalist Hollman Morris, citing Patriot Act |
| Author/Source: | Juan Forero The Washington Post |
| Brief: | He was ineligible, U.S. officials told him, under the "terrorist activities" section of the USA Patriot Act. |
Thursday, July 1, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Free Trade Agreements |
| Author/Source: | Rep. David Dreier U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | If we proceed with the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement as the President has called for us to do, we must also proceed immediately with the Panama and Colombia free trade agreements as well. |
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Pass the Colombia Free Trade Agreement |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | Colombia's one of America's strongest allies. With our help, they've instilled rule of law, defeated the FARC terrorist group. They've created labor rights and lowered their crime rate, violence rate by 90 percent. |
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Reaffirming Friendship and Alliance between the United States and Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | While we should be reaffirming our alliance today, we should also be strengthening that alliance by passing the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Refugees, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Recognizing World Refugee Day |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | Whereas decades of violence caused by extremist groups forced up to 400,000 Colombians to seek refuge in other countries and produced 3,000,000 internally displaced persons within Colombia. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Reaffirming Friendship and Alliance between the United States and Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA), Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Rep U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | In Colombia, we have seen the impossible become possible. Once under siege by extremist groups and drug cartels, the people of Colombia and its government have transformed a dark past into a promising bright future. |
Friday, June 4, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Hatch, 16 Senators Call On President Obama To Take Action On Stalled Trade Accords |
| Author/Source: | Orrin G. Hatch (R- UT) |
| Brief: | In Letter, Senators Ask Administration to Provide Korea, Colombia, Panama List of Outstanding Issues, Timeline for Enactment |
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia's fight against the drug trade |
| Author/Source: | Mark R. Warner (D/VA) |
| Brief: | Senators Warner and Dodd also met on Tuesday with President Uribe's former Defense Minister, Juan Manuel Santos, who on Sunday received 47 percent of the vote and strengthened his position as the frontrunner in a June 20th runoff election to succeed Uribe |
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Mexico |
| Category: | Justice System, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Justice System, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Statement of The Honorable Richard J. Durbin |
| Author/Source: | Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) Judiciary Subcommittee On Human Rights And The Law U.S. Senate |
| Brief: | This is the first Congressional hearing to focus specifically on U.S. rule of law assistance to foreign drug enforcement efforts |
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Mexico |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Drug Enforcement and the Rule of Law: Mexico and Colombia |
| Author/Source: | David T. Johnson U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Statement before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law |
Friday, May 14, 2010
| Location: | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
| Category: | Europes Role, Narcotrafficking |
| Colombia Category: | Europes Role, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Report on European Contributions to Counternarcotics Efforts, Alternative Development and Judicial Reform in the Andean Region |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Submitted to the House Committee on Appropriations Pursuant to House Committee Report 108-599 accompanying the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005, as enacted in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, P.L. 108- |
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Human Rights Defenders |
| Title: | HONORING DR. RODRIGO NOGUERA CALDERON |
| Author/Source: | Lincoln Diaz-Balart U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | Dr. Noguera has been an ardent defender of democracy and of its liberties, and he has been a fighter against totalitarian and so-called "populist" regimes which seek to destabilize democratic governments. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANCISCO PATINO FONSECA |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | I want to thank Gen. Patino, his officers and the good people of Colombia for their tremendous dedication to fighting the drug cartels and working with the people of the United States. |
| Location: | Colombia, Honduras, Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Latin America |
| Author/Source: | Sen. George LeMieux (R-FL) U.S. Senate |
| Brief: | I believe that under President Lobo's leadership, we have got a good chance for Honduras reemerging on the stage in Latin America as a good and healthy democracy. |
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Free Trade |
| Author/Source: | Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | 1,253 days ago, an agreement was signed between the United States of America and the Government of Colombia to open up the market so that we could see jobs created for workers at Caterpillar, John Deere, Whirlpool, and other very important industries righ |
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Restoring Job Growth in America |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | The President has announced a national export initiative, but yet there have been no substantive steps to move this forward. Why not implement a small business initiative to help our small businesses export to Colombia? |
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | What about the free trade agreements? |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | In a moment of candor, President Obama acknowledged that the lion's share of the problem was on his side of the aisle, that in fact it was politics in the Democratic Caucus that was preventing that from coming to the floor. |
Monday, February 22, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Peru |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation |
| Colombia Category: | Defense Cooperation |
| Title: | Cooperacion con el Peru es un ejemplo para toda la region: Ministro Silva |
| Author/Source: | Ministerio De Defensa Nacional De La Republica De |
| Brief: | "Lo que venimos haciendo es ejemplar y modelo para toda la region", dijo Silva, y destaco "la voluntad politica y operacional de ir mas lejos en impedir que la frontera se convierta en un bastion para los narcoterroristas y el crimen organi |
Monday, February 1, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Human Rights in Colombia: Rep. Jim McGovern (D) |
| Author/Source: | Aldo Civico The Huffington Post |
| Brief: | The lenses that McGovern uses to read Colombia are those of human rights. To him, the promotion of a culture and practice of human rights is essential even for achieving security, and lay the foundation for lasting peace. |
Sunday, January 31, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | "Falsos positivos son gran problema en Washington" |
| Author/Source: | Aldo Civico El Espectador (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Entrevista con el representante democrata Jim McGovern. |
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | [PDF] Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton |
| Author/Source: | Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisconsin), Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn U.S. Senate |
| Brief: | We look forward to working with you to reorient U.S. assistance and diplomacy to our Colombian partner on our long-term common goals |
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Three pending trade agreements that will create jobs |
| Author/Source: | Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | Send to Capitol Hill three pending trade agreements: Panama, Colombia and South Korea. We could create jobs in the manufacturing sector, in the service sector, in the farming sector of our economy. |
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Honduras, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | President Obama's First Year in Office |
| Author/Source: | Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) U.S. Senate |
| Brief: | Indeed, Chavez has responded to friendly U.S. overtures by continuing to suffocate Venezuelan democracy, continuing to cooperate with Iran and Russia, and continuing to harass neighboring democracies, such as Colombia, where Chavez has funded vicious narc |
Monday, January 11, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Rueda de prensa del presidente Álvaro Uribe Velez y del representante a la Camara de EU, Eliot Engel al termino de la reunion en Cordoba |
| Author/Source: | Presidencia De Colombia |
| Brief: | Cuando venia camino a la finca del Presidente, tras el aterrizaje del avion y estabamos a bordo del bus, pensaba que estabamos todos juntos, los colombianos y los americanos en el mismo bus, sentados juntos, intercambiando conversaciones |
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
| Location: | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Category: | Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Extending Andean Trade Preferences |
| Author/Source: | Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | While two of the three current participant countries--Colombia and Peru--have made enormous strides in implementing economic reforms, solidifying the rule of law and engaging as strong partners with the U.S., Ecuador has moved backwards in many regards |
| Location: | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Category: | Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Andean Trade Preference Extension Act of 2009 |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | With the on-going debate surrounding the Colombia Free Trade Agreement and the South Korea Free Trade Agreement, and the sharp economic recession, it would be irresponsible to simply extend these preferences without thorough discussions on the effects of |
Monday, December 14, 2009
| Location: | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador |
| Category: | Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Andean Trade Preference Extension Act of 2009 |
| Author/Source: | U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | President Correa has made questionable statements with regard to Ecuador's respect for intellectual property rights. Moreover, negotiations to replace U.S. access to the Manta air base are still unresolved. |
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | [PDF] Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from 53 members of Congress |
| Author/Source: | U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | This is the right moment to take stock and reconfigure both aid and diplomacy |
Thursday, December 3, 2009
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Landmines, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Landmines, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cartagena Landmine Ban Treaty Review Conference |
| Author/Source: | Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) U.S. Senate |
| Brief: | I hope they use this opportunity not only to highlight the hundreds of millions of dollars the U.S. has provided for humanitarian demining and assistance for mine victims over the years, but also to learn from the delegations of countries that are parties |
Monday, November 23, 2009
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | [PDF] Letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from 33 members of Congress |
| Author/Source: | U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | We request that you allow an up or down vote on this important trade agreement without further delay |
Friday, October 23, 2009
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | I rise today to reaffirm my long-standing support for the Colombian people, the Colombian-American community in south Florida, and to urge my colleagues to approve the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement as soon as possible. |
Monday, October 19, 2009
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Transmitting Notification of the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Emergency Declared Pertaining to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colomba... |
| Author/Source: | President Barack Obama U.S. Senate The White House |
| Brief: | In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the emergency declared with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia is to continue in effect beyond October 2 |