News Links tagged {Colombia} "U.S. Policy"
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region, Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | How to update U.S.-South American defense agreements |
| Author/Source: | Stephen Johnson Foreign Policy |
| Brief: | Whereas Chavez signs all manner of troubling pacts with Russia and Iran without restraint, it's comforting to know that Colombia's Constitutional Court decided that the DCA required legislative approval. |
| Location: | Brazil, Colombia |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Neighbors, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Del dicho al hecho... |
| Author/Source: | Arlene B. Tickner El Espectador (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Tan comun se ha vuelto que una vez elegidos, los presidentes en Colombia emprendan el peregrinaje "obligado" a Estados Unidos que es natural que la decision de Juan Manuel Santos de visitar primero a Brasil cause toda clase de especulacion |
| Location: | Colombia, Honduras |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Honduras, Colombia y EUA concluyen ejercicios |
| Author/Source: | El Heraldo (Honduras) |
| Brief: | Colombia, Estados Unidos y Honduras concluyeron ayer tres dias de ejercicios navales contra el narcotrafico en la isla de San Andres |
Friday, August 27, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S.-Colombia base pact on the rocks |
| Author/Source: | Edward Schumacher-Matos The Washington Post |
| Brief: | The new military agreement was one of the more ham-handed misfires of United States policy in Latin America. |
Thursday, August 26, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Will They Get It Right This Time? |
| Author/Source: | Michael Shifter Inter-American Dialogue |
| Brief: | The big change is that Obama and Santos assign less urgency than their predecessors did to pacts that, guarding against external aggression, attempt to "lock-in" the bilateral security relationship. |
| Location: | Colombia, Mexico, Peru |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Santos establecera una reaccion comun con Mexico y Peru si EE.UU. legaliza marihuana |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Ante una posible legalizacion de la droga con la aceptacion de un referendo en California, Estados Unidos, Juan Manuel Santos invito a los presidentes de Mexico y Peru a establecer una reaccion comun. |
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, Labor Rights, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia's Workers Risk Lives to Gain Their Rights |
| Author/Source: | AFL-CIO Now Blog |
| Brief: | We all agreed that the proposed U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement must not be passed until conditions for all workers in Colombia improve dramatically and there is genuine change. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Justice System, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia's Anti-U.S. Steps Are Good News for the U.S. |
| Author/Source: | Max Fisher The Atlantic |
| Brief: | Their ruling, which is legally sound, has demonstrated that the court finally functions as it should: An independent and unafraid institution. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Press Freedom, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombian journalist reflects on US visa dispute |
| Author/Source: | L. Finch The Boston Globe |
| Brief: | The State Department sparked an international incident in June when it denied a visa for Colombian journalist Hollman Morris to study at Harvard University, before reversing the decision last month. |
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | A media maquina funciona la base antinarcoticos de 1.500 millones de pesos en Guateque |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La edificacion, en la que fueron invertidos mas de 1.500 millones de pesos por parte de la Policia Nacional, la Embajada de Estados Unidos y la Alcaldia municipal, se encuentra completamente subutilizada. |
Monday, August 23, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | ¿Quien queda bravo con la caida del acuerdo militar con Estados Unidos? |
| Author/Source: | Maria Isabel Rueda El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Rodrigo Pardo hablo con Maria Isabel Rueda acerca de la decision de la Corte Constitucional. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | El boquete de las bases |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La decision de la Corte sobre el uso de bases colombianas por militares norteamericanos tendra un impacto leve sobre la seguridad, pero puede tener consecuencias impredecibles para la politica exterior. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Con el genero y sin el pecado |
| Author/Source: | Alfredo Rangel Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | No presentar el acuerdo al Congreso nos permitiria seguir aprovechando la cooperacion norteamericana en el marco de acuerdos anteriores. |
Friday, August 20, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Denunciara ONG a Uribe por pactar con EU uso de bases militares colombianas |
| Author/Source: | Reuters La Jornada |
| Brief: | Un colectivo de abogados acusa al ex presidente de desconocer las obligaciones constitucionales y de comprometer la soberania nacional. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Neighbors, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Santos analiza pedidos de Unasur |
| Author/Source: | El Universo (Ecuador) |
| Brief: | El Gobierno colombiano podria incluir las inquietudes de la Union de Naciones Suramericanas (Unasur) en el analisis del suspendido tratado militar suscrito con Estados Unidos, admitio ayer la canciller Maria Ángela Holguin. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia court rules against U.S. military agreement |
| Author/Source: | Daniel Hernandez The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | A high court in Colombia has voided an accord with the United States that would allow an increased U.S. presence on seven Colombian military bases. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. Marines condcut Non-lethal Weapons Tactics training with Colombian forces |
| Author/Source: | Alicia R. Giron U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | U.S. Marines taught non-lethal weapons tactics to Colombian Marines at Colombian Marine Corps Base Covenas in Colombia, Aug. 14, as part of a six-day subject matter expert exchange. |
Thursday, August 19, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Human Rights Cases, Peace Prospects, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Counterpoint: A New Plan for Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Milburn Line The New York Times |
| Brief: | The United States should now consider the benefits of supporting a peace process to try to end a conflict that has raged for more than four decades. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US base ruling risks new tensions for Colombia's president |
| Author/Source: | Nina Negron AFP |
| Brief: | The development risked renewing regional tensions over the deal. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US urges 'appropriate steps' on Colombia military accord |
| Author/Source: | AFP |
| Brief: | State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said the United States was consulting with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos about what it planned to do. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia president sees no effect from base ruling |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press |
| Brief: | "The consequences of the ruling for the help we have been receiving from the United States are minimal, if not none," Santos said. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia says court ruling won't affect drug fight |
| Author/Source: | Jack Kimball Reuters |
| Brief: | Santos, who took over the presidency on Aug. 7, said the government would evaluate whether to take the deal to Congress. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cheers for the Colombian Court for Scratching Treaty |
| Author/Source: | Matthew Rothschild The Progressive |
| Brief: | It's a weird day when the United States lags behind Colombia when it comes to checks and balances and democratic governance. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. reviews options after Colombia court voids base agreement |
| Author/Source: | Benjamin Birnbaum The Washington Times |
| Brief: | Mr. Santos expressed optimism Wednesday that the Court's decision would not adversely affect aid levels. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | WE have the shared challenge of combating drug trafficking and illicit activity and threat of terrorism that confronts Colombia, confronts the United States. So our interests aren't changed because of this court ruling. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | La importancia de la transparencia |
| Author/Source: | El Espectador |
| Brief: | En realidad, el acuerdo militar con EE.UU. respondio a presiones nuestras que buscaban aumentar las ayudas para la guerra contra las drogas y la insurgencia. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Santos no sabe que hacer con las bases militares |
| Author/Source: | Katalina Vasquez Guzman Pagina/12 |
| Brief: | El mandatario evalua si vale la pena llevar el convenio -hoy congelado- para que lo apruebe el Congreso. |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | No 'reset' with Venezuela soon |
| Author/Source: | Mark Weisbrot Guardian Weekly |
| Brief: | After a clumsy row over a diplomatic appointment, we have to ask: does the US really want better relations with Hugo Chavez? |
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | La decision de la Corte de tumbar el Acuerdo de las Bases podria arruinar la 'luna de miel' con Chavez |
| Author/Source: | Juanita Leon La Silla Vacia |
| Brief: | Chavez descubrira que, con mejores modales y sin diplomacia de microfono, Santos en este punto seguira los pasos de Uribe. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Court rules against Colombia-US base accord |
| Author/Source: | Libardo Cardona Associated Press |
| Brief: | The Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that last year's agreement giving the U.S. military access to more Colombian bases is unconstitutional because it wasn't approved by legislators. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia declares US base share deal unconstitutional |
| Author/Source: | BBC |
| Brief: | The court did not rule on the legitimacy of the agreement itself and the ruling does not mean the US has to leave the country altogether. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia Court Blocks U.S. Military Accord Behind Regional Fight |
| Author/Source: | Joshua Goodman, Helen Murphy Bloomberg |
| Brief: | The statement didn't say whether the government would seek to ratify the accord in congress, though it "reiterated the fundamental importance" of several decades of U.S. support. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombian court blocks military agreement with U.S. |
| Author/Source: | CNN |
| Brief: | The court said that the agreement must be sent to the Colombian Congress for approval before it can become effective. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombian court suspends U.S. military base deal |
| Author/Source: | Reuters |
| Brief: | The court said the deal could not come into force until it had been approved by Congress. It added that it was not ruling on the legality of the agreement. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Corte Constitucional hundio acuerdo de cooperacion militar con EE.UU. |
| Author/Source: | El Espectador |
| Brief: | ¿Seguira el gobierno Santos insistiendo en la aplicacion de un tratado de cooperacion como este? |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Acuerdo con EE. UU. incluia obligaciones nuevas y por eso debia ir al Congreso: Mauricio Gonzalez |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Seis magistrados declararon "inexistente" la negociacion porque no surtio tramite que debe tener un tratado internacional; esto es, ser ratificado en el Congreso y sancionado por ley. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | El acuerdo militar entre Colombia y EE.UU. aislo a Uribe y convulsiono a la region |
| Author/Source: | Yahoo! Noticias |
| Brief: | Ambos lo firmaron en medio de un ambiente regional caldeado por la postura en contra de varios Gobiernos y la ferrea defensa de Colombia. |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Corte Constitucional fallara hoy sobre la demanda contra el acuerdo militar entre Colombia y EE.UU. |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El Alto Tribunal definira hoy la suerte del acuerdo militar entre Estados Unidos y Colombia. Los magistrados ya estan reunidos y el plazo para emitir su fallo sobre la demanda de inconstitucionalidad vence en las proximas horas. |
Monday, August 16, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Florida Republicans push for Colombia deal |
| Author/Source: | Jim Wyss The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | Florida Republicans proposed a package of sweets and switches Friday as they urged their colleagues to approve a trade deal with Colombia and declare Venezuela a state sponsor of terrorism |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Santos-Chavez Santa Marta Summit: A Moment of Promise and Peril in the Americas |
| Author/Source: | Ray Walser, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation |
| Brief: | Colombia's new President Santos has made a bold although not risk-free effort to tackle the most pressing challenge to peace and security in South America. |