News Links tagged {Colombia} "U.S. Policy"
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Monday, February 8, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Politics And Security, Reelection Debate, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Viento en contra |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El efecto teflon esta desapareciendo y Uribe esta empezando a sentir que no es invulnerable ante el pueblo |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Destino: Afganistan |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Esta claro que el grupo inicial seria de unos 100 militares, casi todos de fuerzas especiales, que irian en dos contingentes diferentes: el de la Otan y el de los norteamericanos |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Editorial: Time to trade |
| Author/Source: | The Washington Post |
| Brief: | On Colombia, the case for a deal is especially strong -- and the case against one especially weak |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Politics And Security, Reelection Debate, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | La semana negra de Uribe |
| Author/Source: | Enrique Santos Calderon El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Sabe que sus esperanzas se han reducido y que el tiempo se agota. Pero en cuestion de magistrados -si de eso se trata- nada esta escrito. Cuando la primera reeleccion, el magistrado Cepeda produjo ponencia negativa y luego voto positivo |
Thursday, February 4, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | No US-Colombia pact if violence continues - group |
| Author/Source: | Hugh Bronstein Reuters |
| Brief: | Colombia must act to halt rising violence, including against trade unionists, if it is to secure U.S. congressional approval for a long-delayed trade agreement with Washington, a U.S. human rights group said. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Extraditions, Justice and Peace Process, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Procuraduria avala extradicion del narcotraficante alias 'don Mario' |
| Author/Source: | El Espectador (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Ademas senalo que es una burla para la sociedad que el 'narco' continue en la Ley de Justicia y Paz. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Extraditions, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Piden avalar extradicion de 'Don Mario' |
| Author/Source: | El Espectador (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La Procuraduria considera que se cumplen los requisitos para que el narcoparamilitar sea entregado a las autoridades de Estados Unidos. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | El pacto militar no es problema, sino que hay paises que les duele el exito de nuestro modelo: Uribe |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | "El problema se da porque a ellos les duele que el modelo de libertades de Colombia tenga exito", agrego. |
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Obama export plan includes trade deals - Geithner |
| Author/Source: | Reuters |
| Brief: | Democrats complain Colombia has not done enough to stop violence against trade unionists and want changes in Panama's tax haven laws and labor regime. |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | 'Chavez apoya de manera encubierta a las Farc', dice informe de inteligencia de E.U. |
| Author/Source: | Sergio Gomez Maseri El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La aseveracion, sorprendente por su contundencia, adquiere mas relieve dada la importancia del reporte de la Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia sobre las amenazas contra la seguridad nacional. |
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Human Rights Cases, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Simplemente no entienden |
| Author/Source: | Arlene B. Tickner El Espectador (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Quienes hayan organizado el "agasajo" para 46 militares implicados y liberados en casos de "falsos positivos" -con aromaterapia, masajes, lechona y payasos incluidos- simplemente no entienden que en el exterior ello puede ser interpret |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | We're Blowing It |
| Author/Source: | Ray Fisman Slate |
| Brief: | Dube and Naidu's analysis provides a dark view of U.S. involvement in Colombia and suggests that the $5 billion we've sent to the country in the past couple of decades hasn't exactly been well-spent. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | 'Compromiso Colombia 2010': Gobiernos de Estados Unidos y Colombia realizan brigada de salud en San Vicente del Caguan y Macarena |
| Author/Source: | Comando General De Las Fuerzas Militares De La Rep |
| Brief: | En un esfuerzo por mejorar las condiciones de salud de la poblacion de San Vicente del Caguan y La Macarena, los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y Colombia adelantan desde el 25 de enero y hasta el 3 de febrero una brigada de salud para atender a la poblacion |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Reelection Debate, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Culpan a la reeleccion de reduccion de dinero para el Plan Colombia |
| Author/Source: | El Espectador (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El jefe de Cambio Radical advirtio que la reeleccion puede ser lo que presiono la disminucion de los recursos del Plan Colombia. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | El tijeretazo |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Todo indica que la ayuda de Estados Unidos contemplada en el Plan Colombia tendra un nuevo recorte, cercano a los 55 millones de dolares. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | "Tengo la percepcion de que E.U. no abandonara a Colombia", dice el presidente Uribe |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El mandatario pidio entender que esa nacion afronta un deficit que se ha elevado al 10%. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia hara 'lobby' contra recorte de E.U. al Plan Colombia |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Al conocerse la intencion del presidente Barack Obama de reducir en 55,5 millones de dolares la ayuda al Plan Colombia, el Gobierno colombiano anuncio que una comision viajara a Washington. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cambia la politica de Estados Unidos hacia Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Leon Valencia El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Al tiempo que se producen estos mensajes especialmente criticos de sectores del congreso norteamericano hacia el Gobierno colombiano, el presidente Barack Obama solicita recortar en 55,5 millones de dolares la ayuda hacia Colombia. |
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Evaluating Plan Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Danial Mejia Gacetilla Colombia |
| Brief: | Despite the substantial resources invested in this war, no independent evaluation of the antidrug policies implemented under Plan Colombia had been done until now. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Silva hara lobby por el Plan Colombia |
| Author/Source: | EFE El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia) |
| Brief: | El ministro de Defensa, Gabriel Silva, viajara la proxima semana a Estados Unidos para buscar apoyo entre los lideres del Congreso de ese pais para que continue la ayuda al Plan Colombia. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Como 'previsible' califico embajadora en Washington recorte de ayuda de E.U. a Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Sergio Gomez Maseri El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Siguiendo con la tendencia de los ultimos anos, la administracion de Barack Obama le hizo este lunes un nuevo recorte de 55,5 millones de dolares a la ayuda. |
Monday, February 1, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US military aid cuts would threaten a decade of success: Vice Pres |
| Author/Source: | Kirsten Begg Colombia Reports |
| Brief: | "More cuts to military resources could put in danger the important gains that have been made, not only on Colombian territory and the fight against drugs, but also in the establishment of democratic institutions and development programs," Santos |
| 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. |
Friday, January 29, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | 'Anuncio de Obama es muy positivo, pero hay que ser pacientes': Carolina Barco |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La embajadora de Colombia en E.U. hablo sobre los prospectos del TLC tras el discurso de Obama. |
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Sowing Doubts on Trading with our Friends |
| Author/Source: | Roger Noriega The Journal Of The American Enterprise Institute |
| Brief: | Nancy Pelosi rewrote the "fast track" rules of the House with the express aim of shelving the trade accord with our best ally in the Americas, Colombia; last night, she choked when the president mentioned Colombia but recovered when she realized |
Thursday, January 28, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Senal de Obama sobre el TLC no es clara, consideran dirigentes gremiales |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Obama, aunque sin comprometerse directamente con el Tratado, dijo al anunciar iniciativas con las que espera duplicar el comercio estadounidense en los proximos cinco anos. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Declaracion del Presidente Obama debe entenderse como senal de confianza en Colombia: Uribe |
| Author/Source: | Presidencia De La Republica De Colombia |
| Brief: | El Presidente Álvaro Uribe Velez senalo que el discurso del Estado de la Union de su homologo de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, en el que afirmo que espera fortalecer las relaciones comerciales con Colombia, debe entenderse como una senal de confian |
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Energy, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Obama's War for Oil in Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Daniel Kovalik Counter Punch |
| Brief: | While the current U.S. Administration seems bent on deepening its fatal ties to Colombia in the interest of oil, there is still an opportunity to derail this policy. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Tres senadores estadounidenses piden reducir ayuda militar a Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Sergio Gomez Maseri El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | En una dura carta dirigida a Hillary Clinton, criticaron la situacion de los DD.HH. en el pais y una posible reeleccion de Uribe. |
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US should pass Colombia, Panama trade deals-Democrat |
| Author/Source: | Doug Palmer Reuters Forex |
| Brief: | Business groups believe there is enough support right now among other Democrats and Republicans to pass the Panama and Colombia trade deals if Obama were to send them to Congress. |
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Afro-Colombian Communities, Indigenous Communities, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Un plan contra el racismo |
| Author/Source: | Cesar Rodriguez Garavito El Espectador (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Lo que no se ha comentado es un acuerdo firmado en esa reunion, que puede ser trascendental para millones de afrocolombianos e indigenas victimas de discriminacion: el Plan de Accion sobre la Igualdad Racial y Étnica. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Economy and Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | USAID Telling Our Story: Colombia - Water Disputes in Soacha Are Over |
| Author/Source: | Relief Web |
| Brief: | Residents of Soacha, Colombia, and the surrounding areas learned to resolve their differences through mediation thanks to an award-winning USAID-supported program. |
| 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. |
Monday, January 25, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region, Colombia |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Muscling Latin America |
| Author/Source: | Greg Grandin The Nation |
| Brief: | In recent years, Washington has experienced a fast erosion of its influence in South America, driven by the rise of Brazil, the region's left turn, the growing influence of China and Venezuela's use of oil revenue to promote a multipolar diplomacy. |
Friday, January 22, 2010
| Location: | Colombia, Ecuador |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Correa: tema de bases debe ser tratado en dialogo Unasur-EEUU |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | 'Obviamente el tema bases militares debe estar en la agenda (con EEUU), en el dialogo, para empezar una agenda comun y empezar a discutirlo', asevero Correa. |