Mariano Castillo
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 00:00
Cartagena, Colombia (CNN) -- A free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia is set to take effect next month, leaders of both countries said Sunday at the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
<br />The United States and Colombia agreed to the pact last year, but implementation was contingent on Colombia taking a series of steps to improve workers' rights.
<br />At a joint news conference in Cartagena with President Barack Obama, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos cheered the deal as a 20-year dream come true.
<br />"This will create thousands, mill
Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 00:00
The filing marked the first time authorities have brought such a criminal case against a military official from the dictatorship.
Friday, March 9, 2012 - 00:00
Preparing a get-together where not all the guests get along is tricky, whether at a dinner party, or, as Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is experiencing, at a hemispheric summit.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 00:00
Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter joined Twitter to set the record straight about an interview she did abroad, but ended up arguing with one of the communist island's prominent dissidents online.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 00:00
International tourism to Mexico has increased 2.1% in the first five months of 2011 compared to 2010, and it remains the top destination for Americans traveling abroad.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 00:00
Keiko Fujimori has found votes by embracing her father's legacy, a movement known as fujimorismo.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 00:00
The first tree of "Operation Christmas" was decorated in the jungle of southern Colombia, the military said
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 00:00
Behind the headlines of the Mexican offensive against the drug cartels, there is a Mexico-U.S. relationship that is equal measures success and skepticism, leaked state department documents show.
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 00:00
Almost immediately after Tuesday's shooting, Minister for the Interior and Justice Tareck El Aissami blasted the police and opposition government of Tachira for failing to avoid the bloodshed
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 00:00
Raul Xazziel Ramirez had been visiting his father in Juarez on Friday evening when unknown gunmen fired on their vehicle at a roundabout