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Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
An apparent fall in cocaine production conceals the remarkable resilience of an illegal industry
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
Aides had said last week that the Oval Office meeting would focus on efforts to shut down the drug trade and the stalled Colombian-U.S. free trade agreemeent. But the world's attention shifted over the weekend to Honduras
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
On Monday, Uribe again arrives at the White House. But this time he will encounter an administration pushing to expand its alliances in Latin America and increasingly worried about Colombia's dismal human rights record
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia's status as the most dangerous spot in the world for labor leaders could overshadow President Alvaro Uribe's Monday meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
Uribe will need to convey two messages to president Obama: that he renounces to a third term because the conditions subsist for a new president to consolidate Uribe's security policy; and that the so-called "false positives" will not fall into f
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
The free-trade issue has become complicated by another urgent matter: Will Colombia grant a U.S. request to use the Palanquero military installation north of Bogota as a U.S. air base, or "cooperative security location"?
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
Uribe will face this ideological storm when he meets Obama on Monday. With a storm of his own growing faster by the minute, it would be a real surprise if the Colombia-U.S. trade agreement has a good day in Washington next week
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
While Uribe has once again demonstrated his skill at gaining access in Washington, recent events will compromise his ability to advance his agenda
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
It's time to recognize that the security of trade union members has improved enough in Colombia that it's time to take this issue out of the spotlight
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
Following is international reaction to the first successful military coup against a president in Central America since the Cold War.