Free Trade
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 00:00
Today, the eyes of the citizens of Colombia tell a much different tale than the one of a decade ago.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 00:00
El Congresista George Miller, presidente del Comite de Educacion y Trabajo en el Congreso de Estados Unidos (EEUU), le envio una carta al Presidente Álvaro Uribe para informarle los temas a tratar en la reunion que tendran en los proximos dias en W
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 00:00
"Our two ally nations should work together to help Colombia improve its labor laws, decrease the ongoing violence, and finally put an end to the impunity enjoyed by those who have perpetrated thousands of anti-labor killings"
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 00:00
Against the conventional wisdom of most political observers, who see the timing of this latest propaganda offensive as inopportune, Uribe plans to meet with his lame-duck counterpart while in Washington next week
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 00:00
Colombian officials see little chance the U.S. Congress will approve a free trade pact before the November 4 election but have high hopes lawmakers will pass it by the end of year
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
We need to deal with issues such as obstructing free trade. We have had the Colombia Free Trade Agreement which actually would create markets for American.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
As the Colombians told me, if we do not approve the FTA, Hugo Chavez and Raoul Castro will rub their noses in it, saying: This is the way the devil pays his friends.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
The flaw in the HOPE Act is its three-year lifespan. For economic development to continue and for foreign investors to take Haiti seriously, predictability is crucial
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
If the U.S. government were really serious about such goals, it would be shunning President Uribe, ceasing all military assistance to his regime, and rejecting his current lobbying of the U.S. Congress to pass the Colombian Free Trade Agreement
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia deserves a vote. We need to bring the U.S.-Colombia trade agreement to this floor and to vote on it up or down.