Huffington Post
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
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
Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 00:00
During a 90-minute rampage, rioters set fire to a van, a bus and a truck in the Tiqautira neighborhood after authorities arrested a group of young men suspected of being drug dealers
Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 00:00
The continued impunity given these companies, combined with the failure to fully acknowledge the facts about Colombia's worsening human rights crisis, greatly undermines the moral authority of the governments rushing to make a trade deal with Colombia
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:00
Biologists in the field have direct encounters with heavily armed smugglers. Ecotourists to the region's biodiversity hotspots, a legal and lucrative economic lifeblood, are deterred by drug violence
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 00:00
Because I chair a subcommittee that will hold the first congressional hearing that will further examine the status of America's trade relationship with Cuba, I am taking this opportunity to share with you the proverbial 'rest of the story.'
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 00:00
Promises of more military assistance--above and beyond what was already in the pipeline under Bush's Plan Mexico ("Merida Initiative")--also suggest that Obama will not tamper with the essence of the security policies he has inherited
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 00:00
think one of the important things will be to what degree Obama is able to offer any concessions to Brazil and build up that relationship. It hasn't really been discussed too much in the media
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
This intense focus on security has come at the expense of the more pressing needs of the Latin region, namely helping to develop its economic and social structures and raising living standards
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 00:00
True freedom and capitalism are likely to sweep the island like an intoxicant if America ever gives Cuba actual business reconsideration