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Colombia in the world
Arrests in Colombian anti-drugs raid with Mexico link
BBC News
Feb 9--More than 20 people have been arrested in several Colombian cities, in what is being described as the biggest anti-drugs operation in a decade.
The Washigton Post
Time to trade
Feb 8--In recent days, it has sometimes looked as if the political logjam over trade might finally be about to break. In a State of the Union address centered on job creation, President Obama (...) spoke encouragingly about "strengthening" trade relations with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.
Business Week
Uribe vows calm as Colombia awaits referendum ruling
Feb 5--Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said he would “act prudently” to let the constitutional court evaluate a proposed referendum on a third term after local media said a judge recommended that his colleagues block the vote.
The Economist
Shock treatment
Feb 5--President Uribe tries to push through some much-needed changes.
Miami Herald
Paramilitaries, successors still terrorizing Colombia
Feb 5--A reemergence of the paramilitaries, and their successors, are terrorizing Colombia anew.
The New York Times
Colombia judge fuels doubt over Uribe re-election
Feb 4--A top Colombian judge has recommended that the country's highest court reject a proposal to allow President Alvaro Uribe to seek re-election in May, local media reported on Thursday.
The New York Times
No U.S. - Colombia pact if violence goes on - Rights Group
Feb 3--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 on Wednesday.
The Washington Post
How best to boost U.S. exports
Feb 3--Implementation of the Colombia agreement and the pending pact with Korea would save about 300,000 U.S. jobs.
Global Post
A fight to make salt the artisanal way
Feb 2--Can Colombia's indigenous Wayuu turn their centuries-old salt-mining into a source of jobs and education?
Latin American Herald Tribune
Colombia's Uribe signs security pact with Honduras' Lobo
Feb 1st--Colombian president Alvaro Uribe signed a security pact with his Honduran counterpart, Porfirio Lobo, and then flew back to his own country after a visit of three hours in the Central American nation.
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Miraculous calls
An study shows that the expansion on the coverage of mobile telephony has been very important for the reduction of kidnappings in Colombia.
HEADLINES
President Uribe in Quito for UNASUR summit
Tuesday 9 February 10:00AM
Colombian Defense Minister visits Washington
Monday 8 February 5:00PM
Paramilitary leader to be extradited to the U.S.
Friday 5 February 6:00PM
'Paramilitary heirs committing horrific atrocities’: Human Rights Watch
Wednesday 3 February 10:00AM
2.481 candidates will run for Congress
Wednesday 3 February 9:00AM
President Uribe plans to attend UNASUR meeting
Tuesday 2 February 12:00PM
Obama Administration to cut aid to Colombia
Tuesday 2 February 9:00AM
Colombia donates to OAS
Friday 29 January 4:00PM
U.S Senators advise limiting aid to Colombia
Wednesday 27 January 9:00AM
“Political links” between Venezuelan opposition TV channel and Colombian “oligarchy”, said Venezuelan Minister
Tuesday 26 January 2:00PM
Presidential candidate faces preliminary investigation
Tuesday 26 January 10:00AM
“On 2010 no chance for Colombia Free Trade Agreement”: U.S. Ambassador
Friday 22 January 7:00PM
Colombians advance in Australian Open
Tuesday 19 January 12:00PM
Ex President Betancur: "Uribe will not run"
Tuesday 19 January 11:00AM
Audacity or naivety?
DEBATE
Some intellectuals in Mexico caused surprise when they said that the government should not have declared the war against drug trafficking. Why do some good arguments come to a wrong conclusion.
Full steam head
REELECTION
The campaign machinery of president Álvaro Uribe makes the other campaigns look like a child’s play
David Bushnell with Semana International
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Interview
Historian David Bushnell, one of the most knowledgeable experts on Colombia, visited Bogotá and talked with SEMANA International about the country's past, present and future.
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Bogotá 2015
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Bogota: Building a Sustainable City (III)
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“It is comprehensible that Venezuela is paranoid”
INTERVIEW
Raul Zelik, a German expert on Latin American politics, has been invited to the Hay Festival in Cartagena to speak about Venezuela and Colombia. Semana.com interviewed him in Berlin, where he talked about the relationship between the two countries, about death-squadrons, and drug trafficking.
Uribe's Possible Third Term and Conflict Resolution in Colombia
International Crisis Group
Dec 18--Colombia’s efforts to resolve its half-century armed conflict and growing tensions with neighbours will be shaped by the decision on whether to change the constitution to enable President Álvaro Uribe to seek a second re-election in May 2010. This issue has dominated Colombian politics for over a year.
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Justice and Peace Law…four years later
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Colombia / European Union FTA on track
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Equipos de ayuda enfrentan pesadilla logística en Haití
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President Uribe insists on opening the Darién Gap
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Comentario de la Embajada de Estados Unidos sobre renuncia del general Quiñones
Embajada le quitó visa al general Quiñones
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