Miami Herald

OP-ED:Timely questions about Colombia, free trade

Nov 7 -- ''It is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once,'' said candidate Barack Obama in late September amid the financial meltdown. And so it will be for President Obama after his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009.

Marfileli Pérez-Stable, vice president for democratic governance at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C.
7 de noviembre de 2008

Though Latin America won't be anywhere near the top of his agenda, I hope that Obama stays true to his words. When he does look south, he should bring the same visionary breadth that resulted in his extraordinary victory. Just as it wouldn't have worked to blunt the red-blue edges of the electoral map, a bit-by-bit approach won't do for Latin America either.

Cuba and Colombia will offer our new president opportunities he must grab.

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