Colombia in the World

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The Economist

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October 25--COLOMBIA’s government had waited so long for the country’s free-trade agreement (FTA) with the United States to be approved that when it passed at last, officials were caught a little off guard. The deal had been stalled in Washington for more than five years because of lobbying by left-leaning advocacy groups, who asked to see progress in Colombia’s human-rights record before rewarding the country with the trade deal. The FTA is expected to increase Colombia’s long-term economic growth rate by over half a percentage point.

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The New York Times

Colombian Men Sentenced in Kidnapping of American

October 25--A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday sentenced two Colombian men involved in the kidnapping of an American citizen in Latin America to at least a decade in prison, and used the court hearing to criticize sentencing guidelines as too rigid.

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