RSSIn a presentation at the Center for American Progress on July 23, 2008 in Washington, D.C., Colombian Minister of National Defense Juan Manuel Santos addressed lingering questions regarding the extraordinarily successful July 2 rescue of fifteen hostages from the grip of las Fuerzas Armadas Revoluci[...]
Archive for July, 2008
¿Qué Es Lo Que Quiere Juan Manuel Santos? The Colombian Defense Minister’s Visit to Washington and His Likely Bid for the Presidency in 2010.
Colombian Defense Minister, Juan Manuel Santos, arrived in Washington D.C this week to promote the pending Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Colombia, one of Bogota’s most sought after, and least likely to obtain, aspirations under President Uribe. The defense minister will try to win over[...]
July 23rd, 2008 - 1:34 pm § in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Front Page, Peru, Press Releases, Venezuela
Latin America and Europe: The Future Of EU-ACN Trade Negotiations
Since 1993, representatives from the member countries of the Andean Community of Nations (ACN) and the European Union (EU) have met periodically to strengthen their commercial and political ties. From the European side, the eventual goal of these meetings was to allow for the Andean countries to fin[...]
A Fact of Life: Strategic Alliance for Venezuela and Russia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez met on July 22 in Moscow with his Russian counterparts President Dimitri Medvédev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. They seemed to enjoy every moment of the occasion, even though it was rather short when it came to hard developments. The encounter was arranged to [...]
July 22nd, 2008 - 9:34 am § in Caribbean, Costa Rica, Front Page, Guatemala, Press Releases, Venezuela
The Growth of Petrocaribe: A Win for Venezuela Foreign Policy
Costa Rica and Guatemala are the latest to sign up with Petrocaribe Nineteen Caribbean Basin nations now receive subsidized oil shipments from Venezuela The future could not look brighter for Petrocaribe, a Venezuelan-led oil consortium that offers preferential financial term[...]
July 22nd, 2008 - 7:23 am § in Colombia, In the News
Inicia ministro de Defensa de Colombia visita Washington
Published by El Universal Washington Martes 22 de julio de 2008 16:33 El ministro de Defensa de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, iniciará mañana miércoles una gira de trabajo de dos días a la capital estadunidense con ambiciosos alcances, pero que podría quedar corta en resultados, de acuerdo con [...]
Rebels With a Vanishing Cause: The FARC in Colombia
On Sunday, July 20th, hundreds of thousands of Colombians took to the streets to protest Colombia’s ongoing forty year civil war. Chants of “Libertad” echoed throughout not only Bogotá but also Paris, the home of recently-released FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt, a figure who could be of extra[...]
July 21st, 2008 - 11:32 am § in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Front Page, Mexico, Press Releases, Uruguay
The Hemisphere’s State of Same-Sex Partnership Recognition: Canada Very Much in the Lead
Gay couples are rejoicing in California, where they have recently obtained the right to marry, but in other parts of the Western Hemisphere, same-sex partnership-recognition is more of a dream than a reality. In Latin America, the historical influence of traditional rigid Catholic values toward gen[...]
Does The End Justify The Means? The Misuse Of The ICRC Emblem By Colombian Intelligence In Its Hostage Rescue Mission
The now famed Colombian rescue mission Operation Jaque, responsible for the rescue of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other important and high visibility hostages from the FARC, is being criticized for using emblems from the International Committee of the Red Cross ([...]
Skilled Labor: Outdated Immigration Policy Threatens U.S. Economic Well-Being
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• U.S. losing the race for talented immigrants
• Washington must update immigration policy to allow more skilled immigrants to work in the U.S.