...investment overseas than they do of increasing U.S. exports or creating employment in the United States. The Bush government’s Colombia Free Trade Agreement is based on the NAFTA/CAFTA model. It would be foolhardy to have a lame-duck administration force...
...unleashed a diplomatic crisis earlier this year, when Colombian officials accused Venezuela’s government of supporting leftist Colombian guerrillas. But relations between Venezuela — one of the United States’ top critics in Latin America — and Colombia,...
...ColombiaâIngrid Betancourt, back home in Colombia for the first time since her July rescue, said Saturday that she would spend the week visiting South American leaders to thank them for their efforts to secure her release. Betancourt, who met with...
...down by 76 percent and murders have dropped by 40 percent. The FARC is on the run. There are strong police presences in all of Colombia's municipalities. And drugs? In 2006, Colombia removed 500 metric tons of cocaine off the market, and by 2007, maximum...
Background
Colombia, or formally, the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia (help·info), IPA [re'puβ̞lika ð̞e ko'lombja]), is the northwesternmost country of South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the North by the Atlantic Ocean, through the Caribbean Sea; and to the west by Panama and the Pacific Ocean. Colombia is also the only country in South America that borders both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean.
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