26-Apr-2012
Colombia Reports
The new FTA with the U.S. will bring "gringo superpigs" to Colombia, threatening the country’s domestic pork trade, newspaper Diario Del Huila claimed Wednesday.
25-Apr-2012
In These Times
As the media swarmed over the scandal surrounding the Secret Service’s alleged carousing with prostitutes in Colombia, another questionable financial transaction slipped quietly through the backdoor of hemispheric diplomacy.
20-Apr-2012
World War 4 Report
At the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, US President Barack Obama announced approval of Colombia’s supposed progress in protecting labor rights, allowing the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement to take effect next month. US trade representative Ron Kirk said at a Cartagena press conference that the agreement provides "an opportunity to help stand up for the rights of workers... This is a significant milestone."
21-Mar-2012
Colombia Reports
The Colombian government filed a bill to hurry through implementation of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, reported local media Tuesday.
16-Feb-2012
Colombia Reports
The United States said Monday Colombia had not yet met its obligations to protect labor unionists required for the Free Trade Agreement to come into effect.
25-Jan-2012
Colombia Reports
Colombia’s FTA czar presented Tuesday a roadmap of requisites for the trade pact with the United States to go into effect this year.
14-Jan-2012
Colombia Reports
Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner called on Colombia Wednesday to implement all measures necessary to secure the coming into force of a free trade agreement between Bogota and Washington. This includes guaranteeing specific labor rights and diminishing violence towards labor unions.