Peru signed Free Trade Agreements with the United States and Canada and so did Colombia. Peru led the negotiations for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, while Colombia recently ratified the declaration. (more…)
On 2009/01/15, In Conflict, By Albeiro Rodas
Washington | Colombia Passport. The issue on the approval of a US – Colombia free trade agreement stops in a big red “traffic light”: The problem of human rights in the South American nation. Discussions can be done about the importance of the deal for both countries, but the fact is that human rights will continue being an obstacle to it, as much as it is not clarified by the Colombian part. As elected president Barack Obama put his view on the table already, the “traffic light” would become more intensive during the next years to come that what it was under the Colombian-friendly administration of George Bush. (more…)
On 2008/07/09, In Economy, By Albeiro Rodas
The Peruvian Chancellor, José García Belaunde, stated that Peru will continue with its process of commercial agreements, especially with US and Europe, even if that is not pleasant to Bolivia, which Evo Morales’ government has opposed in a strong campaign that has been very critics to the Lima’s negotiations.
Bolivia does not want to have commercial agreements in the way follow by Colombia and Peru and it did much opposition within CAN (the Andean Community of Nations) to avoid any progress in the negotiation of this area as an economical group, according to the observations of Chancellor García and published by AméricaEconomía.
Bolivia “intends to impose to the other countries of the region an ideological position that is against to the agreements of commerce,” said García in Lima.
On 2008/05/09, In Economy, By Albeiro Rodas
Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank, is in Colombia and talked about the Colombia – USA Free Trade Agreement, while he said that the Colombian economy is doing well. In a meeting in Casa de Nariño with President Uribe, Zoeillick said that the US Government, democrats and republicans should consider the FTA and approve it.
Picture from Casa de Nariño (more…)
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