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The military agreement that would allow US to install military bases in Colombia to fight drug trafficking and terrorism, was declared unconstitutional by the Court and it must be studied by the Congress. The government considered that the agreement should not need the review of the Congress, because, according with its position, it was an extension of a previous military agreement with Washington dated 1974.
Luis Germán Restrepo Maldonado, 58 years old, president of the packaging union, was murdered in Medellín downtown by a gangster. Restrepo Maldonado was one of the unionist leaders who more defended the Free Trade Agreement with United States before the Congress of that country. President Álvaro Uribe gave him a recognition during the 35th anniversary of Sintraempaques, a packaging company, in November 2009. The authorities are investigating the crime.
The Colombian Police and the General National Prosecutor, arrested 11 men in Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, under the charge of drug trafficking, reported RCN and EnSemana. They belong to an international net of traffickers leaded by a man identified as ‘Gordillo’ (‘little fat one’.)
File: Drug trade map by DEA
Cali. The south-western state of Valle del Cauca is the leader in the group of Colombians migrating to countries like Spain and United States, according to a research of El Tiempo newspaper. The 25 percent of the Colombian migrants abroad come from this region, which capital is Cali, one of the main urban and industrial centers of the coffee nation. It is estimated that about 4 million Colombians are residing abroad.
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A court of Bangkok rejected this weekend the dossier that Colombia presented to favor the extradition of the presumed Russian drug and arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States. The Thai judge alleged that the request was out of term, but included in the American appeal a complaint of Bout, known as the Merchant of Death.
Uribe in Europe to participate in the World Economic Forum
The possibilities of a meeting between Obama and Uribe became almost a myth. The first ally of Bush in the Western Hemisphere and the new president of the United States that has opposed the approval of the free trade agreement with Colombia due to unsatisfied reports on human rights, had this Tuesday their first direct contact. President Obama called Uribe and the conclusion was satisfactory for Casa de Nariño that published in the presidential website that the conversation lasted ten minutes.
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Wilter Sánchez, a 33 years old Colombian living in New Jersey, was victim of a violent attack last Wednesday. He was walking with his cousin Fernando Quincha toward a restaurant, when a car approached to them. The car stopped and five men came out. Fearing an attack, bot began to run, but Sánchez slipped on the snow. The five men kicked him in the face while shouting “Hispano” and insults.
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Spain would accept the prisoners of Guantanamo as a way to help the project of president Obama to close that prison, said president Zapatero. The president of the Spaniards talk in the Congress about the new US president, Barack Obama. He said that hopes the Guantanamo prison will be closed soon, He pointed out that it is a responsibility of the North American administration, but he is ready to help in such campaign.
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