I’ve got a new article about the Aug. 28 extraordinary meeting of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), in which South America’s heads of state discussed the U.S.-Colombia Defense Pact. The Pact would allow the U.S. greater access to seven of Colombia’s military bases, which has caused a stir among the regions leaders, many [...]
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I’ve been thinking a lot about what I eat since arriving in Colombia. Food is an increasingly important topic here, with the country’s agriculture being diverted to biofuel production and with an onslaught of cheap food imports expected to result if the pending Free Trade Agreements with Europe, Canda, and the United States are ever [...] Uribe and Obama met on Monday, June 29, and Obama, once again, openly endorsed the bilateral trade agreement and congratulated Uribe on his administration´s “progress that has been made in human rights in Colombia and dealing with the killings of labor leaders there.” The Obama administration´s public posture of support, however, was not accompanied by actions [...] The North American Congess on Latin America´s current bimonthly Report focuses on Colomian politics. The issue, entitled “Coercion Incorporated: Paramilitary Colombia,” examines the incorporation of paramilitary groups into Colombia´s body politic since the Uribe administration began demobilizing the AUC in 2002 and features articles by Jasmin Hristov, Lesley Gill, Mario Murillo, Garry Leech, and Lina [...] My new article “Uribe Gains Access, Loses Credibilty” was just posted at the World Politics Review: BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Barack Obama’s election as U.S. president last November signaled a defeat not only for his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, but also for the outgoing Bush administration’s strongest hemispheric ally, Colombian President Álvaro Uribe. When George W. Bush [...] Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations Celso Amorim gave an interview of interest to those following Cuba’s foreign relations to Colombian daily El Tiempo this week. The whole interview is available (in Spanish) here, but I’ve translated below the section that deals with Cuba’s entrance into the OAS (which I blogged about earlier this month). We couldn’t [...] The Colombian Senate passed an anti-tobacco law Tuesday, June 16, that will impose a number of restrictions above and beyond the increasingly common ban on smoking in restaurants, offices, and other public places. No more loosies or ten-packs: cigarettes will now only come in boxes of twenty. Cigarette advertisers will have to steer clear of [...] The Amazon rainforest could shrink up to 85% over the next century, according to study presented by British scientists at a global warming conference in Copenhagen earlier this month. David Adam reports for the Guardian: Chris Jones, who led the research, told the conference: “A temperature rise of anything over 1C commits you to some future [...] Bilateral agreements approved over the last two weeks between Spain and the three South American countries of Colombia, Peru, and Argentina will permit documented immigrants classified as permanent residents to vote in municipal elections. Among the South American countries, the agreements will have the greatest electoral impact in Argentina. While a combined total of roughly [...] |
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