CARACAS -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez says Colombia's defense chief is rekindling tensions over a...
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Obama Is Optimistic About U.S., Colombia Free Trade Deal 
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
By GREG HITT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said he is confident the U.S. "can strike a deal" with Colombia on a free-trade agreement, but signaled Monday concerns linger about violence against Colombian union...
Obama expresses optimism about Colombia free trade
The Wichita Eagle
The Wichita Eagle
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Monday he is confident the U.S. and Colombia can ultimately reach a deal on a stalled trade agreement, despite continuing concern about the killings of labor leaders in Colombia....
Colombia's Uribe to meet Obama Monday
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
BOGOTA (AFP) – Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, a close ally of former US president George W. Bush, will hold his highly-anticipated first White House meeting with President Barack Obama on Monday. "Commerce...
Colombia coca-growing 'declines'
BBC News
BBC News
Colombian cultivation of the coca plant - used as the raw material in the production of cocaine - has fallen significantly, a UN report shows. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said cultivation dropped by 18% in 2008,...
UN: Colombia coca crop down; Peru and Bolivia up
Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
BOGOTA - Colombia's coca crop shrank by nearly a fifth last year while cultivation of the bush that is the basis of cocaine rose in Peru and Bolivia, the world's two other coca-producing nations, the United Nations said...
Conflicting statements on GMA Colombia side trip slammed
The Daily Tribune
The Daily Tribune
06/25/2009 Makati Mayor and United Opposition (UNO) president Jejomar Binay yesterday said Malacañangs conflicting statements only deepen the mystery behind Mrs. Arroyos unscheduled detour to Colombia. Executive...
Medoro Announces Execution of Lock-Up Agreements in Respect of Colombia Goldfields Acquisition
Canada Newswire
Canada Newswire
/NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ TORONTO, June 25 /CNW/ - Medoro Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: MRS) announced today that it has entered into voting...
Colombia: Coca Growing Declines
The New York Times
The New York Times
Cultivation of coca, the plant used to produce cocaine, fell 18 percent in Colombia last year, largely because of manual eradication efforts, the United Nations said in a issued Friday. Cocaine production in Colombia,...
