Colombia

Colombia has extradited a woman known as The Queen of the Amphetamines to the United States, where she'll face charges of drug trafficking.

He said: "I do not think Colombia should be permitted to bar permanently one of the future highways of civilization. "

A week after going to the brink of war, the presidents of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador kissed and made up on television.

Chavez has also undermined his external relations on a number of fronts - with Brazil, Colombia and Spain to name just a few.

Prior to Thursday, Colombia was the only South American nation to confirm swine flu with its borders.

Since coming to the United States from Colombia in the 1990s, he said, he has felt a special connection to the statue.

It also presents a succinct account of a case study of conservation in a rainforest region in Colombia.

Colombia has also made progress in addressing violence against unions, he said, though the U. S. is working to identify further steps.

Prison officials in Colombia say they've caught an 11-year-old girl trying to smuggle dozens of mobile phones and a gun into a jail.

My friends were happy for me, since in Colombia the United States seems like the land of opportunity.

Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, all on the Pacific coast, are more open economies trying to forge closer ties.

The FARC, while severely weakened and mostly confined to remote areas close to Colombia's borders, is still capable of damage.

MICHAEL: She wants to go back to Colombia for a visit, but I don't think they have the money.

But if it achieves even half of what it sets out to, it will amount to a revolution in rural Colombia.

The comments come as the debate is heating up in Washington over pending trade deals with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama.

The only certainty is the signing of the pact with Colombia and Peru, which then must be approved by the European Parliament.

Mexico's and Colombia's Country Partnership Strategies, as these plans are known, were approved last month by the Bank's Board of Directors.

Under an old treaty, Colombia had given the United States the right to prevent interference with travel across Panama.

Brilliant performance seems to indicate Adriano will be in Brazil this week, three home game with Colombia in the re-play opportunities.

President Bush is pushing a free-trade agreement with Colombia and he is trying to force Congress to back it.

Born in Colombia, South America, Garcia attended college in the U. S. and traveled extensively with her family through Europe and Asia.

Out of the list you mention however, and all are good, I would say Colombia if I had to pick one.

Back in Colombia, Ms. Calle says re-winning her medal 14 months after losing it was 'more emotional' than winning it the first time.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) criticised Colombia but did not formally condemn it.

At summer's end, I accompanied six orthopedic surgeons on a mission with Healing the Children to Pereira, Colombia.

Venezuela has broken off diplomatic relations with Colombia and ordered Colombian diplomats to leave the country by Sunday.

Galtes, who was returning from a week- long trip to Colombia, told agents that the candy was for his two children.

We are currently in Panama City, getting ready to ship the bikes to Bogota, Colombia this coming weekend.

Extremely unequal land ownership is both a cause and a consequence of the political conflicts that have plagued Colombia for decades.

At least 16 policemen were killed in a homemade mortar attack by FARC guerrillas on a rural police station in north-west Colombia.

Tempting though such a prospect might seem, a third term would be disastrous for Colombia.

And with that Colombia finds itself suddenly contemplating a wide-open election.

The route to market used to run from Colombia to the tip of Florida, across the Caribbean.

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It also wants to turn some fallow or confiscated land over to landless people, as a way to reduce Colombia's high unemployment rate.

Apparently 'Peru is the next Colombia, ' which itself was the next Brazil, oh, about two months ago.

It was a real problem in all countries, particularly so in Colombia, especially for software creations.

But the biggest security concerns for the traveling White House may be in Bogota, Colombia, which Mr.

When he failed, he had asked the United States to help him defeat them with Plan Colombia.

Francisco Mora from Colombia says, the city of Bogota pays parents, so children do not have to work until they finish their basic education.

He said Congress could also advance free trade pacts with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.

In Colombia, the link between increased incomes and reduced violence had nothing to do with a government transfer.

Visit us here, and on our beautiful organic farm in the mountains of southern Colombia if you're looking for a real adventure. . .

The United States consumes only about 5 percent of the world's illegal opium, and most of that comes from Colombia and Mexico.

The fishermen sell them to local fish-processing plants, which then export the catfish to Colombia and other countries, he said.

The Delegation of Colombia referred to the two issues under discussion.

If Colombia reverts to more conventional democracy, the rest of Latin America will be waiting to see if she can make it work.

Like the big two, Chile, Colombia, Panama and Peru have investment-grade credit ratings, and all four are growing fast.

The same used to apply to Colombia, where drug money allowed the communist FARC guerrillas to outlast the end of the cold war.

The hitlists warned scores of teenagers in the town of Puerto Asis, in southern Colombia, to leave town or be killed.

US President Theodore Roosevelt had wanted the United States to build the Panama Canal, but was not willing to pay what Colombia asked.

Chavez has said the country plans to buy weaponry from Russia in response to an increase in US military personnel in neighboring Colombia.

APART from the presidency itself, few jobs are as important in Colombia's battle to impose the rule of law as that of the attorney-general.

Mr Obama has said that he would not push for ratification until he was "certain they are not killing union leaders" in Colombia.

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Swine flu cases have been reported in more than 20 nations, including Colombia - the first South American nation to see an H1N1 infection.

In the case of Colombia, it would send a bad signal to the voices of false populism in South America.

She landed in Colombia, checked into a hotel, opened the Yellow Pages, the began calling computer dealers.

For the next three years , I moved between the US , Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico .

The agreement, mediated by Colombia and Venezuela, paves the way for Honduras to be readmitted to the Organisation of American States.

Left-wing rebels in Colombia have ambushed a military patrol killing at least nine marines.

In Colombia the incomes of the top fifth are nearly 25 times those of the bottom fifth.

The Delegation of the United States of America thanked the Delegation of Colombia for its concrete and constructive proposal.

As a candidate, Obama criticized the North America Free Trade Agreement and proposed a deal that would have lowered barriers with Colombia.

In Colombia, cases of acute bacterial meningitis fell by 40% in a year.

Some Brazilian officials look askance at Colombia, whose military build-up against the FARC has the backing of the United States.

The New York Times has come out in favor of passage of the free trade agreement with Colombia.

The composition of the filler (Brazil, Java, and Colombia) offers a mild taste, good burning, and a pleasant aroma.

Departing President Bush was unable to convince Congress to ratify free trade pacts with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.

The U. N. also reported an 18% decline in Colombia's coca crop, the plant used to produce cocaine.

Colombia and the United States signed the agreement in November 2006; with the Democrats opposed, its passage is far from certain.

Colombia's first police chief to be promoted to the rank of four-star general, Gen Naranjo himself has the look of a military man.

Yet they were thwarted when Colombia declined to join because of its neighbours' equivocal attitude to its FARC guerrillas.

The campaign at the University is part of an international student movement in solidarity with workers in Colombia and farmers in India.

One of the few judicial decisions to deal explicitly with intersex conditions came in 1999 from the Constitutional Court of Colombia.

But she stressed dozens of other people remain in jungle camps of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

THE worst of times for Colombia's security were the best of times for its professional footballers.

Mexico, Colombia and Poland have been enticed to sign up for its new precautionary lines of credit.

The Delegation welcomed the proposal made by Chile, by Colombia, by Argentina and by the United States of America.

Venezuela even voted for Colombia to take up a rotating seat at the United Nations Security Council next month.

In Mexico and parts of Central America, as in Colombia and Peru further south but not in Brazil, most coffee farmers are smallholders.

Colombia suffered a surge in kidnappings, peaking first in the early 1990s and then at a higher level at the end of the decade.

A triptych toward the end of the show memorializes the space shuttle Colombia and its crew.

The European Parliament approved free-trade agreements between the European Union and Colombia, Peru and six Central American countries.

Uribe; ColombiaThe president criticized U. S. lawmakers for blocking a vote on a free trade deal with Colombia which he says is.

Special forces in Colombia said they'd dealt a severe blow to a top Marxist rebel leader by killing 12 of his bodyguards.

Some congressional Democrats are also raising concerns about Colombia's human rights record and its past repression of trade unionists.

That's why Santos suggested to his fellow Presidents at last week's summit in Cartagena, Colombia, that they should turn the page.

Tales of the drug underworld featuring silicone-enhanced women and handsome drug kingpins are the staple of Colombia's hit soap shows.

Coca growers use plenty of pesticides, many of which are technically banned in Colombia, he said.

Now Mexico, too, has increased the pressure on the traffickers, just as Colombia has done in the south.

Dancers attached to a crane perform during the South American Games closing ceremony in Medellin, Colombia.

In Colombia, however, it seems it is also starting to be used for violent intimidation.

The singer made a cryptic reference to his personal life during a concert in Bogota, Colombia last night.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued alerts for countries to the west and across the Pacific as far away as Colombia and Peru.

The show is about five young women who get involved with the drug dealers known as "narcos" in Colombia and Mexico.

Growing up in Colombia after decades of conflict I saw that the people, who are born poor, die poor.

There is a good chance that your coffee came from one of these countries : Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, or Ethiopia.

The United States supports Colombia's efforts to modernize its security forces , to fight terrorists and drug kingpins .

What is all the Plan Colombia about?

In fact, the Colombian Commander agreed to take his troops back to Colombia in return for a generous gift from Bunau-Varilla's agent.

Colombia has received more than $8 billion in American aid to fight guerrillas and drugs since 2000, and in return has been a loyal ally.

In the 1980s and early 1990s the capos of Colombia's drug gangs engaged freely in politics and legitimate business. Sport was no exception.

Colombia recently announced plans to repair its flagging industry by doubling the land under cultivation.

However, its leader, Alfonso Cano, did offer talks without his previous condition of a safe haven within Colombia.

Rescue workers in Colombia say at least 15 people have died in landslides in the west of the country.

High on its list would be its 60% stake in Argentine oil and gas producer Pan American Energy, and assets in Colombia and Venezuela.

Non-governmental groups claim Mexico has one of the world's highest kidnapping rates, surpassing Colombia.

Colombia is not the only emerging economy to face these issues.

Twice elected as mayor of the capital as an independent, he shuns Colombia's traditional political parties.

But a drug-runner in Colombia has come up with a novel material: cocaine!

S. economy. But here's how not to strengthen ties: tariffs on Brazilian steel and wavering on a free trade agreement with Colombia.

Colombia will now also host anti-drug surveillance flights over the Pacific by American planes previously operating from Ecuador.

Mexico is one of the worst countries in the world for abductions along with conflict zones like Iraq and Colombia.

Colombia has accused neighboring Venezuela of blowing up two pedestrian bridges on its shared border without prior consent or consultation.

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As Mexico and Colombia crack down on them, drug gangs are finding refuge in Guatemala.

Death threats and menacing messages are a grim part of everyday life in rural Colombia.

According to his website Dr Bittner is currently volunteering "in a rural clinic outside Bogota , Colombia" .

But Colombia's desire to play up the deterrent effect of the agreement has backfired.

Brazil and Colombia, traditionally seen as less egalitarian, have even seen declines in income inequality over the same period.

Half a century on, consuming coca remains legal in Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and some parts of Colombia, in defiance of the convention.

Mexico is one of the worst countries in the world for abductions along with conflict like Iraq and Colombia.

Meanwhile, Colombia already hosts several Challenger Tour events, along with a WTA Tour stop and exhibitions.

Neither concession materialised, which may explain Mr Zelaya's slightly glum appearance during the signing ceremony in Colombia.

"The way Spanish is spoken in Mexico is 180 degrees from Spanish in Colombia, " she said.

All shapes, breed and sizes of dogs converged on Bogota , Colombia Sunday for a special fundraising marathon.

Origin: The cherimoya is believed to be native to the inter-andean valleys of Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.

"So we let the boss down, because nobody's talking about what went on in Colombia other than this incident. "

Brazil is now the World's largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries.

Brazil is now the world's largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other Sound American countries.

Colombia made no public response to all this.

Despite frantic explanations, Colombia is now distanced from Brazil and Chile.

All this exasperates Colombia.

Ms Betancourt was a minor politician in Colombia when she was seized while campaigning for the presidency in 2002.

"It's a real proposal . . . and it is quite advanced, " Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's president, told the Financial Times.

The United States is Colombia's biggest trade partner. Mr Santos hopes the agreement will boost investment.

Might one of their less familiar benefits be the foiling of kidnappings in Colombia?

Colombia is running a slick tourist campaign promoting the country as a safe destination but armed conflict still plagues many rural areas.

They are among the worst despoilers of Colombia's environment, releasing mercury in rivers and clearing forest.

A week later, I was on a plane to Colombia.

Colombia's Procurator General Edgardo Maya visited China to build stronger economic and social ties between the two nations.

But much of the "international community" no longer sees events in Colombia in the way most Colombians do.

The poorest country in the top 10, Colombia's high ranking is due to the quality of its natural endowments.

Kage Da provincial guerrilla activities in Colombia one of the most frequent.

And yet that is exactly what we risk doing if Congress fails to pass the U. S. -Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

I do not believe that it is yet time to panic but certainly the 12 suspected cases of swine flu in Colombia must be cause for concern.

Those set against the treaty also claim that Colombia's government is hostile to labour unions, citing union members' deaths as evidence.

Scientists say rising temperatures have accelerated the retreat of Andean glaciers throughout Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

In Colombia, engineers have created a bus system in Bogota that the report says has helped reduce air pollution and improve quality of life.

"Colombia is wary of Chinese motives, " says a March 2009 message from the U. S. embassy in Beijing, released last month by WikiLeaks.

The info and images were sent to us by a representative of the ISBI Company, which has a manufacturing plant in Bogota , Colombia.

The European Union and Colombia and Peru concluded negotiations for a free-trade agreement .

Colombia remains much safer than it was a decade ago, and the murder rate continues to decline.

China and Colombia hold identical position on major international issues and maintain close cooperation in international affairs.

Many orphans also are adopted from South Korea, Vietnam, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, India, Liberia, Colombia, the Philippines, Haiti and Taiwan.

China and Colombia in with them, they do not understand it even though they were very good.

Senorita, feel the conga, let me see you move like you come from Colombia.

Commandos launched a dawn raid against a base belonging to Guillermo Saenz, the chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

Mexico, Brazil and Colombia are increasingly gay-friendly, both in terms of tourism and legal changes for their citizens.

Now I ask you to approve agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.

The Delegation of Colombia wished to make brief comments on the list of proposals before the meeting.

But whereas violence has declined in Colombia and Peru, Ecuador has acquired a reputation as a new capital of financial crime.

The Delegation of Colombia explained that the documents'aim was to facilitate the basic work carried out by national offices.

I have had similar experiences all over Brazil and Colombia.

Others have made similar moves, and Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil have won high marks for having sound economic policies.

The American Congress passed three long-stalled free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.

A violent drug trafficker in Colombia is behind bars in a luxurious prison in his hometown.

There's no connection between the guerrillas who fought the Contras and Al Qaeda, or Colombia's FARC and Somali pirates.

Colombia: Colombia is emerging as an attractive destination for investors.

Mexico, Poland and Colombia have used this facility, and their decision to do so was well-received by international markets.

Comic-book of corruption, covering everything from state-sponsored brutality in Colombia to the ravaging of Congo's natural resources.

Clouds of fire emanate from the mouth of a performer in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Sunday.

Public transportation in Colombia was traditionally perceived as inefficient, unsafe and polluting.

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Colombia and Pakistan are among 19 countries, including China, that have declined invitations to the prize-giving.

Mr Bush is also determined to push through what is left of his trade agenda, including pacts with Colombia and South Korea.

Major increases in fiscal transfers to sub-national governments have also occurred, particularly in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.

FOR a candidate facing a tight vote, Juan Manuel Santos seemed unusually calm on the eve of Colombia's presidential election on May 30th.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sought to calm fears in Latin America about a planned new military agreement with Colombia.

Colombia and Philippines have recently achieved success in cleaning up their rivers and lakes by imposing charges on factories that pollute.

India and Indonesia have voted reformist governments back in [to tackle inflation] and we are seeing positive action in Colombia.

For this reason we decided that our programmes in Colombia should specifically focus on serving displaced children.

The projects bring together disability groups and development organizations in Colombia, Jordan and Ethiopia.

The accord with Colombia would increase exports as much as $1. 1 billion a year.

He is also pursuing passage of the Colombia and Panamanian Free Trade Agreements as well.

Bringing garments you make normally at your competitive cost to do wholesale from our side to stores to sell it locally in Colombia.

The security chief in charge of protecting the top commander of Colombia's left-wing Farc guerrillas has been killed by government troops.

Here is the nightmare experience of a Frenchman who went on a holiday to Colombia.

The U. S. has negotiated trade treaties with South Korea and Colombia, although Congress hasn't ratified them.

The mountainous terrain connects central Colombia to the Pacific coast where boats ferry cocaine to Central America and Mexico.

The Delegation of Colombia wished to briefly touch on the issue of substance regarding the orientation of proposals.

Puerto Rico and Colombia also rank highly, along with Northern Ireland, Iceland, Switzerland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada and Sweden.

President Bush praised the work of Colombia's government to secure the safe release of the hostages.

The U. S. ambassador to Colombia, William Brownfield, met the three Americans shortly after their rescue.

According to Colombia's National Narcotics Department, authorities have seized less than 3% of misappropriated properties.

There is a feeling that in the isthmus, aid delivers "more bang for your buck" than in Mexico or Colombia, one diplomat suggests.

Colombia has released four members of the Venezuelan national guard who were detained on Colombian territory.

By turning land from a source of political power into an economic asset, it might even make Colombia a more prosperous country.

The Delegation of Colombia thanked all those who made positive comments and constructive suggestions on their proposal.

TDR then supported projects in India, Bangladesh, Malawi and Colombia which adapted and implement the generic protocols.

By 2007, however, the evidence against the former spy chief had mounted, and he had to return to Colombia to face criminal charges.

The only eight major countries which have not yet done so are: Colombia, Djibouti, Ecuador, Eritrea, Haiti, Iraq, Uruguay and Zaire.

Once a final prototype is ready, it may be tested by doctors in the Philippines and Colombia.

Mexico may lack Colombia's guerrillas, but it also lacks Colombia's reasonably effective national police force.

For instance, in Colombia, improved urban sanitation has resulted in untreated wastewater flowing into rivers.

They said they would combat social exclusion in Colombia by building the capacity and expanding the reach of their democracy.

If it is finally ratified, Colombia may have China to thank.

But since he was born in Colombia, his candidacy depends on the Supreme Court reinterpreting a constitutional bar on foreigners.

Heavy rainfall triggered mudslides in Colombia, where 30 passengers were killed as they walked along a blocked road between buses.

Most importantly, Colombia's transformation will remain fragile as long as it is the work of one man.

Child nutritional status (measured as height-for-age) improved as a result of CCTs in Mexico, Colombia, and Nicaragua.

Today, Sinochem's oil and gas block investments have grown to include Yemen, UAE, Colombia, Peru, Syria, Indonesia, Brazil and China.

Mr Shalit's sojourn with his captors has been lengthy but past hostages in the Middle East (and in Colombia) have been held for even longer.

Colombia does not recognise Ecuadorean jurisdiction in the case.

A former trade union leader and regional governor, he was sworn into office by Colombia's new President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday.

But the United States, Colombia, Peru and Costa Rica all recognised the election.

Elsewhere in Latin America, Peru and Colombia have both accumulated reserves and let their currencies appreciate.

Can you tell me how much it will cost to send a package to Colombia? Also, I want to know how long it will take.

Colombia has its risks in terms of narcotics and terrorism.

Mexico, Colombia and Poland have so far used this facility.

Colombia has urged Ecopetrol, its state oil company, to refrain from repatriating its international profits.

To match Colombia's relative success may take a decade or more in Mexico, which is a federal state and lacks Colombia's national police.

But the timing of Colombia's latest iteration of its claims blunted their effectiveness.

And the Obama administration wants Congress to pass bilateral free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, Kirk said.

Caracas' streets, though, may be even more chaotic than those of Colombia's capital.

Colombia is going through an electoral process; the first round was held May 30 and the next round is June 20.

And per the Zetas, the massive and record breaking flooding ongoing in Colombia is not due entirely to rain.

The Delegation of Colombia expressed its gratitude for the document that Ambassador Manalo had drawn up.

The tropical storms came through and dumped on Trinidad and Tobago, but not the coastline of Venezuela or Colombia?

Few issues are more sensitive for Mr Uribe than the alleged sheltering of Colombia's FARC and ELN guerrillas by its neighbours.

Civil war is reigniting in Sri Lanka and intensifying in Afghanistan and Somalia, while conflict continues in Colombia.

In fact, the carnivals of Belgium and Colombia have made UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

President Bush says time is running out for a free-trade agreement with Colombia.

The Delegation stressed the efforts made by the Bureau for Economic Development in Colombia.

Mr Obama sent three long-stalled free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea to Congress for ratification.

Mexico and Colombia rank higher than the United States in self-reported contentment.

Occasional rhetorical orchids are tossed towards pending free-trade deals with Panama, Colombia and Korea.

The Mexican government has announced the country's largest cocaine seizure: 23 tons of the drug hidden on a ship that arrived from Colombia.

Poland, Mexico and Colombia have all qualified for the credit facility, though none has yet drawn down any money.

But Colombia is still under assault from the guerrillas and other drug traffickers.

Flowers are one of Colombia's main exportation products, accounting for 4. 1% of total exportation of products and services.

But prices are also higher in Argentina, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Israel, Austria and Switzerland.

Though no one rules them out, such controls are clearly not Colombia's first line of defence.

Confiscated weapons are displayed for the media in Villavicencio, Colombia.

MENTION Colombia, and most people think of cocaine, kidnappings and guerrilla violence.

McDermott: No, Argentina pulled out yesterday which has caused a great furor here in Colombia.

Since 2002, Colombia has extradited more than 720 criminal suspects to the United States, mostly for drug trafficking.

There are important differences, however, between the Colombia of those talks and the country today.

A cow has been put in prison after it was blamed for a road accident in Colombia.

Colombia lost to Romania and then the United States to become the first team eliminated.