Colombian Vice President: FTA with U.S. Benefits Both Countries

January 21, 2011

Speaking on the eve of a visit to Washington, Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzón said on 19 January that a free-trade agreement (FTA) signed with the United States in 2006 and still unratified by that country’s Congress benefits both countries and is not a unilateral gift.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Colombian Vice President: FTA with U.S. Benefits Both Countries

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