Uribe Thanks Correa For Visit To Colombian Ship In Ecuadorean Port

May 13, 2010

Colombian president Álvaro Uribe thanked his Ecuadorean counterpart, Rafael Correa, Tuesday for the latter’s visit to the Colombian Navy ship Gloria in the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador, and judged that this act strengthens relations between the two countries.

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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 […]

Uribe Thanks Correa For Visit To Colombian Ship In Ecuadorean Port

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