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Desde hace tiempo, Colombia, uno de los principales productores de cocaína en el mundo, ha sido un socio clave en la fallida guerra contra las drogas de Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, Gustavo Petro, quien acaba de llegar a la presidencia, ha cumplido una promesa de campaña para llevar al país hacia una dirección distinta. El mes pasado, Petro anunció que iba a terminar la erradicación forzada de la coca e iba a apoyar una ley para despenalizar y regular la venta de cocaína en un esfuerzo por debilitar los mercados ilícitos y el beneficio económico que los impulsa.
Aquí en Estados Unidos, el gobierno de Joe Biden también ha dado señales de un giro importante.… Seguir leyendo »
The United States and Colombia are close friends, and close friends speak honestly. That's why, as US elected representatives, we have a very clear message for our Colombian counterparts: Show us the respect of staying out of our elections.
In recent weeks, we have noticed a deeply troubling trend: Several Colombian politicians are publicly choosing sides in the US election. Politicians such as Senator María Fernanda Cabal, Senator Carlos Felipe Mejía, and Congressman Juan David Vélez -- a dual US-Colombian citizen, whom we could more reasonably expect to participate in American democracy -- have taken to social media, and one has taken to the press to take sides in America's upcoming presidential vote.… Seguir leyendo »
En muy breve espacio de tiempo se han producido tres acontecimientos que han sumido en estupor a nuestra sociedad, o mejor dicho a los medios que manejan nuestra sociedad, porque en ninguno se han cumplido vaticinios ni deseos y todos han roto con lo políticamente correcto que es la norma de obligado cumplimiento que ha de regir el comportamiento de los ciudadanos.
El primero es el denominado Brexit por el que la Gran Bretaña ha reconocido, con cien años de retraso, que ya no domina las olas ni el mundo y que, puestas así las cosas, prefiere mantener sus costumbres, aislarse voluntariamente en vez de aislar a los demás, y aún a costa de evidentes pérdidas económicas, mantener su propio yo.… Seguir leyendo »
This week I return to Washington to thank the American people and the U.S. government for the help they have provided Colombia during the last 15 years and to look ahead to the next 15 years for what it will mean for both our nations.
Despite being ravaged by more than five decades of conflict and crime, the Colombian people provided popular support to their military forces and the national police, who took the initiative to regain lost territory and forge relations in new spaces, creating the conditions for the victory that has made peace move from a long forgotten dream to a newfound reality.… Seguir leyendo »
It has been four years since the United States and Colombia signed a reciprocal trade agreement. Unfortunately, the agreement has yet to be implemented. In June 2007, then-President George W. Bush sent the agreement to Congress but the Democratic majority in the House refused to vote on it. The new Republican Majority in the House must ensure a vote on this agreement, as it will create U.S. jobs and make good on a promise to an important ally.
Passing the agreement would create U.S. jobs by eliminating tariffs on U.S. exports to Colombia. Tariff elimination would enable U.S. exporters to compete on a level playing field with exporters from countries such as Canada and those in the European Union whose products already enter Colombia duty-free because of their existing trade agreements.… Seguir leyendo »
Ha llegado el momento de que Estados Unidos ratifique el tratado de libre comercio con Colombia. Debe hacerlo por la creación de puestos de trabajo en Estados Unidos y por el notable progreso que implica para los derechos humanos y la democracia en Colombia. Durante casi 40 años, este país suramericano ha librado nuestra guerra contra el narcotráfico, que ha pagado cara en bajas. Sin embargo, no hemos sabido ratificar un simple acuerdo de libre comercio cuatro años después de su negociación. Los colombianos están comenzando a desesperarse, y con razón. «Ha llegado el momento de decir si vamos a proceder con este acuerdo o no», dijo la semana pasada Luis Guillermo Plata, ministro de Industria y Trabajo, después de que Ron Kirk, el representante especial de comercio de Estados Unidos, se negara a especificar, en testimonio ante el Congreso, qué más desea Estados Unidos de Colombia antes de que el gobierno de Obama procure una ratificación.… Seguir leyendo »
El acuerdo firmado el pasado 30 de octubre entre los Gobiernos de Colombia y Estados Unidos, para permitir la presencia de tropas y el estacionamiento de aeronaves de guerra norteamericanas en siete bases estratégicas colombianas, tendrá unas graves implicaciones en la determinación de la futura política exterior colombiana apenas comparables a las que resultaron cuando, a comienzos del siglo XIX, el país perdió el istmo de Panamá.
En los documentos internos del Pentágono de enero de este año, antes de existir cualquier negociación con Colombia, ya aparecían señaladas las bases como parte de la estrategia de "aseguramiento estratégico" de los Estados Unidos en el hemisferio suramericano.… Seguir leyendo »
Intentaré explicar parte de la reacción de algunos países de Suramérica -en especial, los del Cono Sur-, a la decisión soberana de que Colombia permita el uso de hasta siete bases militares a las tropas de Estados Unidos.
Si bien la recuperación de la base de Manta y la salida de los efectivos estadounidenses allí estacionados fue una determinación del Gobierno del presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, en buena parte del sur del continente se vivió como un logro geopolítico; en particular de Brasil. Suramérica retornaba a la "normalidad"; es decir, como en todo el siglo XX, no habría bases militares de Estados Unidos en América del Sur.… Seguir leyendo »
A recent report by the Government Accountability Office, commissioned by Sen. Joe Biden, has come to an unsurprising conclusion: After more than $6 billion spent, the controversial drug control operation known as Plan Colombia has failed by large margins to meet its targets.
The goal had been to cut cocaine production in Colombia by 50 percent from 2000 to 2006 through eradication of coca crops and training of anti-narcotics police and military personnel. In fact, cocaine production in Colombia rose 4 percent during that period, the GAO found. With increases in Peru and Bolivia, production of cocaine in South America increased by 12 percent during that period.… Seguir leyendo »
The dramatic rescue of 15 hostages this month by Colombia’s special forces underscored how far Colombia has progressed — with the strong support of the United States — from a nation under siege by narcoterrorists and paramilitary vigilantes to one poised to become a linchpin of security and prosperity in South America.
As we meet today in Washington to discuss the United States-Colombia security relationship, we want to take stock of what has been gained over the past decade and commit our two nations to continue this progress.
The remarkable transformation of the security situation in Colombia can be credited in large part to the improvement in the capacity of its military and police — an improvement in which American security assistance has played a key role.… Seguir leyendo »
On the day the Colombian military freed Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other long-held hostages, the Italian Parliament passed yet another resolution demanding her release. Europe had long ago adopted this French-Colombian politician as a cause celebre. France had made her an honorary citizen of Paris, passed numerous resolutions and held many vigils.
Unfortunately, karma does not easily cross the Atlantic. Betancourt languished for six years in cruel captivity until freed in a brilliant operation conducted by the Colombian military, intelligence agencies and special forces -- an operation so well executed that the captors were overpowered without a shot being fired.
This in foreign policy establishment circles is called "hard power."… Seguir leyendo »
Last Sept. 27, 16-year-old Andres Damian Florez Rodriguez was on his way home from school when he was forced into a van by three armed men. Andres is the son of Jose Domingo Florez, a leader of the Coca-Cola bottling union in Santander. The assailants drove along, beating the boy while they received radio instructions. Then they gave him a message to convey: "Tell your papa that we won't rest until we see [the union leaders] quartered in pieces."
On March 22, Adolfo Gonzalez Montes, a member of the Barrancas local Union of Coal Miners, was found dead in his home, tortured and shot, after his union received death threats during a union conflict.… Seguir leyendo »
The forced resignation two weeks ago, under pressure from President Álvaro Uribe, of three prominent officers accused of drug trafficking is not likely to end the shakeup in Colombia's army and navy. More heads will roll in a long-overdue purge of corruption in the military. The credit has to go to the left-wing members of Congress who have taken over the Colombian account on Capitol Hill since the Democratic victory in the 2006 elections.
A conservative American with close, longtime ties to Colombia put it to me bluntly: "The firing of these officers is seen as President Uribe's way of clearing the decks to make the Democrats in Congress happy, in order to secure the free-trade agreement.… Seguir leyendo »
Under an agreement Congress and the administration made last month, free-trade accords with Peru and Panama moved forward. They are far from done, however. Congress should pass these modified agreements, which solidify our access to key countries and whose enforceable labor and environmental standards would set an important precedent for future trade agreements. Congress should also enact the Colombia free-trade agreement after setting enforceable benchmarks for Colombia to improve its record on human rights.
Trade agreements have always been difficult for Congress. Rarely are the debates about the merits of the deals themselves or even about our economic strategy or trade policy.… Seguir leyendo »
Colombia's president, Álvaro Uribe, returned to Bogota this week in a state of shock. His three-day visit to Capitol Hill to win over Democrats in Congress was described by one American supporter as "catastrophic." Colombian sources said Uribe was stunned by the ferocity of his Democratic opponents, and Vice President Francisco Santos publicly talked about cutting U.S.-Colombian ties.
Uribe got nothing from his meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders. Military aid remains stalled, overall assistance is reduced, and the vital U.S.-Colombian trade bill looks dead. Uribe is the first Colombian president to crack down on his country's corrupt army officer hierarchy and to assault both right-wing paramilitaries and left-wing guerrillas, but last week he confronted Democrats wedded to outdated claims of civil rights abuses and rigidly protectionist dogma.… Seguir leyendo »
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