[CTC] USTR New Chief of Staff: Lisa A. Garcia

Wed Mar 24 10:29:40 PDT 2010

With hints Colombia
<http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2010/03/tpp-as-backdoor-colombia-fta
.html>  may try to use the TPP as a back door for a trade agreement with the
U.S., they should turn domestic attention to curbing violence back home. In
the past two weeks, death squads killed both a journalist and a human rights
activist, while President Uribe’s cousin was arrested for colluding with the
death squads.  With Bogota’s murder rate on the rise
<http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8710-bogota-homicide-rate-on-
the-rise.html> , the U.S put out a travel advisory because of increased
violence.

Background Stories:

Gunmen Slay Journalist in Northern Colombia
<http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=354058&CategoryId=12393>  

Latin American Herald Tribune - ‎Mar 20, 2010‎

BOGOTA – Colombian journalist Clodomiro Castillo, editor of El Pulso del
Tiempo magazine, was slain by two hired killers who went to his home in the
... 

Colombian Human Rights Activist Murdered, Calls
<http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=280698&cat=0>  

TransWorldNews (press release) - ‎Mar 19, 2010‎

A Colombian human rights activist who recently spoke out against abuses in
the area he lived was gunned down at his farm on Monday, sparking demands
from ... 

Colombia voters elect political novices with possible links to
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/16/AR201003160
4120.html>  death squads 

Washington Post -
<http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Juan+F
orero%22&scoring=n> Juan Forero - ‎Mar 16, 2010‎

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- A new political party accused of having links to
right-wing death squads gained important political ground in Colombia's ... 

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<http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/colombia/100309/san-jose-massacre-part-1
>    A massacre explored: murder in the jungle 

GlobalPost -
<http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22N
adja+Drost%22&scoring=n> Nadja Drost - ‎Mar 16, 2010‎

... including guerrillas, right-wing paramilitary forces and the Colombian
military. Now 15 army officers are charged with murder and a trial for 10 of
them ... 

Bogota murder rate on the rise
<http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8710-bogota-homicide-rate-on-
the-rise.html>  

Colombia Reports -
<http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22K
irsten+Begg%22&scoring=n> Kirsten Begg - ‎Mar 16, 2010‎

Bogota's homicide rate was up 5.4% in the first two months of this year,
compared to the same period in 2009, according to data released by
Colombia's ... 

 <javascript:void(0);>
<http://www.newsday.com/travel/direct-flight-1.1394325/advisory-colombia-tra
vel-danger-1.1807739>    Advisory: Colombia travel danger 

Newsday (subscription) -
<http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22J
essica+Damiano%22&scoring=n> Jessica Damiano - ‎Mar 12, 2010‎

Americans have been victims of kidnappings and murder. Details:
travel.state.gov. newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and
Optimum Online ... 

Political ally of Colombian president arrested
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-rQ4lVWQB1wPx5VzyziOpaK-
t8gD9E2RU480>  

The Associated Press -
<http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22L
ibardo+Cardona%22&scoring=n> Libardo Cardona - ‎Feb 24, 2010‎

BOGOTA — A former senator with close political ties to President Alvaro
Uribe was arrested by Colombian authorities Wednesday on charges of
colluding with ... 

Colombia too far behind on labor and human rights: US union
<http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/interviews/8776-labor-laws-and-hum
an-rights-condition-main-reasons-for-colombia-us-fta-holdup.html>  

Colombia Reports -
<http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22B
rett+Borkan%22&scoring=n> Brett Borkan - ‎Mar 21, 2010‎

What the Colombian labor code lacks, Vogt explained, are protections for
workers to “freely associate, to strike, and to use cooperatives” to protect
their ... 

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