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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>With hints <a
href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2010/03/tpp-as-backdoor-colombia-fta.html">Colombia
may try to use the TPP as a back door for a trade agreement</a> with the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>, 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 <a
href="http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8710-bogota-homicide-rate-on-the-rise.html"
target="_self">Bogota’s murder rate on the rise</a>, the U.S put out a travel
advisory because of increased violence.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold'>Background Stories:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=354058&CategoryId=12393"
target="_self">Gunmen Slay Journalist in Northern Colombia</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>Latin American Herald Tribune</span></font><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Mar
20, 2010</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>BOGOTA</span></font></st1:City></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
– Colombian journalist Clodomiro Castillo, editor of El Pulso del Tiempo
magazine, was slain by two hired killers who went to his home in the <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=280698&cat=0"
target="_self">Colombian Human Rights Activist Murdered, Calls</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>TransWorldNews (press release)</span></font><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Mar
19, 2010</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>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 <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/16/AR2010031604120.html"
target="_self">Colombia voters elect political novices with possible links to
death squads</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on"><font size=2 color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'>Washington</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'> Post</span></font><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
<span class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Juan+Forero%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC;text-decoration:none'>Juan Forero</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Mar
16, 2010</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>BOGOTA</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">COLOMBIA</st1:country-region> -- A new political
party accused of having links to right-wing death squads gained important
political ground in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Colombia</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2 style='background:white'><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="javascript:void(0);"></a><a
href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/colombia/100309/san-jose-massacre-part-1"
target="_self">
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A massacre explored: murder in the jungle</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><font size=2
color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'>GlobalPost</span></font><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
<span class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Nadja+Drost%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC;text-decoration:none'>Nadja Drost</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date2><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span class=date2><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Mar
16, 2010</span></font></span><span class=date2><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><b><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>...</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> including guerrillas,
right-wing paramilitary forces and the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Colombian</span></b>
military. Now 15 army officers are charged with <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>murder</span></b> and a trial for 10 of them <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8710-bogota-homicide-rate-on-the-rise.html"
target="_self">Bogota murder rate on the rise</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><font size=2 color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'>Colombia</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'> Reports</span></font><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
<span class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Kirsten+Begg%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC;text-decoration:none'>Kirsten Begg</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date2><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span class=date2><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Mar
16, 2010</span></font></span><span class=date2><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Bogota</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>'s
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>homicide</span></b> 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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Colombia</span></b></st1:country-region></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>'s</span></b> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2 style='background:white'><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="javascript:void(0);"></a><a
href="http://www.newsday.com/travel/direct-flight-1.1394325/advisory-colombia-travel-danger-1.1807739"
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Advisory: Colombia travel danger</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><font size=2
color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'>Newsday (subscription)</span></font><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
<span class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Jessica+Damiano%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC;text-decoration:none'>Jessica
Damiano</span></font></a></span> - </span></font><span class=date2><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span
class=date2><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Mar 12, 2010</span></font></span><span class=date2><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Americans
have been victims of kidnappings and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>murder</span></b>.
Details: travel.state.gov. newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday
and Optimum Online <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-rQ4lVWQB1wPx5VzyziOpaK-t8gD9E2RU480"
target="_self">Political ally of Colombian president arrested</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>The Associated Press</span></font><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
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href="http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Libardo+Cardona%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC;text-decoration:none'>Libardo
Cardona</span></font></a></span> - </span></font><span class=date2><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span
class=date2><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Feb 24, 2010</span></font></span><span class=date2><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>BOGOTA</span></font></st1:City></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
— A former senator with close <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>political</span></b>
ties to <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>President</span></b> Alvaro Uribe was
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>arrested</span></b> by <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Colombian</span></b> authorities Wednesday on charges
of colluding with <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
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<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/interviews/8776-labor-laws-and-human-rights-condition-main-reasons-for-colombia-us-fta-holdup.html"
target="_self">Colombia too far behind on labor and human rights: US union</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><font size=2 color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'>Colombia</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'> Reports</span></font><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
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href="http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Brett+Borkan%22&scoring=n"><font
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