Colombia





Colombia Report - BBC: LINK ¤ B B C

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  • "Colombia has - a variety of ethnic groups - including indigenous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "people - such as the Inga - tensions between the army !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "cartels - and the Farc - are reduced - also through agreements !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Colombia has different - natural regions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "there should be more - equality - in Colombia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "there should be more - democracy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


 

 

 

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  • "and there should be more - social justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Uribe on FTA - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05BOGOTA9232

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  • "the US embassy had lobbied - for a FTA - free trade agreement !"

 

 

 

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  • "Álvaro Uribe stated - that he was willing - to pay !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the "political cost" - for FTA negotiations !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trade Confederations - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BOGOTA10236

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  • "the Labor leaders - from CUT - Central Union of Workers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "Carlos Rodriguez - CTC - Apicedes Fernandez - and CGT - William Millan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "said about a possible FTA - the labor conditions - in Colombia !"

 

 

 

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  • "had to be better - and a FTA - would worsen them !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "agriculture - specifically sugar - and agro-industry ! - ( technological gap ! )"

 

 

 

 

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  • "75 percent - precarious - subcontracting - associated cooperatives !"

 

 

 

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  • "or temporary contracts - the economy would have to export - the surplus !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "of its domestic consumption - but Colombia did not enjoy - such a surplus !"

 

 

 

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  • "Colombia's economy - has to benefit - its workers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "economic growth - must not be directed - to Colombia's most wealthy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 


 

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  • ""opening" - of Colombia's economy - in the 1990s !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Letter to the US Congress - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BOGOTA790

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  • "open letter - to the US Congress - from trade confederations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 


 

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  • "and pensioner's groups - against a possible FTA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "a fair commercial exchange - was impossible - asymmetry !"

 

 

 

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  • "between two economies - domestic companies - in Colombia !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "can not lower their - labor - and tax costs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "poverty - must not be increased - in Colombia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "tax revenues - and the state's ability - to meet its !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "social obligations - must not be decreased !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "workers - must have rights - to organize unions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and to negotiate - labor conditions - collectively !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in addition - irregular forms - of contracting - must be reduced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "such as - temporary work agencies - workers' cooperatives - and commercial contracts !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "a FTA - would not stop - these labor practices !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "price increases - in medical procedures - and medicine !"

 

 

 

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  • "FTA's provisions - on intellectual property rights !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Uribe had ordered - close state-run - Social Security Institute - ISS !"

 

 

 

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  • "which administers workers' - health - pension - and insurance programs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the mission - from the World Bank - to Colombia - had tried against minimum wage !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "trade - should be conducted - within a spirit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "of respect - for a country's - sovereignty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 


 

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  • "mutual benefit - and the promotion of - sustainable development !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Uribe - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BOGOTA8478

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  • "Álvaro Uribe - publicly said - that he will not - run again !"

 


 

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  • "said that this would take away - from the essence - of democracy !"

 


 

 

 

 

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Corruption - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08BOGOTA1705

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  • "former representative - Yidis Medina - pleaded guilty !"

 

 

 

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  • "to charges that - the Colombian government - had bribed her !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "constitutional change - Uribe's election !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "she accused social protection minister - Palacio !"

 

 

 

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  • "prosecutor - Iguaran and former interior minister - Pretelt !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "of providing her - jobs - and cash - US$ 100,000 - in illegal payments !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Indigenous - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08BOGOTA3928

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  • "National Indigenous Organization - ONIC - president !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "Luis Fernando Arias - convoked over 12,000 - indigenous from Cauca !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to participate - in an eight-day march - from Popayan to Cali !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "the march - gained steam - as more supporters - joined in !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the list of demands are - the land complaints - of northern Cauca !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "they call for the - Colombian government - to comply - with land restitution agreements !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "reject the - US-Colombia - trade promotion agreement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "repeal - the mining - and water laws !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "sign the - UN Declaration on the Rights - of the Indigenous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and no - "Plan Colombia"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Social Protests - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08BOGOTA3966

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  • "social protests - in Colombia - are on the rise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "judicial - trucker - and sugar cane worker - strikes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and indigenous protests - culminated in a 500,000-person !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "national solidarity strike - in 21 cities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Centro de Investigacion y Educacion Popular - CINEP - researcher !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "data shows - a steady increase - in social protests !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "they demand - less inequality !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and more - social justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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less Inequality - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BOGOTA2805

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  • "46 percent - of Colombians - poverty line !"

 

 

 

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  • "DNP director - Esteban Piedrahita - noted that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Gini coefficient - where 0 - means absolute equality !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and 1 - means absolute inequality !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Colombia - 59 !"

 


 

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  • "US - 46 - Canada - 32 - France - 30 - Sweden - 24 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DAS Scandal - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BOGOTA569

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  • "leading news magazine - "Semana" - had reported !"

 

 

 

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  • "the department of administrative security - DAS - continued !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "phone calls - and emails - of Colombian - domestic politicians !"

 

 

 

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  • "despite a similar scandal - a year before !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "that had brought down - the DAS director !"

 

 

 

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  • "list - supreme court justices - federal prosecutors - journalists !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and politicians - opposition - Uribista !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DAS Scandal - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BOGOTA1412

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  • "the DAS - had a unit - dedicated to Colombian domestic !"

 

 

 

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  • "high-ranking DAS officials - had met with - Uribe advisors !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Bernardo Moreno - and Jose Obdulio Gaviria - discussed sensitive cases !"

 

 

 

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  • "besides numerous groups - leftist groups - and politicians !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the G-3 - had information - on supreme - and constitutional court !"

 

 

 

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  • "magistrates - Colombian army officials - and their relatives !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DAS Scandal - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BOGOTA2016

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  • "a preliminary - prosecutor general office report !"

 

 

 

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  • "had confirmed - media claims - human rights groups !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "journalists - and politicians - in Colombia !"

 

 

 

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  • "by the - department of administrative security - DAS !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "secret unit - Colombian domestic opponents !"

 

 

 

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  • "physical monitoring - of individuals - and their families !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "phone - and emails - and financial data !"

 


 

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  • "the unit - appeared also try measures - to disrupt an event !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DAS Scandal - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BOGOTA2921

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  • "the department of administrative security - DAS - had still !"

 

 

 

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  • "illegally - phone calls - of Colombian supreme court !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "magistrates - politicians - and journalists !"

 

 

 

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  • "despite an - intensive investigation - of the DAS - by the CTI !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "congressional representatives - for example on the reelection !"

 


 

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  • "referendum bill - not stopped activities ! - ( based on six sources - worked inside DAS ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Human Rights Group - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BOGOTA2958

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  • "the prominent - Colombian human rights - NGO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "the Colombian Commission of Jurists - CCJ - director !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Gustavo Gallon - said he had been - one of them !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "DAS - had compiled information - and constant surveillance !"

 

 

 

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  • "of him - and his family - and renting an apartment - near his home !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "there even had been - lengthy reporting !"

 

 

 

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  • "on his comments - at public conferences !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Gallon called it - "offensive" - the decision for it !"

 

 

 

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  • "must have - could only be made - "at a higher level"  !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "but this problem had extended - beyond Colombian - DAS !"

 

 

 

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  • "this illegitimate collection - had been illegally used !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in judicial cases - international - and by other agencies !"

 

 

 

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  • "this politically motivated - had been shared - with other countries !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "for example - access - to foreign visas !"

 

 

 

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  • "certain defenders - before international courts !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "intelligence agencies - must be internationally - better regulated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COLOMBIA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ COLOMBIA

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COLOMBIA - Wikipedia ES: LINK ¤ COLOMBIA
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Colombia - Map: LINK ¤ WIKIMEDIA
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