Posted on 07/04/2007 3:42:06 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
"We are not going to allow our relationship with the United States to become that of Master and Colombia as the servile republic"
"We are loyal and sincere, we comply with this alliance with the United States"
"Why U.S. Congress did not protest in 2000 and 2002 when the country was in hands of guerrillas and paramilitary forces, and now that Colombia is coming loose from that grip they are horrorized?
"We are not telling the United States to look after Colombia as its only solid ally left in Latin America; we are instead telling the United States to respect Colombia"
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President President Alvaro Uribe Velez affirmed that he will not allow the United States to transform a relationship based on mutual respect between two countries that had been close friends and allies into one of a mere master with its servile republic.
This reaction of the President of Colombia is a reply to a statement made public by a segment of the U.S. Congress, in which it was announced that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA-TLC) with Colombia was not going to be ratified unless more results became evident from the country's struggle against impunity and the murder of trade unionists.
President Uribe stressed that Colombia was not governed by a dictatorship or is a Banana Republic, but a respectable democracy that was making all efforts within its reach and his government had the sustained evidence to prove the results of such efforts.
He remembered that the Colombian government has been a very close friend and ally of President Clinton and President Bush in regard with Plan Colombia,
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Man has cojones. He told them they were human garbage and he wasn't running a banana republic for their information. And cited all the reasons exactly why.
Uribe saved Colombia and probably the region as well. In contrast, Chavez is lauded at the UN, cuts public relations energy deals with Massachusetts politicians, closes down media critical of him, and now wants to nationalize health care.
Nancy Pelosi can visit Syria’s Assad and laud him as part of the peace process, but her party castigates a leader who fights domestic terrorism and drug lords, and who genuinely is succeeding in making his country better.
Gracias por este informacion, Gato de la Fiesta.
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