From EFE Website

Todo listo para pacto petrolero liderado por México Casa de Campo (R.Dominicana), 2 jun (EFE).- Los presidentes de los países centroamericanos, México, Colombia y República Dominicana se aprestan a sellar un pacto petrolero consistente en la financiación de una refinería que será construida en Panamá o en Guatemala.

The US is pushing “free trade agreements” (FTAs) with the Andean countries of Peru, Colombia and Ecuador that will harm thousands of vulnerable small farmers, block access to affordable medicines and favor foreign investors, according to a new report released today by international agency Oxfam.

From Venezuelanalysis Website

by Carlos Malamud, Senior Analyst, Latin America, Elcano Royal Institute
( 30/5/2006 )

From The Realinstitutoelcano.org Website

Giles Tremlett in Madrid and Sybilla Brodzinsky in Bogota

From The Guardian Website

Sabogal ‘played part’ in many murders by gang
Cartel accounts for up to half of world's cocaine

One of the world's most wanted and violent drugs traffickers, the Colombian Orlando Sabogal Zuluaga, has been arrested in Spain as police around the world try to break up a cartel that accounts for up to half of the global cocaine market.

Guarino Caicedo C.
Corresponsal de El Diario/La Prensa

From La Opinion Website

The Bush administration has signed a multi-billion dollar free trade agreement with Colombia.

The pact comes despite warnings from Congress - which is now controlled by the opposition Democratic Party - that it has deep reservations over the deal.

Colombia's finance minister said the move would benefit Colombia's economy and its efforts to improve security.

Autoridades de Colombia ordenaron la evacuación de alrededor de unas 8.000 personas que residen el la proximidad del volcán Galeras, ubicado en el departamento colombiano de Nariño, en el sur de ese país, luego de registrar un aumento en la actividad sismica.

By Adriana Beltrán and Gimena Sanchez-Garzoli, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

Intimidation and attacks against human rights defenders in Colombia and Guatemala have surged over the past year, seriously undermining the promotion of human rights in these two countries. Although efforts to thwart the work of human rights defenders are not new to Latin America, this worrisome trend in Colombia and Guatemala calls for heightened attention and immediate action by the international community.

Por Adriana Beltrán y Gimena Sanchez-Garzoli, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

La intimidación y los ataques contra defensores de derechos humanos en Colombia y Guatemala han continuado en el último año, socavando gravemente la promoción de los derechos humanos en dichos países. Aunque los esfuerzos por frustrar el trabajo de defensores de derechos humanos no es un fenómeno nuevo en América Latina, esta tendencia inquietante en Colombia y Guatemala requiere de una mayor atención y acción inmediata por parte de la comunidad internacional.