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	Congress of Colombia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Congress consists of the 102-seat Senate (Senado), and the 166-seat House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes).
		The Congress meets twice a year in two ordinary sessions: The first from July 20 to December 16, and the second from March 16 to June 20.
		Both houses of Congress meet at the neoclassical Capitolio Nacional ("National Capitol") building in central Bogotá, the construction of which began in 1847 and was not concluded until 1926.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Congress_of_Colombia (179 words)

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	Republic of Gran Colombia Article, RepublicGranColombia Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Republic of Gran Colombia, or Greater Colombia, was a short-lived republic in South America consisting of present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama.
		The word "Colombia" comes from the name of ChristopherColumbus and was conceived by the revolutionary Franciscode Miranda as a reference to the New World, especially to all American territories and colonies under Spanish and Portuguese rule.
		The Constitution of the new republic was given in 1821 at the Congress of Cucuta,establishing its capital in Bogotá.
	www.anoca.org /bol/var/republic_of_gran_colombia.html (492 words)

	Roosevelt, Theodore. 1913. An Autobiography: XIV. The Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal. Appendix: Colombia: The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As for Colombia's attitude, it is incomprehensible upon any theory of desire to see the canal built upon the basis of mutual advantage alike to those building it and to Colombia herself.
		The difference was that, unless we acted in self-defense, Colombia had it in her power to do us serious harm, and Venezuela did not have such power.
		There was no new lesson taught; it ought already to have been known to every one that wickedness, weakness, and folly combined rarely fail to meet punishment, and that the intent to do wrong, when joined to inability to carry the evil purpose to a successful conclusion, inevitably reacts on the wrongdoer.
	www.bartleby.com /55/14a.html (704 words)

	Colombia (02/05)
		Colombia's Ministry of Defense, charged with the country's internal and external defense and security, has an army, navy--including marines and coast guard--air force, and national police under the leadership of a civilian Minister of Defense.
		Colombia is in the process of renovating and expanding their Cartagena refinery in order to meet its domestic demands and eventually export more refined products.
		Colombia was a participant in the December 1994 and April 1998 Summits of the Americas and followed up on initiatives developed at the summit by hosting two post-summit, ministerial-level meetings on trade and science and technology.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35754.htm (5292 words)

	Colombia: Letter to Congress on Judicial Powers
		In its Concluding Observations to Colombia in 1997, the United Nations Human Rights Committee of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, expressed its concern that the Colombian military "exercise the functions of investigation, arrest, detention and interrogation".
		If Congress approves the restoration of judicial police powers to the military one of the most important tenets of human rights protection in Colombia will be seriously undermined.
		Colombia: Laboratory of war - Repression and violence in Arauca.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/colombia/document.do?id=1A16B7B6B9A803D980256D2C0053BA32 (1355 words)

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		US aid to Colombia was originally used only for anti-drug efforts, but is now also used for counter-insurgency and to guard an oil pipeline in Colombia.
		As Colombia’s long conflict intensifies, civilians are caught in the crossfire—19 civilians die violently in Colombia each day now, as compared with 12 a day in when US assistance began.
		To reach your member of Congress' DC office, call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected.
	www.lawg.org /countries/Colombia/workwithcongress.htm (864 words)

	FRSO 4th Congress - Colombia Resolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We denounce the role of U.S. corporations in Colombia such as Coca-Cola, BP Amoco, Occidental Oil, and Drummond Coal.
		The coming revolution in Colombia promises to turn all existing social relations upside down and put the workers and peasants in power.
		Plan Colombia provides military training, personnel, intelligence, attack helicopters, guns, planes, equipment, and fumigation chemicals for the Colombian Government’s war against their own people.
	www.frso.org /about/4Congress/resolution_col.htm (444 words)

	The Americans in Panama - Chapter 8
		The course of Colombia indicated clearing to him, and to the people of Panama, that nothing could be expected in the immediate future in the way of a satisfactory treaty, and the enemies of the canal in that country seemed to be firmly entrenched in the Congress.
		Colombia, in 1902, appealed to the United States under its treaty, to maintain the neutrality of the Panama Railroad, during the most important revolution that Panama ever had attempted, and the military intervention by the United States in that year largely enabled Colombia to crush the revolution.
		Colombia had promised, in consideration of the intervention of 1902, a treaty to the United States for a right of way for a canal in Panama.
	www.czbrats.com /AmPan/chap8.htm (3921 words)

	State Department required report to Congress on contractors in Colombia, April 14, 2003
		Plan to Transfer Activities to the Government of Colombia: As is the case with other aircraft operation, maintenance and logistic support, the CNP does not have the technical, personnel or financial resources to undertake this mission.
		Plan to Transfer Activities to the Government of Colombia: As is the case with other aircraft and aircraft systems operation, maintenance and logistic support, the CNP does not have the technical, personnel or financial resources to undertake this mission.
		The Government of Colombia does not have the technical or financial resources to support the effort and the required services are only available from commercial sources.
	www.ciponline.org /colombia/03041401.htm (8168 words)

	Colombia: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns
		She will speak about political violence in Colombia, violence against women in armed conflict, and provide personal testimony about her own story.
		The President and Congress of Colombia recently adopted a law to guide the demobilization of armed groups, beginning with the paramilitary forces.
		Colombia: Targeting of civilians by armed groups is a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/colombia (387 words)

	US/LEAP: Colombia: Violence and Impunity Reign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Workers in Colombia argue that U.S. aid should be directed at civilian democratic institutions, alternative development, and supporting the rule of law rather than backing the Colombian military which has strong links to paramilitary groups that are responsible for most of the killings against Colombian trade unionists.
		The U.S. Congress votes periodically on foreign aid requests for Colombia and voter pressure is needed to support efforts to cut military aid to Colombia.
		Colombia continues to be the most dangerous place in the world to be a trade unionist.
	www.usleap.org /Colombia/ColombiaHome.html (3113 words)

	Deeper into Colombia's war
		Congress, to its discredit, appears unlikely to mount a significant challenge or even ask the tough questions.
		In Congress, most critics have focused on making sure any Colombia aid includes clauses requiring the administration to "certify" that the Colombian military is making progress in cleaning up its miserable human-rights record.
		With Colombia, as with the 1980s conflict in El Salvador, the State Department has proved adept at cynically "certifying" that brutal rightist armies are paragons of democracy.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/03/28/ED239156.DTL (307 words)

	VOA News Report
		INTRO: The vice president of Colombia appeared before a U-S Senate panel Tuesday to appeal to lawmakers to continue funding U-S efforts in support of his country's anti-drug initiatives.
		Now that process is going to take a couple of years, but we are well on our way to a "Colombianization" of the pilot crews for all of these helicopters.
		Colombia is the largest producer of cocaine in the world and is a major supplier of heroin to the United
	www.globalsecurity.org /security/library/news/2003/06/sec-030603-38d07911.htm (513 words)

	Newsbrief: Congress Questions Colombia's Drug War Performance
		An unreleased Congressional report states that Colombia is not fulfilling its obligations in the joint effort with the US to fight drug trafficking, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times.
		Colombia has also reduced drug crop-eradication operations due to "political concerns." The Bush administration is currently pushing to increase military funding to Colombia in order to enable the country to continue to fight the drug war.
		Colombia drug war funding has been heavily criticized by human rights and environmental groups as well as organizations supporting the nation's peace process.
	www.stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/242/colombiadrugwar.shtml (419 words)

	ABC News: Colombia Congress OKs Re-Election Bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Congress gave final passage to a bill last night that would allow Uribe to run for re-election, but the bill must still be given the green light by the Constitutional Court.(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
		BOGOTA, Colombia Dec 1, 2004 — Colombia's Congress gave final approval to a bill to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for re-election, a move aimed at giving the hard-line leader more time to fight a leftist insurgency and drug trafficking.
		He has been hugely popular in Colombia, with an approval rating that has hovered around 75 percent since he took office in 2002.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=296281 (334 words)

	Forbes.com: Colombia's Congress OK fiscal responsibility law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		"With the law passed by Congress, Colombia guarantees the sustainability and transparency of its public finances," the Finance Ministry said in a news release.
		Colombia, Latin America's fifth-largest economy, has seen its debt load rise dramatically to 51 percent of gross domestic product by the end of 2002, up from 30 percent in 1996.
		Colombia plans to cut its consolidated fiscal deficit to 2.5 percent of GDP in 2003, from 3.6 percent last year.
	www.forbes.com /personalfinance/retirement/newswire/2003/06/17/rtr1003228.html (251 words)

	Congress of Colombia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Congress of Colombia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		(The legislature of the United States government) Congress consists of the 102-seat (Assembly possessing high legislative powers) Senate (Senado), and the 166-seat (The lower legislative house of the United States Congress) House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes).
		The (The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws) Executive branch can call for extraordinary sessions at any time, but never after June 20th in an election year.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/congress_of_colombia.htm (149 words)

	Trades Union Congress - Colombia: the search for peace with social justice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As President Uribé pursues pro-rich and anti-worker neo-liberal policies, his search for a military solution to Colombia's deep and complex social malaise and the undermining of democratic and trade union rights in law and practice continue to be the key barriers to a negotiated peace and to sustainable economic and social development.
		Strikes are regularly declared illegal and, with the honourable exceptions of local government in Bogotá; and Valle de Cauca, both run by former presidents of the CUT national trade union centre, collective bargaining remains denied to public servants.
		Democratic forces in Colombia are responding by strengthening the Democratic Alliance - stretching from parts of the Liberal Party to the left organisations - to challenge Uribé in the next presidential elections with the respected academic Senator Carlos Gaviria Diaz as their candidate.
	www.tuc.org.uk /international/tuc-10448-f0.cfm (679 words)

	News: 53rd AIPH Congress, Colombia
		AIPH, the International Association of horticultural producers, held its 53rd annual Congress in Bogota (Colombia) from 1-3 October.
		The Colombian Deputy Minister of Trade Mrs Claudia Uribe informed the Congress about the "Plan Colombia", the national plan of the Colombian Government that is aimed at a reduction of violence and drugs in Colombia.
		In two meetings the Executive Committee discussed elements of a strategy and a draft working plan for the next years, which will be further elaborated at the spring meeting of the AIPH to be held in Denmark on 18 and 19 April 2002.
	www.aiph.org /news/20030212132713.shtml (421 words)

	Colombia (Harpers.org)
		President Andrés Pastrana of Colombia was considering setting up an autonomous zone for the National Liberation Army, Colombia's second-largest rebel group, that would be roughly the same size as the zone controlled by Colombia's largest rebel army, which is roughly the size of Switzerland.
		Colombia was spraying Roundup on crops near villages in the Putomayo province as part of the U.S.-backed Plan Colombia antidrug campaign; villagers complained that the pesticide was killing their food crops and livestock and that it was making them sick.
		Colombia's congress voted to overturn a rule that restricts presidents from running for reelection, allowing Alvaro Uribe, an ally of George W. Bush, to run again in 2006.
	www.harpers.org /Colombia.html (1216 words)

	cannabisnews.com: Congress Supports Bush Colombia Plan
		Congress imposed the limits to avoid having the United States become entangled in a larger war.
		Bush also is seeking $133 million to help Colombia stop guerrilla attacks on an oil pipeline, reduce kidnappings and rebuild bombed police stations, as well as $439 million in longer-term aid.
		The United States has given Colombia $1.7 billion in the past two years to further Pastrana's $7.5 billion, six-year, anti-drug Plan Colombia, which includes a plan to persuade coca plant growers to switch to legitimate crops.
	www.cannabisnews.com /news/thread12564.shtml (884 words)

	At Colombia's Congress, Paramilitary Chiefs Talk Peace
		BOGOTÁ;, Colombia, July 28 - Trading combat fatigues for business suits, three top commanders of Colombia's right-wing death squads emerged from their government-granted haven in the north to speak before the country's Congress on Wednesday, professing firm commitment to fragile peace talks aimed at disarming their 15,000-member paramilitary force.
		Traveling with government-issued 48-hour safe-conduct passes shielding them from arrest and, in the case of one of the three, extradition to the United States on drug charges, they flew to Bogotá; on a military plane and were escorted to the ornate Capitol building by state security forces.
		Mancuso and two fellow commanders of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, Ramón Isaza and Iván Roberto Duque, were invited to speak by members of Congress who have said the paramilitary group is misunderstood.
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /auc/chiefs.htm (918 words)

	CNN - Colombia's scandal a victory for democracy - Jan 30, 1996
		The political crisis in Colombia, unlike some others in Latin America, has many observers suggesting that it demonstrates the strength of democracy in the region, rather than its weakness.
		Comparisons of different countries and different regions are always tricky, but in one important respect, what's going on in Colombia is similar to what's been happening to the government in South Korea.
		In Colombia, drug-money corruption was accepted as commonplace before, but today it's enough to bring down a government.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /WORLD/9601/colombia_scandal (594 words)

	CONGRESS - COLOMBIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He accused the Administration of ignoring for too long the twin dangers posed by Colombian drug traffickers and the guerrilla insurgency challenging the government in Bogota.
		But he said there are signs some of the gains are being reversed, and the Administration is rethinking its policy.
		Colombia today is not what it was two years ago.
	www.fas.org /irp/news/1999/08/990806-col1.htm (473 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com US Congress to help Colombia
		Congress said the state department had to certify that Colombia was co-operating fully with the extradition of paramilitary commanders.
		The contribution agreed by the US Congress is less than Bogota wanted, but the Colombian Ambassador to Washington, Andres Pastrana, said it was a diplomatic boost.
		Tens of thousands of civilians are known to have died during Colombia's 40-year civil conflict, involving left-wing rebels, right-wing paramilitaries and state forces, reports BBC news.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/11/03/66922.html (2211 words)

	CONGRESS / COLOMBIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		V-O-A's Paula Wolfson reports the aid package is part of a 12-point-seven-billion dollar emergency spending bill that passed the House (Thursday) by a vote of 263 to 146.
		But to most House members, it is simply "the Colombia bill." The measure provides one-point-seven billion dollars to train and equip the Colombian military for anti- drug operations.
		There were tears in the eyes of California Republican "Duke" Cunningham as he talked about his only son, who has spent years in drug treatment facilities and in prison.
	www.fas.org /irp/news/2000/03/000330-col-us2.htm (551 words)

	cannabisnews.com: War in Colombia: The U.S. Role!
		Congress tripled U.S. military assistance to Colombia this year, making it the third-largest recipient of U.S. security assistance in the world, after Israel and Egypt.
		Colombia's neighbors -- Peru, Venezuela and Panama -- voice fears the war is spilling over their borders.
		Colombia must ask for such assistance, but such an international coalition can be assembled only with the leadership of the United States.
	www.cannabisnews.com /news/2/thread2365.shtml (1447 words)

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