Boletín de Prensa Internacional 07/04/11
Las condiciones de EE.UU. para el TLC con Colombia
BBC Mundo (UK) Las condiciones y los plazos de Estados Unidos para el TLC con Colombia
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, recibirá este jueves en Washington a su par de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos.
Los dirigentes hablarán del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre ambos países que aún debe ser ratificado en el Capitolio estadounidense.
El tema vuelve a instalarse en la agenda tres semanas después de que la oposición republicana amenazara con bloquear la designación del nuevo secretario de Comercio, si Obama no enviaba al Congreso para su ratificación a este acuerdo y los que se suscribieron con Panamá y Corea del Sur.
Con el encuentro de este jueves, el TLC con Colombia parece cobrar un nuevo impulso. Sin embargo, como requisito previo a la aprobación definitiva, el gobierno de Santos tiene que adoptar una serie de medidas que Estados Unidos considera necesarias para garantizar los derechos laborales en su país. ver>>
Como el Presidente Santos hizo la paces con el poder judicial
The Christian Science Monitor (EE.UU) How Colombia's President Santos made peace with the judiciary
Colombia's legal reforms are key for securing passage of a new US-Colombia free trade agreement. President Juan Manuel Santos is meeting today with President Obama to discuss the issue.
After years of tension between Colombia’s executive and judicial branches, newly-elected President Juan Manuel Santos has extended an olive branch to the courts and taken steps to bolster the power and legitimacy of the judiciary.
Colombia’s judicial weaknesses are arguably some of the greatest obstacles to stability and effective governance today in a nation still struggling with paramilitary violence, the bitter legacy of a drug war, and the vestiges of a guerrilla insurgency. Underscoring the problem, Mr. Santos has launched a number of reforms in his first half-year in office, placing him in stark contrast to a predecessor who clashed repeatedly with the courts. ver>>
Obama y el TLC con Colombia
The Washington Post (EE.UU.) Mr. Obama’s free-trade deal with Colombia
Editorial
PRESIDENT OBAMA will welcome a bruised American ally to the White House on Thursday and take a step toward mending relations. For the past decade, Colombia has been a strong and steady U.S. friend at a time when leftist demagogues — including the presidents of two of its neighbors — have dedicated themselves to turning Latin America against the United States. Colombia’s reward was to be vilified by labor unions intent on torpedoing the free-trade agreement that it negotiated with the Bush administration and that has been neglected by Mr. Obama, who skipped Colombia during his recent tour of the region. ver>>