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Andean – U.S. Dialogue Forum

Country Visit

Colombia

July 26 – 27, 2010

1 Documents and Articles

I. Bilateral Relations (General)………………………………………………………... 17-41 a. Haugaard, Lisa, Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, et al. Excerpt from “A Compass for Policy.” Washington Office on Latin America. October 2008. http://www.wola.org/media/Compass%20for%20Colombia%20Policy.pdf b. Shifter, Michael and Adam Siegel. “Colombia and in 2009: The Rocky Road to Restoring Relations.” Inter-American Dialogue. 23 March 2010. http://www.thedialogue.org/page.cfm?pageID=32&pubID=2321 c. “Mediation off before it begins.” Latin American Newsletters. Latin America Weekly Report, page 7. 11 March 2010. d. Wilpert, Gregory. “U.S. Troops in Colombia: A Threat to Peace.” NACLA Report on the Americas 42:5, Sep/Oct 2009, page 3. PRISMA [database online], accessed 2 April 2010. http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.library.vanderbilt.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.8 8- 2004&res_dat=xri:prisma&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:article&rft_dat=xri: prisma:fulltext:1880621431 e. “U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement.” U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman. 18 August 2009. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/aug/128021.htm f. Barrionuevo, Alexei and Simon Romero. “Leaders Criticize Colombia Over U.S. Military Pact.” New York Times. 28 August 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/world/americas/29colombia.html?_r=1

II. Democracy…………………………………………………………………………... 18-46 a. Excerpt from “Country Report 2009: Colombia.” Freedom House. http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=758 7 b. Kagan, Robert and Aroop Mukharji. “In Colombia, democracy is stirred but not shaken.” The Washington Post. 9 March 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030803294.html

III. Drugs and Security…………………………………………………………………... 47-61 a. Excerpt from “International Narcotics Control Strategy Report.” Volume 1. U.S. Department of State. 2010. http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2009/vol1/116523.htm b. “Ending Colombia’s FARC Conflict: Dealing the Right Card.” International Crisis Group. Latin America Report No. 30. 26 March 2009. http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6016&l=1

IV. Media………………………………………………………………………………... 62-66 a. “Attacks on the Press 2009: Colombia.” Committee to Protect Journalists. February 2010. http://cpj.org/2010/02/attacks-on-the-press-2009-colombia.php b. “Manual teaches intelligence agency employees how to spy on ‘problematic’ journalists.” IFEX. 22 December 2009. http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2009/12/22/spying_on_journalists/ c. “Government implicated in phone-tapping scandal as pressure on media continues.” IFEX. 26 February 2010. http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2010/02/26/intelligence_officials_implicated/

2 V. Human Rights……………………………………………………………………….. 67-108 a. Excerpt from “2010 Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights.” The International Trade Union Confederation. 9 June 2010. b. http://survey.ituc-csi.org/+-Colombia-+.html c. UNHCHR Colombia Report 2009. March 2010 http://daccess-dds- ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/118/19/PDF/G1011819.pdf?OpenElement d. “Colombia: Stop Abuses by Paramilitaries’ Successor Groups.” Human Rights Watch. 3 February 2010. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/02/02/colombia- stop-abuses-paramilitaries-successor-groups e. “The Virtuous Twins: Protecting Human Rights and Improving Security in Colombia.” International Crisis Group. Latin American Briefing No. 21. 25 May 2009. http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6112

VI. Trade………………………