Bush hails Colombia&#39;s efforts against drug trade
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President Bush heaped praise Monday on Colombia&#39;s government for battling drug gangs and corruption and said he will ask Congress to renew a US aid package next year.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia  - Colombia's free trade accord with the United States is still a "work in progress" and President Alvaro Uribe could persuade U.S. Democrats to approve the deal by showing sustained success in tackling violence, a U.S. lawmaker said on Saturday.
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Under a security web of warplanes, ships and 15,000 troops, President Bush praised Colombia's battle against drugs and Marxist guerrillas Monday and pledged to keep U.S. aid flowing so "this courageous nation can win its war against narcoterrorists."
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CHIRIJUYU, Guatemala  - President George W. Bush helped Guatemalan small farmers load crates of lettuce onto a truck on Monday to demonstrate the benefits of free trade in Latin America, where Washington's power is being questioned by leftist leaders.
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LLANOGRANDE, Colombia  - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe told visiting U.S. lawmakers on Saturday his government's record illustrated it was addressing Democrats' concerns over anti-union violence and impunity that have stymied their approval of a free trade deal.
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President Bush on Saturday praised the No Child Left Behind Act as &quot;a bipartisan law that is challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations in public education.
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A top official in Colombia says the country&#39;s largest Marxist rebel group targeted President Bush for assassination when he visited Cartagena this past week.
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President Bush said today the United States will send hundreds of millions of dollars to Latin American nations over the next few years to improve health care, education and housing.
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - A Colombian court approved theextradition to the United States of one of the South Americannation's most notorious paramilitary leaders on drug smugglingcharges.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Colombian drug kingpins in league with corrupt Venezuelan military officers are increasingly using this country as a way station for smuggling cocaine to the United States and Europe, according to Colombian and U.S. officials. The Bush administration's dismal relations with...
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While President Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe talked trade and the war on drugs Sunday, first lady Laura Bush read in English to a group of underprivileged Colombian children.
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The Bush administration signed a free-trade agreement with Colombia, despite strong Democratic Party objections that threaten to keep the pact from becoming law. The signing ceremony culminated more than two and a half years of work on the pact, which the White House sees as an important tool for promoting stability in the volatile Andean region. Leading Democrats criticized the Bush administration for signing the trade deal before addressing their concerns about the pactÂs protection for workers.
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President Bush is due to visit Colombia in a display of continued support for efforts to fight a leftist insurgency.
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Bush's visit to Colombia put a spotlight on a country where, despite government scandals and human-rights questions, progress has been made against domestic terrorism
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George W. Bush on Sunday will become the first U.S. president since Ronald Reagan to set foot in Bogota as he tries to bolster his staunchest Latin American ally fighting a decades-old insurgency and drug war.
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BOGOT&#xC1; -- President Bush gave a vote of confidence to Colombia yesterday, promising to secure more aid and a trade deal for his close ally President Alvaro Uribe as he fights a rebel insurgency and drug traffickers.
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ANCHORENA PARK, Uruguay  - President Bush pledged swift action on Saturday over findings that the FBI illegally or improperly obtained private records during terrorism and espionage investigations.