Crackdown in Colombia


	Crackdown in Colombia

Brian Wingfield

4-22-2008 2:26 PM

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trade, colombia, treasury

Brian Wingfield says:

Some Democrats in Congress have cited violence in Colombia for holding up a free trade deal between Washington and Bogota. Looks like the Bush administration is trying to curb the FARC's powers.

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