Bipartisan Congressional Delegation Meets with Former Colombian Paramilitaries in Medellin
Medellin, Colombia (March 1)—U.S. Senator Bob Corker, Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Carolina Barco, U.S. Representative Fred Upton, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez participate in an interactive exchange with demobilized citizens who have turned away from violence and are participating in a program to reintegrate them into Colombia’s civil society with job training and education. Gutierrez is leading his fourth bipartisan congressional delegation to Colombia, to highlight progress in the country and the need to pass the Colombia free trade agreement. (Colombia FTA) (Trip Page)
Trips
- Secretarial Visit to Latin America February 2008
- Secretarial Visit to Middle East February 2008
- Secretarial Visit to China December 2007
- Secretarial Visit to Colombia November 2007
- Business Development Mission to Vietnam November 2007
- Secretarial Visit to Colombia October 2007
- Secretarial Visit to Uruguay and Brazil October 2007
- Secretarial Visit to Panama, Peru and Colombia September 2007
- Secretarial Visit to Russia and Ukraine April 2007
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- May 5, 2008
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