Colombia-Venezuela to strengthen ties FTA Imperii

The agreement proposed US-Colombia free trade could be in danger because of the relationship more comfortable with the president Juan Manuel Santos, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, told the Miami Herald.

Since taking office, Chavez has been very critical of America and its foreign policy, and strengthening ties between his country and many enemies in the world, in essence, the tightening of US-Venezuela.

Santos embrace of Chavez is seen by many in the U.S. as a guarantee of failure in seeking passage of a trade pact between the people and the U.S.

Despite several meetings with Chavez and tourism in many countries around the world, Santos has not extradited to S. U. He snubbed the United States in the choice of a Venezuelan drug lord returns to his home instead of visiting America. Santos and no project, an agreement allowing U.S. troops on military bases in Colombia must be renewed.

"I'm adrift: their orientation is not weighted according to the U.S. than it was before," Carl Meacham, a senior fellow for the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Senate Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R -IN), told The Miami Herald.

Some believe, however, that Santos is simply to stimulate the U.S. to act. Anyone who thinks that's the case I think Santos is a close relationship with Chávez to fear in American politics, who will immediately ratify the agreement not to lose an ally in the region.

"Bit disappointed by the Colombian United States," Enrique Santos Calderon, the president's brother, told the Miami Herald. "There is a feeling that we need to take some distance and stop, another advantage that no is not reciprocal. "

The agreement was signed, which was negotiated in 2006 under the Bush presidency for four years in Congress as lawmakers debate the merits languishes establish a free trade agreement with a country that condones the killing of trade unionists .

In 2009, a total of 48 union members were murdered. Already this year, 29 unionists were killed.

The United States should, in the absence of free trade agreements with countries that do not allow its workers to unionize, collective bargaining or, if necessary, the attacking force. Much less a nation that turns a blind eye to the murder of people who participate in these activities.

Over the past 20 years, 2,754 trade unionists in Colombia have been murdered. More often than not, no convictions ever received. In the rare cases where prosecutors are able to obtain a conviction for about 5 percent of the time, it is often overlooked that the government is not a suspect in the crime. This is the case in 40 percent of the area convicted of murdering a trade unionist.

Not only Colombia Free Trade Agreement between jobs and poor view of human rights, but the trade pact would hurt the economy by the national trade deficit and tens of thousands of jobs in the process .

The American people feared, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Trade agreements with the previous model EPI projects, trade agreements with Colombia and South Korea are very expensive, the U.S. economy would be. The study revealed that the nation lost 214,000 jobs by 2015, manufacturing jobs for better pay. The trade deficit has increased $ 16800000000, the study projects.