Miami needs Colombia free-trade pact with Colombia http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/20/2124204/miami-needs-colombia-free-trade.html

“It’s a no-brainer,” said Sen. Max Baucus, the Democratic chair of the Finance Committee. “Get it done!” echoed Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch. In a rare bipartisan approach, the Senate leaders expressed frustration on the administration’s failure to act on the pact that would increase U.S. exports and create thousands of American jobs.I share this frustration. As the former chairman of the World Trade Center Miami and senior vice president for Seaboard Marine Ltd., the cargo carrier that moves the most amount of freight from and to the Port of Miami, let me add my voice to the chorus of those calling for quick action on the Colombia agreement. Earlier this month, Gov. Rick Scott, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, and Reps. David Rivera and Mario Diaz-Balart joined with other local leaders—including Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado — to convene a meeting at the port with Colombian Ambassador Gabriel Silva and more than 150 representatives of the international trade industry. The message was clear: Washington needs to act now on the pact that has languished for more than four years.

[this is an outrage,im outraged,are we supposed to overlook fact thats tens of thousands are demonstrating in colombia against the us fta deal?are we supposed to overlook fact major and most trade unions in colombia oppose deal,as do us trade unions here in the US?these politicians are merely doing the bidding of its corporate interests,and nothing else...ill be exposing those who promote such deals,thru several channels,like WOLA,COHA,LAWG,BILATERALS.ORG and every channel possible.,see>Sindicalista de EE.UU. critica TLC http://www.bilaterals.org/spip.php?article19234 El presidente del mayor sindicato laboral de EE.UU. pidió al Congreso que no apruebe el TLC con Colombia.El presidente del mayor sindicato laboral de Estados Unidos, la AFL-CIO, dijo que acuerdos comerciales fallidos están ayudando a destruir a la clase media de la nación. [also read>Free Trade's Winners and Losers in Latin America http://www.otherwords.org/articles/free_trades_winners_and_losers_in_latin_america Dramatic Results Still Required by Colombia WOLA Testifies in Ways and Means Subcommittee Hearing on Colombia FTA http://www.wola.org/news/dramatic_results_still_required_by_colombia Dairy farmers march in Bogota against trade deal http://www.bilaterals.org/spip.php?article19201 Representatives of dairy businesses from across Colombia meet in Bogota to protest against the pending free trade agreement with the US, fearing it will ruin nearly 480,000 producers who have less than 10 cows, and thereby damaging food security for the country, especially in rural areas

Act Now to Stop Colombia Free Trade Deal http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/03/24/act-now-to-stop-colombia-free-trade-deal/