The Colombia Connection http://quotha.net/node/2004

In a simple cable search for Giuliani, I found 10BOGOTA276: EX-IM BANK CHAIRMAN HIGHLIGHTS TRADE AND EXPORT OPPORTUNTIES [sic], where the broken window tycoon responsible in large part for the Honduran invisible genocide of the naughts received the following praise:5. (SBU) Chairman Hochberg praised President Uribe and Colombia for its sound economic and investment strategies and attention to social policies, which helped reduce poverty. The Chairman shared that prior to his first trip to Colombia he consulted two important friends of the country --

Congressmen Eliot Engel and Gregory Meeks, both of whom briefed him on Colombia's achievements. As a New Yorker, the Chairman noted how investment and prosperity returned to New York City after Mayor Giuliani reduced crime. Hochberg highlighted parallels between New York City and Colombia and praised President Uribe for enhancing security, which has led to the positive investment climate and economic development that Colombia enjoys today.

In the cable, Uribe is also quoted as bragging about all the security forces Colombians are training (spreading that false positive expertise to the rest of the hemisphere), like 11,000 Mexican police. Great job, Alvie. Colombian agents are crawling all over the Bajo Aguán region, according to countless reports from people there, and have participated in the death squad activities. This recent article in The Monocle goes into frightening detail about Colombia's continued training activities under Lobo's BFF Santos:

Police Academy--Colombia Decades of warfare against drug cartels and armed guerillas have provided Colombia with a valuable asset. Countries across Latin America are sending their troops and police to learn the techniques of its elite Jungla unit.Along with Jungla training, the Colombian police also offers in-country tailor-made specialist courses for regional police forces. Since 2009, it has trained around 8,000 police and soldiers, mostly from Latin America. Some of the most popular courses are: Bolivia: With more cocaine laboratories sprouting up across the Andean country, Colombia's Junglas provide training on finding and destroying clandestine cocaine laboratories.

[CLICK LINK ABOVE TO READ REST...AND ALSO SEE...Colombia's Police Train Salvadoran Law Enforcement at U.S.-Funded Installation http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=868&Itemid=1 Colombia Spent U.S. Anti-Drug Aid Hiding Political Ties to Drug Trade http://www.blacklistednews.com/Colombia_Spent_U.S._Anti-Drug_Aid_Hiding_Political_Ties_to_Drug_Trade/15321/0/38/38/Y/M.html COLOMBIA- Continúa paramilitarismo de Estado y del gran capital. Leyes de impunidad que legalizan el despojo http://prensarural.org/spip/spip.php?article6295

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Pentagon Building Bases in Central America and Colombia,Despite Constitutional Court Striking Down Base Agreement http://forusa.org/blogs/john-lindsay-poland/pentagon-building-bases-central-america-colombia/8445 Pentagon Using Drug Wars as Excuse to Build Bases in Latin America http://newamericamedia.org/2011/06/drug-wars-helping-us-military-rebuild-its-presence-in-latin-america.php US OPERATION CONDOR CONTINUES-Security Conference Vows to Push Drug War into Central America http://upsidedownworld.org/main/international-archives-60/3093-security-conference-vows-to-push-drug-war-into-central-america