Colombia’s Santos meets Lula da Silva in his first overseas visit

Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 05:57 UTC

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Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos arrived Tuesday in Brazil for an official two-day state visit that begins Wednesday with a meeting with President Lula da Silva to address a regional political agenda and strengthen bilateral trade. Read full article

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Forgetit87
So he didn't go to the US. That says something.
Sep 01st, 2010 - 09:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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JoseAngeldeMonterrey
Santos did the right thing by visiting Lula first.
And I hope Brazil finds Colombia´s democracy more valuable than the cuasi-dictatorship of Venezuela.
Sep 01st, 2010 - 05:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
Democracy was not in very good shape during Uribe's times either. During his two terms Freedomhouse consistently gave Colombia one of the worst civil rights ratings in South America. But I believe Santos will be better than him. Right before taking office he said he would respect Congress and the courts. These are words that implictly acknowledged that his predecessor - of whom Santos is himself not very fond - lacked such attitude.
Sep 01st, 2010 - 06:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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