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Press Releases 2011
- Readout of the Vice President’s Meeting with the Colombian Vice President
- Colombian drug trafficker convicted of international cocaine distribution conspiracy
- Remarks by WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo A. Valenzuela
- Fact sheets: U.S.-Colombia trade agreement and action plan
- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Remarks on the Release of the 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
- Joint Consolidation Strategy
- Remarks of President Barack Obama on Immigration and Border Security
- International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
- U.S.-Latin America Business Promotion Tour
- U.S. Embassy Bogota Will Launch Online Visa Appointment and Delivery System on September 28, 2011
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Press Releases 2010
- OFAC removes eight individuals
- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton On Innovation and American Leadership to the Commonwealth Club
- Remarks of President Barack Obama
- Remarks at Opening Plenary of the U.S. Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy
- Thanksgiving Day
- Statement by Vice President Biden on Tomorrow's Anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- Grants For Grassroots Development in Colombia
- Statement by the Press Secretary
- Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2011 Competition
- Statement by the President on the attack in Chabahar, Iran
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Press Releases 2009
- In commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr Day, the Embassy will be closed next Monday (January 18, 2009)
- USS Kearsarge humanitarian assistance
- Rice Statement on Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas Initiative (September 24, 2009)
- Hispanic Heritage Month
- Presidential transition and 2009 Inauguration
- Create a video short that completes the phrase “Democracy is…”
- Presidential Proclamation on Religious Freedom Day, 2009 (January 14, 2009)
- Treasury Designates Additional FARC International Commission Members (January 1, 2009)
- Inauguration
- Top 21st Century Author Nathan Englander Comes to Colombia (January 29, 2009)
- Treasury Designates Two Colombian Companies (January 29, 2009)
- ICE arrests international fugitive wanted for double homicide in Colombia (January 29, 2009)
- Colombia launches new Fulbright alumni association
- Grants for grassroot development in Colombia
- United States begins reconciliation program among former combatants, victims and recipient communities (February 6, 2009)
- U.S. supports links between Colombian private sector and the reintegration process (February 11, 2009)
- Flower Sales Help Cultivate Peace in Colombia (February 13, 2009)
- Refugee Admissions Program for Latin America and the Caribbean (February 17, 2009)
- United States Launches Program to Strengthen Labor Rights in Colombia (September 23, 2009)
- Remarks of President Barack Obama -- Address to Joint Session of Congress (February 24, 2009)
- U.S. supports new rural police station in Guateque, Boyaca (March 26, 2009)
- United States Embassy Branch Office opens in Cartagena (March 12, 2009)
- United States supports new Victim’s Assistance Center (March 12, 2009)
- The U.S. supports New Rural Police Station in La Uribe, Meta (March 12, 2009)
- International Fugitive Convicted on Identity Theft Related Offenses (March 19, 2009)
- The U.S. supports New Rural Police Station in Piamonte, Cauca (March 25, 2009)
- Live Webcast of Secretary Clinton’s Digital Town Hall Event in Monterrey, Mexico (March 26, 2009)
- USTDA Awards Three Grants to Modernize Colombia’s Port Infrastructure (March 26, 2009)
- The U.S. participates in launching of Colombian Attorney General’s Training Academy Curriculum (April 2, 2009)
- Colombia arrests 7 alien smuggling suspects (April 3, 2009)
- U.S. Supports Strengthening of Prosecutor General Office’s Human Rights Program (April 3, 2009)
- U.S. Participation in the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago on April 17-19 (April 19, 2009)
- Council of American Enterprises Awards US Ambassador and Colombian Defense Minster (April 16, 2009)
- U.S. Launches New Microfinance Growth Fund for Western Hemisphere (April 21, 2009)
- Statement on World Intellectual Property Day 2009 (April 23, 2009)
- Press Briefing on Swine Influenza (April 26, 2009)
- Statement from Secretary Visalack on Canada detection of H1N1 in Alberta Swine (May 2, 2009)
- Statement by President Obama to Mark World Press Freedom Day (May 4, 2009)
- United States donates Explosive Analysis Equipment to Colombian CTI (May 4, 2009)
- Red Bulls and the NYPD soccer team to travel to Colombia for “Soccer for kids–Breaking borders” (May 8, 2009)
- Remarks by Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas A. Shanon at the Council of the Americas (May 19, 2009)
- U.S. Wines, a Taste of Excellence (June 4, 2009)
- Remarks by the President on a New Begining (June 4, 2009)
- Treasury sanctions Drug Trafficker's Illicit Network in Mexico and Colombia (June 12, 2009)
- U. S. Embassy Supports the Construction of a Police Training (June 12, 2009)
- Statement by Ian Kelly, Spokesman on Freedom of Expression in the Western Hemisphere (June 12, 2009)
- U.S. Government supports humanitarian demining program in Colombia (June 12, 2009)
- School supplies donation to orphanage in Bogota (June 18, 2009)
- U.S. Government Supports Construction of Justice House in Tumaco, Nariño (June 10, 2009)
- Embassy Closed 3rd July 2009 Due to U.S. Independance Day (July, 2, 2009)
- Treasury Designates Medellin Drug Lord Tied to Oficina de Envigado Organized Crime Group (July 9, 2009)
- US Supports Colombian Government in first collective reparation for victims of violence (July 7, 2009)
- U.S. Humanitarian Mission Benefits over 4,000 People in Cartagena (July 10, 2009)
- U.S. and Colombian Governments Open Contest to Award “Best Alternative Development Coffee” (July 15, 2009)
- Democracy Video Challenge Winners Will Discuss Their Films (July 22, 2009)
- Photo Display in AgroExpo 2009 Warns Public on Environmental Damages Caused by Illicit Crops (July 22, 2009)
- U.S. Supports School in Barbacoas, Nariño (July 24, 2009)
- U.S. Ambassador Closes Humanitarian Mission in Cartagena (July 24, 2009)
- US-supported products exhibited at Agroexpo 2009 (July 24, 2009)
- U.S. Supports International Meeting of Rubber Growers in Bucaramanga (August 8, 2009)
- 110 U.S.-Supported IDPs, Ready to Join the Job Market (July 30, 2009)
- Handicrafts Made by Vulnerable and Displaced Families Now Sold at Eco-Tourism Souvenir Stores (August 12, 2009)
- U.S. Supports National Social-Enterprise Exhibit (August 21, 2009)
- U.S. Marines Restore School in Santa Marta (August 27, 2009)
- U.S. Will Award Prize to Best Alternative Development Coffee in Colombia (September 9, 2009)
- ICE and Colombian National Police seize more than $11.2 million at largest cargo port in Colombia (September 11, 2009)
- ICE deports Colombian who fled to avoid a 35-year sentence following a double homicide conviction (September 11, 2009)
- Certification of Colombian Government and Armed Forces with Respect to Human Rights Related Conditions (September 11, 2009)
- Ninety Medellin Demobilized Fighters Are Now “Sewing” Their Way Back Into Civilian Life (September 11, 2009)
- U.S. Supports Memorial Ceremony to Honor Victims of El Salado Massacre (September 11, 2009)
- U.S. Supports Human Rights University Contest in Santa Marta (September 18, 2009)
- U.S. Supports Citizen Radio Program (September 21, 2009)
- U.S. Supports Inspector’s Report on Demobilization and Reinsertion Policies (September 21, 2009)
- Quibdo Students Receive Remodeled School (September 30, 2009)
- U.S. Supports 75 Demobilized People Who Manufacture Footwear and Leather Goods for a Living (October 6, 2009)
- U. S. and Colombia launch Landscape Conservation Program to Protect Six Natural Parks (October 20, 2009)
- Businessmen Promise to Support Peace in Times of Economic Crisis (October 21, 2009)
- Religious Freedom Report
- Alliance with the Private Sector to Provide Work Opportunities to the demobilized (October 27, 2009)
- The United States Reiterates the Important Role Unions Play in Democracies (October 29, 2009)
- Signing of the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (October 30, 2009)
- Alabama Trade Mission travels to Colombia to Solidify Business Strategies (November 5, 2009)
- Official U.S. Colombia Survey Shows Sharp Drop in Coca Cultivation and Cocaine Production (November 6, 2009)
- Youth Ambassadors Will Discuss Their Experiences (November 9, 2009)
- United States Bolsters Environmental Expertise in Latin America (November 6, 2009)
- Treasury Designates Financial Network Tied ti the Rodriguez Orejuela Family as specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (November 10, 2009)
- US Supports Human Rights Training of National Police (November 5, 2009)
- U.S. Supports Creative Strategies to Promote Social Change (November 9, 2009)
- United States Supports Strengthening of Colombian Judicial Sector (November 6, 2009)
- Open Doors Report Notes Increase of Colombian Students in U.S. Educational Institutions (November 16, 2009)
- United States and Colombia Extend Support to Social Aid Programs (November 18, 2009)
- U.S. Ambassador Visits Leticia (November 20, 2009)
- U.S. and Colombian Police Support Drug Prevention Program (December 1, 2009)
- U.S. Delegation Participates in Second Review Conference of the Convention on the Ottawa Convention Banning Anti-Personnel Landmines in Cartagena (December 1, 2009)
- United States Extradites To Colombia Fugitive from Justice (December 31, 2009)
- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko after their meeting (December 10, 2009)
- U.S. and Colombian Ministry of Culture Announce Creation of “Red List of Cultural Antiquities at Risk” (December 10, 2009)
- United States Supports creation of over 12.000 Jobs in Antioquia (December 11, 2009)
- U.S. Supports the Drafting of the Ombudsman’s First Report on the Constitutional Justice Observatory (December 16, 2009)
- Regional Congress in Neiva studies alternative development processes (December 16, 2009)
- U.S. condemns the murders of the Governor of Caqueta and patrol officer (December 23, 2009)
- Statement from the Press Secretary on the Extension of the Generalized System of Preferences Program and the Andean Trade Preferences Act (December 29, 2009)
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