bin_forgottin: According to the International Speculator the new hot spot for investors is Colombia....As long as the violence is controlled

rebuttal:.Neoliberalism Needs Death Squads in Colombiahttp://coto2.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/neoliberalism-needs-death-squads-in-colombia/

A War Against Human Rights and the Environment Obama's War for Oil in Colombia http://www.counterpunch.org/kovalik01272010.html

COLOMBIA: Who Cares About the Victims of Forced Displacement http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50158

Colombia's urban unemployment rises: DANEhttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/economy/7934-colombias-urban-unemployment-rises-dane.html

Colombia's Unemployment Rate Reaches 16-Month Highhttp://www.economy.com/dismal/pro/blog.asp?cid=114048

Dissident Voice : Neoliberalism Needs Death Squads in Colombiahttp://dissidentvoice.org/2009/09/neoliberalism-needs-death-squads-in-colombia/

Crimes Of War Project > Magazine > Colombia: The Traffic of Terrorhttp://www.crimesofwar.org/colombia-mag/introduction.html

Colombia’s bad indians’ uprising: meeting with Cauca indigenoushttp://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=13521&lang=es

Indigenous Colombians, along with campesinos, Afro-Colombians, women, and the urban poor, are among the groups that have suffered the most from Uribe’s Democratic Security policy and the U.S.-financed Plan Colombia. The Permanent People’s Tribunal of Colombia issued a statement in July warning of “the imminent danger of physical and cultural extinction faced by 28 indigenous groups,” in Colombia. The tribunal charges the Colombian government, armed actors, and transnational corporations with “the deployment of strategies that have the objective of expelling indigenous peoples from areas of economic interest...[and]...to facilitate the exploitation of these areas...by transnational corporations,” charges that the tribunal says amount to genocide.The next President of the United States of America must be held accountable for his policies in Colombia.

Crimes Of War Project > Magazine > Colombia: The Traffic of Terrorhttp://www.crimesofwar.org/colombia-mag/introduction.html

Colombia's displacement crisishttp://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/59877/2009/09/29-162250-1.htm

free trade zones given to Uribes sonshttp://www.colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/3677-uribe-sons-allegedly-engaged-in-insider-trading.html

plan colombia is funded by US GOVERNMENT...also see..The Dark Side of Plan Colombia http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090615/ballve/single

U.S. military aid increased paramilitary violence: researchers http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7156-research-suggests-us-military-aid-increased-paramilitary-violence-in-colombia-.html

Government extradited paramilitary bosses to silence them: HRW http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7959-government-extradited-paramilitary-bosses-to-silence-them-hrw.html

La Macarena, the site of the grave, has been a very important site of U.S.-aided military operations since the mid-2000s. In this area, the U.S. government supported and advised the Colombian Armys 2004-2006 Plan Patriota military offensive, and since 2007 has supported the Plan for the Integral Consolidation of La Macarena or PCIM, part of the new Integrated Action framework that is now guiding much U.S. assistance. http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1242

State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2009 - Colombiahttp://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,MRGI,,COL,,4a66d9ba2a,0.html

In a country where the (former) UN Commission on Human Rights once noted that the wealthiest 10 per cent is responsible for 46.9 per cent of all consumer spending, nearly half of Colombia's total population lives below the poverty line. Fully 80 per cent of African Colombians live in extreme poverty.
Seventy-two per cent of Colombia's indigenous people and 87 per cent of African Colombians over 18 years of age have not completed primary education. At the postgraduate levels, less than 1 per cent (0.71) of enrolled students are indigenous and just 7.07 per cent are African Colombian.

COLOMBIAN Paramilitaries displace population near Venezuela borderhttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7821-paramilitaries-displace-population-near-venezuela-border.html

Extreme Poverty Up http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090824-713382.htmlMeanwhile, extreme poverty increased to 17.8% of the country's total population in 2008, compared with 15.7% in 2005, but less than the 19.7% reported in 2002 also see...Neoliberalism Needs Death Squads in Colombiahttp://coto2.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/neoliberalism-needs-death-squads-in-colombia/

bin_forgottin: Poverty is dropping in Colombia...10% drop in 4 years

rebuttal:Colombian unemployment is uphttp://incakolanews.blogspot.com/2008/12/colombian-unemployment-is-up.html

Colombia's Unemployment Rate Reaches 16-Month Highhttp://www.economy.com/dismal/pro/blog.asp?cid=114048

Uribe Falls to Earthhttp://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/07/03/uribe_falls_to_earth

 Demand for its exports, especially manufactured goods to the United States, has plummeted. Prices of commodities, particularly Colombia's oil, coal, and minerals, have fallen. The country's urban unemployment rate has returned to double digits after a few years of prosperity, with an additional 30 percent of the workforce underemployed and toiling in the informal sector.

bin_forgottin: Colombia will be the new hot spot for S America...Taking over from Brazil

rebuttal:wrong brazil is so far ahead of colombia its not even close...

Emerging Markets Investment - Brazil the Next China http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article245.html 

Brazil: Emerging Powerhouse & Importerhttp://www.prlog.org/10436260-brazil-emerging-powerhouse-importer.html

Brazil becomes world's biggest emerging markethttp://www.marketwatch.com/story/brazil-becomes-worlds-biggest-emerging-market 

Brazil Textiles and Clothing Report Q4 2009http://www.marketresearch.com/product/display.asp?productid=2475061&xs=r

Overall, Brazils T&C value added will fall by 1.0% in 2009, but return to positive growth withexpansion of 6.5% in 2010 This will reflect difficult international economic conditions, but also Brazilsrelative resilience. We see the recovery gathering pace from 2011, with growth of 7.1%

1000 Exhibitors, Buyers from 70 Countries. Couromoda Is onhttp://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/81-january-2010/11706-1000-exhibitors-buyers-from-70-countries-couromoda-is-on.html

Brazil Central Bank's Chief Sees GDP Growing Over 5% This Yearhttp://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/81-january-2010/11727-brazil-central-banks-chief-sees-gdp-growing-over-5-this-year.html 

Brazilian Egg Becomes a Brand to Lure France, Japan and Chinahttp://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/81-january-2010/11738-brazilian-egg-becomes-a-brand-to-lure-france-japan-and-china.html

New Braskem: a Brazilian Petrochemical Giant Is Bornhttp://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/81-january-2010/11743-new-braskem-a-brazilian-petrochemical-giant-is-born.html

After Reaching 146 Countries Brazil Now Wants to Export Shoes to Chinahttp://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/81-january-2010/11744-after-reaching-146-countries-brazil-now-wants-to-export-shoes-to-china.html

The Brazil Nut Industry: Past, Present and Futurehttp://www.nybg.org/bsci/braznut/ Industry 

Brazil - average, growth, annual, sectorhttp://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Brazil-INDUSTRY.html

Brazil's Rising Agricultural Productivity and World Competitivenesshttp://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/aaea09/49317.html Automotive industry in Brazil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Brazil

bin_forgottin: The critical factor is that there is huge support for President Alvaro Uribe, whom Colombians of all political stripes credit with ending the violence and jump-starting the country’s economy

bin_forgottin: Uribe’s second term will end this year, and it’s not yet known if he’ll be able to serve a third, as this will require a constitutional change. But it appears highly probable that either the amendment will be approved or a hand-picked protégé will get his nod for election,keeping Colombia on the path to recovery.

bin_forgottin: Hair...I am just posting what the investment experts say and they are considered experts

bin_forgottin: Hair....The publication I posted from is the International Speculator....So Colombia is the type of place they would be interested in....They are willing to take chances

bin_forgottin: Palo...Colombia is beginning to look like the new hot spot for investors in S America

bin_forgottin: Palo....I get an investment pub....They claim Colombia is becoming the new hot spot for investors.

bin_forgottin: Palo....The article said Colombias poverty rate has dropped 10% in the last 4 years and violence is way down

bin_forgottin: Palo...I see....Well the publication is well respected....So they wouldnt have said Colombia is the imminent S American Hot Spot unless there was good reason to 

bin_forgottin: Palo...The poverty rate is dropping rapidly in Colombia and its economy is outperforming its Latin American Peers like Venezuela

bin_forgottin: Palo....Farc must be finished

bin_forgottin: Project...>Yes I understand its about to lead all of Latin America in economic growth