Obama sends second US official as Republicans fear for national interest

[Judi Lynn]

Obama sends second US official as Republicans fear for national interest
Mar 6, 2015 posted by Alice Bradshaw-Smith

US President Barack Obama has sent a second top official to attend Colombia’s peace talks, while Republicans stress a peace deal must not harm US interests in the region.

Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Sarah Sewall, arrived in Colombia on Wednesday, and will stay until Saturday to meet with a range of Colombian government officials and non-governmental representatives.

This reinforcement of US support in the peace process adds to the appointment of Special Envoy Bernard Aronson, who last week was sent by President Obama to monitor the ongoing negotiations.

Sewall’s arrival underscores a continued US presence in the complex peace process, which aims to put an end to the half-century long attempt of rebel group FARC to overthrow the Colombian government.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/obama-sends-second-us-official-as-republicans-fear-for-national-interest/

(Peace in Colombia is not in US' national interests? How sick is this?)

[jwirr]

1. So in other words Rs are demanding he send someone to look after the interests of the corporations.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Sure looks like it to me! n/t Big U.S. businesses there, too, like Coca Cola, Drummond Coal, etc.,

taking advantage of their wildly cheap labor pools and easy access to natural resources, since the union organizers keep getting assassinated, there are low if any, work standards, and death squads terrorize, publicly torture, frighten people away from their ancestral homes, vacating land wanted by corporations.

[jwirr]

3. I assumed as much - where our corporations are concerned the is not such thing as moral

decency.

[COLGATE4]

4. You do understand that Coca Cola's bottler/distributors

in foreign countries are independent companies, not branches of Coca Cola US. Colombia is no exception. Coca Cola in Colombia is 100& a Colombian company. No "American corporate interests" to protect.