U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is in Colombia on a Latin American tour focusing on trade, energy, and regional cooperation. On Monday, Negroponte visited a project near the capital, Bogota, where former combatants in Colombia's four-decade-old civil war are trained for employment in the clothing industry.
The International Organization for Migration, which runs the project, says there are plans to set up a clothing manufacturing plant that would benefit both the ex-combatants and the surrounding communities. The program is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Negroponte is also scheduled to visit Ecuador, Panama and Peru during his five-day trip. His visit to Ecuador comes just days after Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, decided not to renew an investment treaty with the United States that expires this week. - VOA News
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