Colombia

Ayer Carlos posteaba sobre Colombia y su incierto futuro. El Wall Street Journal trata el tema en su columna "The Americas" de ayer: Estados Unidos va en camino a perder uno de los pocos socios que le quedan en la región, gentileza del partido demócrata:

Congressional Democrats out to quash the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement argue that the terror-torn South American country doesn't adequately protect human rights and thus doesn't deserve FTA status. In the Democrats' book, the way to make Colombia more just is to deny it the chance to deepen its commercial relations with the U.S.

This is curious thinking, and all the more so coming from a party that also argues that the U.S. ought to lift its trade embargo on the Cuban dictatorship as a way to help the Cuban people. Given Cuba's dismal track record on human rights and the hard work Colombia has done over the past six years to defend human life, it is hard to square that circle.