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		<title>Improving Recognition and Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards &#8211; Analysis and Translation of Proposed Arbitration Law</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/06/05/improving-recognition-and-enforcement-of-international-arbitral-awards-analysis-and-translation-of-proposed-arbitration-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arbitration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed new arbitration law is circulating among legal circles in Colombia, and has reached me thanks to Daniel Peña of Peña Mancero Abogados. There is good news. Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards has not followed the New York Convention, and can take up to two years (see my article on arbitration here and others [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1957&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Piracy or Creativity &#8211; The Debate Over The Ley Lleras, Colombia&#8217;s Proposed Version of the Digital Milennium Copyright Act</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/05/06/preventing-piracy-or-creativity-the-debate-over-the-ley-lleras-colombias-proposed-version-of-the-digital-milennium-copyright-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 14:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ed. Note: This article appeared in April 2011 Latin American Law &#38; Business Report published by Thomson Reuters/WorldTrade Executive. See http://www.wtexecutive.com A familiar debate is raging in Colombian intellectual property circles — copyright holders versus consumers of information — over whether copyright laws prevent piracy or creativity.  The debate arises in the context of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1948&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Piracy or Creativity? The &#8220;Ley Lleras&#8221; Translated &#8211; Colombia&#8217;s Version of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/04/25/preventing-piracy-or-creativity-the-ley-lleras-translated-colombias-version-of-the-digital-milennium-copyright-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A familiar debate is raging in Colombian intellectual property circles &#8212; copyright holders versus consumers of information &#8212; over whether copyright laws prevent piracy or creativity.  The debate arises in the context of a proposed law submitted to the Colombian Congress [English translation] by the Minister of Justice and the Interior, German Vargas Lleras.  For [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1918&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Trending in Colombia Law &amp; Business &#8212; Actual Google Searches Revealed</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/03/15/whats-trending-in-colombia-law-business-actual-google-searches-revealed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ What are people actually interested in learning about relating to Colombia law and business?  This site receives most of its visitors through Google searches. WordPress, which hosts this site, reports the actual search terms.  I thought readers might find it interesting to see the searches, to reveal what is trending and what people are looking to learn [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1897&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia&#8217;s Ambassador Silva Shows How Delaying the Trade Agreement Hurts US-Colombia Relations</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/03/14/colombias-ambassador-silva-shows-how-delaying-the-trade-agreement-hurts-us-colombia-relations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trade, Import, Export]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colombia’s Ambassador Gabriel Silva told a Washington, D.C. crowd at the NDN New Policy Institute that Colombia has been waiting a long time for the US-Colombian Trade Promotion Agreement (“TPA”) to be approved.  He reminded the audience that Colombia is a major US export market for agriculture. It is also a major supplier of coal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1885&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond The Headlines on Passing The TPA: What Senator Baucus and Amb. Kirk Actually Said</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/03/11/beyond-the-headlines-what-senator-baucus-and-amb-kirk-actually-said-about-the-us-%e2%80%93-col-trade-promotion-agreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trade, Import, Export]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Finance Committee held an important hearing this week when it invited US Trade Representative Ron Kirk to explain whether and when the Administration will submit the US-COL Trade Promotion Agreement to Congress. The result was a still split Administration position, reflecting its internal conflicts between pro-trade and economic recovery elements, on the one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1866&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Truckers Striking, Washington Eyeing, China Vying, and Billionaires Buying – This Week In Colombia Law &amp; Business</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/02/19/truckers-striking-washington-eyeing-china-vying-and-billionaires-buying-%e2%80%93-this-week-in-colombia-law-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion and Textile Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure and Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade, Import, Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ask anyone who lives in Bogotá, the biggest problem in daily life – leaving aside this year’s seasonal rains that came early, stayed late, and would not stop – is transportation. Visitors arriving at the expanding El Dorado Airport (did it expand enough?) have a long slow ride on the Avenida El Dorado due to construction.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1849&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President Santos Formally Presents Proposed Law of First Employment</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/02/18/president-santos-formally-presents-proposed-law-of-first-employment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy/Reorganization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Santos formally presented Congress with his proposed “Law of Formal Employment,” which is a bold attempt to increase employment in the formal economy.  As I explained in my post on the new “Law of First Employment,” the bill will create incentives (tax breaks, financing options, and the like) to encourage creation of small businesses [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1817&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why The Colombian Trade Agreement Will Go To Congress This Year</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/01/29/will-the-colombian-trade-agreement-go-to-congress-this-year-transcript-of-secretary-clintons-press-conference-and-commentary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trade, Import, Export]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During his crucial five-day trip to Washington, D.C. recently, Colombia&#8217;s Vice President Angelino Garzon, a former organized labor leader, had to struggle for attention. The week was dominated by the State of the Union address and by other international news  &#8211; the fall of the Tunisian government, and mass demonstrations threatening the Mubarak government in Egypt. There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1787&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2011, by Brigard &amp; Urrutia</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/01/12/1773/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Competition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2011 Published by Global Competition Review in association with Brigard &#38; Urrutia, Bogotá In a very careful and detailed piece, the lawyers of Brigard &#38; Urrutia published near the end of last year an excellent overview of the evolving law of competition in Colombia, which was significantly reformed in mid-2009 (see [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1773&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lewin &amp; Wills Announces Colombia Tax Flash® 2011, Comments on Colombia’s Latest Tax Reform for FY2011</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/01/12/lewin-wills-announces-colombia-tax-flash%c2%ae-2011-comments-on-colombia%e2%80%99s-latest-tax-reform-for-fy2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the year brought news of the 2011 Tax Reform Act in Colombia. Adrian Rodriguez sent this fast and thorough analysis in Lewin &#38; Wills&#8217; Colombian_Tax_Flash®. By:  Adrian F. Rodriguez, Partner – arodriguez@lewinywills.com  On December 29th, 2010 the 2011 Tax Reform Act No. 1430 was enacted, adopting material changes to the current Colombian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1765&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Posse Herrera &amp; Ruiz Names Ernesto Cavelier Partner And Opens Intellectual Property Practice Area</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/01/12/posse-herrera-ruiz-names-ernesto-cavelier-partner-and-opens-intellectual-property-practice-area/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[﻿   Posse Herrera &#38; Ruiz is very pleased to announce the entry of Ernesto Cavelier as partner of the firm and the opening of its Intellectual Property practice area headed by Mr. Cavelier and supported by Ms. Helena Camargo, patent engineer Julian Diaz, four associates and paralegals, and three litigation associates from the litigation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1758&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ERNESTO VILLAMIZAR JOINS POSSE HERRERA &amp; RUIZ TO HEAD REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND TRUST PRACTICE AREA</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/01/12/ernesto-villamizar-joins-posse-herreraa-ruiz-to-head-real-estate-development-projects-and-trust-practice-area/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POSSE HERRERA &#38; RUIZ IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ERNESTO VILLAMIZAR HAS JOINED THE FIRM AS PARTNER AND WILL HEAD THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND TRUST PRACTICE AREA Ernesto Villamizar is a Universidad Javeriana lawyer and economist, has studies in Financial and Credit matters with the Chase Manhattan Bank &#8211; Banco del Comercio, and Graduate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1750&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Insolvency Law Revisions Proposed in New &#8220;Law of First Employment&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/12/19/corporate-insolvency-law-revisions-adopted-in-new-law-of-first-employment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a bold attempt to generate greater employment in the formal economy, President Santos has proposed to the Colombian Congress the much-heralded “Law of First Employment.”  As I explained in my post on the proposal, the Government will create incentives (tax breaks, financing options, and the like) to encourage creation of small businesses by, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1714&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Insolvency Law Revisions &#8211; Translation</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/12/19/corporate-insolvency-law-revisions-translation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my unofficial translation the revisions to the Corporate Insolvency Law, contained in the new Law of First Employment, for study purposes. DISCLAIMER: Do not rely upon this translation &#8211; consult your Colombian insolvency lawyers or check with me for a referral.  CHAPTER II Simpler Trade Procedures Article 24. Determining the Cause of Dissolution of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1710&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Colombian Global Market Opens – Trades International Securities on the BVC</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/12/18/the-colombian-global-market-opens-%e2%80%93-trades-international-securities-on-the-bvc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿The Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC) is Colombia’s stock exchange, but since November it has joined forces with the Chilean and Peruvian exchanges, creating a platform for trading in all three countries of issues registered in any of the three countries. In a separate new development, 21 issues of international securities can now be traded on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1704&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Proposed &#8220;Law of First Employment&#8221; &#8211; Towards Formalization, Through Incentives, A National Database, and Regulatory Reforms</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/12/18/the-law-of-first-employment-towards-formalization-through-incentives-a-national-database-and-regulatory-reforms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great challenges facing the modernizing Colombia is the formalization of employment. Proponents of the US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement and other free trade deals have argued they will bring about more and better employment, boosting trade and development. Informal employment has cost the health care financing system in Colombia dearly, while formal employment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1699&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government Announces Measures To Relieve Currency Pressures and Defend Employment</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/11/09/government-announces-measures-to-relieve-currency-pressures-and-defend-employment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tip of my hat to Clayton Steele and her enterprising colleagues at Posse Herrera &#38; Ruiz abogados, who brought to my attention the following announcement of measures to ease upward pressure on the USD:COP. From the National Planning Department Translation by iGoogle/Hunter Carter   Bulletin 122 GOVERNMENT PACKAGE TO RELIEVE CURRENCY EXCHANGE PRESSURES AND [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1686&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED Election Analysis &#8212; The Midterm Elections and US Trade</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/11/09/updated-election-analysis-the-midterm-elections-and-us-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The midterm elections of 2010 and the widely anticipated shift toward a more Republican Congress will bring significant changes to domestic and foreign policy which will have a major effect on our clients&#8217; business both here and abroad. A lot of people are asking me what the election means for the US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1684&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bogota Hotels Development Update</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/11/05/bogota-hotels-development-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maria Gladys Escobar in La Republica Translated by iGoogle/Hunter Carter Work Begins on Two Hotels In The Capital Bogotá. The development of new hotels continues and it shows. The work of two complexes  already started located in exclusive neighborhoods such as Santa Barbara and Business Center in Ciudad Salitre to invest about $ 150,000 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1654&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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