Colombia Quotations

I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.

I started the 1998 World Cup with Teddy Sheringham up front but always planned for Michael Owen to face Colombia in our final group game because they defended square and a quick striker would be able to exploit the space behind them.

Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing.

I left Colombia because Univision brought me to the United States.

We believe that peace in Colombia isn't important only for Colombia but all of Latin America.

There is no plan, and there is no proposal, and there is no idea of committing American forces in Colombia to do anything but ... providing training.

I miss Colombia. It's a great place.

I'm a really big advocate of ethical fashion. I actually have a travelling boutique called Maison de Mode, which is all about ethical fashion. I also like Maiyet from Paris. They're very Celine-esque in their silhouettes. I love their back story, too: they work with orphans in Colombia and India.

I can't see how the U.S. can possibly certify Colombia on human rights grounds or any other grounds.

Free trade is no panacea -- for Colombia to fully benefit from this deal it will need to accompany the agreement with sound economic policies that boost competitiveness.

I don't think anyone would look at Colombia today and say that it is failing. This positive outcome is an example of the effective application of smart power - it is succeeding.

Our main concern at this time is to gain trust. Colombia can't take any more setbacks.

I was born in Canada, went to school in Colombia and Denmark, and have worked for American, French and Swiss companies. So not much Scottish blood. But the good news is that I'm not English either!

We have started this work at the beginning of last year -- since then, we have inspected Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile. And now we are working with Colombia and Bolivia, and we expect to allow some companies from these countries to start trading with us.

We've got some problems, I've got to admit. But Colombia is just an unbelievable place. I don't know of anyone who has been there who doesn't like it. I miss it. I miss my people. The image is just overblown. I want to spread a good (image) around.

We're drilling three new wells in offshore Colombia to add capacity.

I just want to serve Colombia.

The government of Colombia and even the United States do the same thing, ... If you don't pay your taxes, you go to jail. Here we don't have jails, so we detain people.

Controlled inflation will allow the bank to hold the rate at its current level. In my view, potential growth in Colombia is higher than what the consensus believes, so I don't think inflationary pressures will lead the bank to raise rates this year.

These charges demonstrate the joint resolve of the Department of Justice and the government of Colombia to dismantle narcotics trafficking organizations in Colombia,

Coming on the eve of that country's congressional and presidential elections, the waiver decision is intended to lay the groundwork for increased future cooperation and to support those in Colombia who are striving to strengthen the rule of law and buttress their embattled democracy,

This is not unusual. Just in the past few months, we've postponed rounds with Ecuador three times, Panama twice and Colombia once.

A Colombian court issued its verdict that confirmed what we believed from the start: that they were three IRA terrorists, explosives experts, who came to Colombia to train

a comprehensive approach to the complex factors that have sustained the growth of the narcotics industry and its associated ills in Colombia for generations.

Slovakia was a successful reformer, as was Colombia (even though) they have a low per-capita income,

In Bosnia in 2002 there were 55 percent, in the parliamentary elections in Colombia 42 percent, India 59 percent, Switzerland 42 percent.

In Colombia maybe 95% of the population follow Formula One. It's crazy.

If you look at the U.S. government data, our own data, there is as much coca today in Colombia and as much cocaine in the United States as there was 6 years ago.

In terms of agriculture, the ball is in the U.S. court; we expect a response to our proposal. On intellectual property we cannot continue combined talks with Colombia because now we must determine with precision the interests of the country, especially with regards to patents.

But it comes at a time when the IRA is under intensive pressure. It has been put on the defensive over the arrests in Colombia of IRA members working with FARC rebels and there are allegations it was involved in a burglary of Special Branch offices in Belfast in March,

Bye, bye! I'm from Colombia! I'm Sofia Vergara!

I don't want to underestimate the difficulty of this, because Colombia is paradise next to Afghanistan.

Colombia has to recognize that the clock is running.

Colombia has been the leading western recipient of U.S. arms and training as violence has grown through the '90s.

Colombia has been standing out as a country that is clearly going to pursue the same path going forward ... without a lurch to the left.

An agreement with Peru is a key building block in our strategy to advance free trade within our hemisphere. We hope to later bring in the other Andean countries including Colombia and Ecuador.

Free trade with Colombia is something that's a no-brainer.

It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia.