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Viewing cable 09BOGOTA2922, AMBASSADOR'S TRIP HIGHLIGHTS INCREASINGLY STRONG USG

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09BOGOTA2922 2009-09-10 21:57 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
VZCZCXYZ0007
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBO #2922/01 2532157
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 102157Z SEP 09
FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0595
INFO RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 9130
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 2884
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ SEP LIMA 0060
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 0057
RUEHZP/AMEMBASSY PANAMA 4324
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 2921
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
UNCLAS BOGOTA 002922 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM OEXC SOCI CO
 
SUBJECT:  AMBASSADOR'S TRIP HIGHLIGHTS INCREASINGLY STRONG USG 
ENGAGEMENT WITH COLOMBIA'S CARIBBEAN COAST 
 
SUMMARY 
 
1. (U) On August 25, the Ambassador gave the opening address to the 
tenth annual Fulbright conference on hemispheric relations at the 
Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla.  He also inaugurated a U.S. 
Department of Commerce-sponsored corporate good governance program 
and met with leaders of the Caribbean region's government, private 
sector and Afro-Colombian community.  END SUMMARY. 
 
AMBASSADOR AFFIRMS STRENGTH OF BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP 
 
2. (U) The Ambassador traveled on August 25 to Barranquilla to give 
the opening address to the tenth annual Catedra 
Fulbright-Universidad del Norte conference.  The conference, covered 
live by local and national media, showcased the extensive 
collaboration between U.S. and Colombian academics that Fulbright 
Colombia facilitates throughout the country.  Fulbright Colombia 
Director Ann Mason highlighted Fulbright's efforts to expand its 
presence in Colombia beyond the major cities from which it has 
historically drawn most of its scholars.  She noted that for the 
first time the Caribbean is one of the best represented regions 
among Fulbright's recently awarded grantees.  Fulbright Colombia's 
total number of scholarships has increased by 80% in the last five 
years and its Colombian participants are increasingly from diverse 
regions and socio-economic backgrounds.  In his remarks, Universidad 
del Norte Rector Jesus Ferro Bayona praised USG support for academic 
exchanges as critical to the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship 
and to hemispheric relations in general. 
 
3. (U) The Ambassador addressed an audience of approximately 250 
Colombian and U.S. academics and students.  His remarks focused on 
how Secretary of State Clinton's vision of a new architecture of 
diplomacy will affect the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship.  He 
emphasized the strong relationship between the United States and 
Colombia is based on shared national goals that transcend changes in 
administrations.  He also affirmed continued U.S. support for 
Colombia's fight against terrorism, for resolution to the internal 
armed conflict and for passage of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), 
pending the resolution of labor and human rights issues.  He 
concluded by noting that despite the global economic crisis, poverty 
in Colombia is at a record low and foreign trade and investment are 
at record highs. 
 
AMCHAM BARRANQUILLA PROMOTES CORPORATE GOOD GOVERNANCE 
 
 
4. (U) The Ambassador presided over the opening of the U.S. 
Department of Commerce-sponsored corporate good governance program 
at AmCham Barranquilla.  In his remarks to an audience of 
approximately 60 business and government leaders, including 
Atlantico Governor Eduardo Verano, the Ambassador emphasized the 
importance of ethics and transparency in both business and 
governmental activities, and of attracting investment by promoting a 
positive environment for business.  Guests voiced concerns about the 
perceived lack of progress of the FTA and whether it will pass under 
the current U.S. Congress. 
 
CARIBBEAN AFRO-COLOMBIANS SEEK GREATER U.S. SUPPORT 
 
5. (SBU) The Ambassador met at the Barranquilla Binational Center 
(BNC) with nine leaders of the Caribbean Afro-Colombian communities 
to discuss the impact of current USG programs geared towards them. 
The participants represented departmental (state) and local 
governments, as well as non-governmental organizations from four 
departments.  The Ambassador and the participants agreed that 
although USG, Colombian and private initiatives have helped 
development, the approximately 1.4 million Afro-Colombians on the 
Caribbean coast continue to suffer from poverty, poor education, 
limited access to public services, and lack of political 
representation. 
 
6. (SBU) The participants cited various impediments to economic 
development including insufficient political organization and 
representation, persistent and institutionalized racial 
discrimination and lack of land titles.  The region's growing 
tourism and real estate industries are putting competing demands on 
land to which Afro-Colombians claim an ancestral right.  Colombian 
law provides for collective land titling to Afro-Colombian 
communities.  Under these provisions, over five million hectares 
have already been collectively titled to the Afro-Colombian 
communities on Colombia's Pacific coast.  Some participants 
expressed frustration over what they believe to be an unbalanced 
focus by Colombian and foreign government assistance on the needs of 
 
Afro-Colombians in the Pacific region. 
 
7. (SBU) The Ambassador encouraged the meeting's participants to 
seek partnerships with AmCham Barranquilla and the BNC for 
entrepreneurial and business training and educational programs. 
Many of the participants noted that weak entrepreneurial skills and 
limited commercialization of their products are problems that 
training could help resolve.  The Afro-Colombian communities' lack 
of access to credit, capital, and domestic and international markets 
also hinders economic development.  They believe that with better 
training and access, their communities would be well poised to take 
advantage of the eventual passage of the FTA, which they expect to 
benefit the Caribbean region significantly. 
 
 
EMBASSY-SUPPORTED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS EXPAND 
 
 
8. (U) Also at the BNC, the Ambassador announced the expansion of 
the Department of State-funded "College Horizons" scholarship 
program for outstanding, economically disadvantaged high school 
students.  The College Horizons program has already served 50 
Afro-Colombian students since 2007 in Tumaco and Buenaventura.  The 
Ambassador urged the Afro-Colombian leaders to promote College 
Horizons and the BNC's other targeted scholarship programs within 
their communities.  He encouraged them to continue to share feedback 
on USG programs with their Embassy contacts. 
 
 
BROAD POSITIVE PRESS COVERAGE 
 
 
9. (U) Press coverage of the visit was extensive and very positive. 
Almost all events were open to the press and included a press gaggle 
with the Ambassador.  Resulting coverage included stories in leading 
national and regional papers, TV and radio.  There were 15 media 
placements in all.  Among these were 2 articles in Colombia's second 
leading national newspaper, El Espectador (576,400 daily readers) 
titled "U.S. Support" and "10 Years of Catedra Fulbright."  RCN 
Radio's website (12 million avg. mthly hits) ran a story titled, 
"U.S. Ambassador Opens Catedra Fulbright in Uninorte University." 
La Libertad (Barranquilla local paper) ran a front page story with 
the headline, "Support to Colombia Stands Firm" referring to the 
United States' long-standing support to Colombia.  Telecaribe 
(Caribbean regional TV channel, est. 550,000 viewers) covered the 
Ambassador presenting an award to Colombian Police Commander Colonel 
Henry Rubio for his outstanding service as the Deputy Director of 
Diplomatic Protection.  Fulbright Colombia contacts reported that 
they were very pleased with the media coverage of the conference. 
 
BROWNFIELD