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How did Colombia end up hiring lobbying firms with close ties to the Clintons' political operations?

Bill Clinton met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on March 26, 2007, at the 80th birthday party for Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Ten days later, on April 5, ColombiaProExport signed a $40,000 a month contract with the Glover Park Group - a lobbying firm often called "the Clinton White House in exile."

A few weeks later, Penn's firm, Burson MarSteller, signed a $300,000 contract on the Colombia trade deal.

According to one high Colombia official privy to Bill Clinton's private conversations, the former president urged Colombia to shift its focus from GOP legislators to Democrats (who'd taken control of Congress) and then made phone calls to two Democratic congressmen.

Public Comments

1. You've apparently answered your own question.

2. The colombian government are the most right wing, pro war murderous government- perhaps in the world. The colombian oligarchys want to push through the trade agreement with the us. They know that they have to persuade the democrats to ignore the terrible human rights abuses in colombia. To do this bribery is always an option.

3. Welcome to Reality