... in the what is probably the biggest bribery and corruption scandal to hit the Andean nation since the days of security czar Vladimiro Ilich Lenin Montesinos, who some say is still a behind the scenes player. Like the burgeoning Odebrecht scandal in Colombia that continues wreaking havoc with the peace process and governance, little to none of the news surrounding Brazil's most powerful company- which has maintained close relations with the Pentagon into for over a decade- gets reported by the media ...
... is initiating contacts with the Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Union, as the Colombian ministers for foreign affairs and foreign trade met with Chairman of Eurasian Economic Commission Board Viktor Khristenko during the 5th Intergovernmental Russian-Colombian Commission to consider opportunities for cooperation between the two organizations and take concrete steps for outlining prospects for cooperation.
The Pacific Alliance is similarly interested in talks on joining the Strategic Trans-Pacific ...
... structure and goals of the Alliance, as well as on the integration processes.
The event was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov; Latin American ambassadors in Moscow, among them Ruben Beltran of Mexico, Gustavo Otero of Peru, Jaime Giron of Colombia and Juan Eduardo Eguiguren of Chile; Director of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies Vladimir Davydov; Valery Morozov, Russian ambassador in Mexico in 2005-2012; representatives of Ministry for Economic Development and Federal Migration Service; former Russian ambassadors and foreign service officers in the Pacific Alliance countries; members of the Chamber of Commerce ...
