I think the Colombian ambassador spoke most eloquently to this on Monday. He says Colombia needs these agreements; we need to offer economic opportunity other than the drug trade. They're seeking this. That's part of their aggressive campaign to seek agreements with the European Union, with EFTA, with Canada, with the United States. They feel this is their best opportunity to experience consistent, stable economic growth and to deal with poverty and, along with that, all the other issues that they've been trying so hard to address over the last six or seven years.
On April 16th, 2008. See this statement in context.