Let me read for you part of the executive summary; again, this is from hard empirical data.
These are the human rights advocates who are actually going in and looking at the situation in Colombia. I'll quote from their report, which says that “Colombia continues to suffer widespread human rights abuses, including extrajudicial executions, disappearances, extortion, and threats”.
The report notes further on: “Striking correlations have been observed between where investment–both domestic and foreign–takes place and rights abuses, ranging from murder and massacres and related massive land and property theft to violations of the rights to freedom of movement and to a healthy environment”.
This is a quote from the report and the executive summary: “Human rights violations are linked to efforts by those behind Colombia's murderous paramilitaries to create conditions for investment from which they are positioned to benefit”.
Again, I'd say that it is hardly an endorsement of the agreement or the position you're setting out.
I'll continue, because I think there are a number of other comments we should address. As Mr. Cardin mentioned, the diaspora from Colombia is very clearly.... I will ask a question at the end, Mr. Dade, but I do want to get these comments on the record.