"Colombia, a Positive Country"; May 19th 2006
Prepared by: Affairs Coordinator; Internal and External Communications, Ministry of Foreign Relations

Way Made for the Opportunity Bank: The Opportunity Bank will start out with a 120 billion peso contribution from the Granbanco Bancafé, with a credit system run by two companies. The first will promote credits for the people, and the second will promote technology in order to reach the most remote areas of the country. The National Council for Economic and Social Policy (CONPES for its initials in Spanish) gave authorization to create the bank.

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SNE

"Uribe celebrates the decision of the ILO of taking Colombia out of the vigilance list."

Bogotá, 2 jun. (SNE).- The President Alvaro Uribe Velez celebrated today the decision of the International Labor Organization (ILO) of retire Colombia from the list of countries under special vigilance, and indicated that with this, the country will obtain new goals if all the people work together.

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