Colombia has a big market that is growing because we are elevating people out of poverty and into the middle class.

Colombia is applauded for the efforts that we continue to make to combat drug trafficking.

I have had extremely good relations with the United States and with both parties (Republicans and Democrats), and I hope to continue to have these good relations, which I, again repeating, do not consider to be mutually exclusive with having good relations with Venezuela or Ecuador or whichever country in South America.

Good friends don't have to visit each other every day.

The Colombian economy is very strong. We have one of the highest rates of growth in Latin America.

I have the complete support of the military. I personally served in the navy.

The fight against drug trafficking by the Colombian government has been present, and the Americans themselves are the first to recognize that.