For Colombians, that brings back bad memories of failed peace talks from 1999-2002 in which the FARC used a similar zone for recruitment and criminal activity.

对哥伦比亚人来说，这让他们想起了1999 - 2002年那次失败的和平谈判带来的痛苦回忆。那一次，FARC利用一个类似的区域来招募新兵并进行犯罪。

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But whereas Colombians are grateful to Mr Uribe for making the country safer (though still not wholly safe), many of them dislike the whiff of scandal that has surrounded his government.

哥伦比亚人感激乌里韦给国家带来安定(尽管不是彻彻底底的安全)，但也不乏许多人讨厌乌氏内阁丑闻的恶气冲天。

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And Colombians no longer say that security is among their top worries: these are unemployment, poverty and health care, according to a poll last month for El Tiempo, a newspaper.

并且，根据上个月《El Tiempo》报纸进行的一份民调显示，哥国人民不再将安全列为他们最忧心的议题︰失业、贫穷和医疗保健议题取而代之。

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As it now stands, visas for Colombians to visit the United States expire after five years.

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As was just mentioned, I'm announcing that these visas for Colombians will now be valid for 10 years.

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Just a decade ago, Mexican smugglers worked as mules for Colombians, moving their cocaine by land across the U.S. border when the heat was on in the Caribbean.

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