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NRA officials recall how the Clinton administration cited another inter-American agreement in closing an exemption that had allowed arms exports to Canada without a license.

Despite Obama pledge, Democrats show little enthusiasm for CIFTA treaty on gun trafficking Mary Beth Sheridan 2010

The court dismissed as "unfeasible" a decision issued last month by the inter-American court of human rights, based in Costa Rica, that demanded Venezuelan electoral officials allow Lopez to run for office.

Venezuela court bars Hugo Chávez rival from taking office 2011

"I am urging the Senate in the United States to ratify an inter-American treaty known as CIFTA, to curb small-arms trafficking that is a source of so many of the weapons used in this drug war," the president said at the April 2009 news conference.

Despite Obama pledge, Democrats show little enthusiasm for CIFTA treaty on gun trafficking Mary Beth Sheridan 2010

"It's pretty hard for us to ask countries to cooperate with us on an issue in which we haven't ratified a key inter-American convention," said Peter DeShazo, a former U.S. diplomat now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Despite Obama pledge, Democrats show little enthusiasm for CIFTA treaty on gun trafficking Mary Beth Sheridan 2010

At State, Ms. Hughes worked under Edwin Martin when he was assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs in the Kennedy administration, ambassador to Argentina in the Johnson administration and a top official with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris from 1968 to 1974.

F. Louise Hughes; State Department employee Post 2010

NRA officials recall how the Clinton administration cited another inter-American agreement in closing an exemption that had allowed arms exports to Canada without a license.

Despite Obama pledge, Democrats show little enthusiasm for CIFTA treaty on gun trafficking Mary Beth Sheridan 2010

And he did, recalled Elliott Abrams, who was assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs in the 1980s.

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With Colombian veterans of the drug war now assisting counterparts in Mexico and Peru, the conflict has escalated into an inter-American operation that has less to do with stopping the flow of drugs than with attempting to direct product and profits through politically reliable channels.

Eric Ehrmann: Drug War Trumps Free Trade in Colombia Eric Ehrmann 2011

"I am urging the Senate in the United States to ratify an inter-American treaty known as CIFTA, to curb small-arms trafficking that is a source of so many of the weapons used in this drug war," the president said at the April 2009 news conference.

Despite Obama pledge, Democrats show little enthusiasm for CIFTA treaty on gun trafficking Mary Beth Sheridan 2010

"It's pretty hard for us to ask countries to cooperate with us on an issue in which we haven't ratified a key inter-American convention," said Peter DeShazo, a former U.S. diplomat now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Despite Obama pledge, Democrats show little enthusiasm for CIFTA treaty on gun trafficking Mary Beth Sheridan 2010