Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: Reuters By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, July 25 (Reuters) - The architect of the effort to allow Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term in 2010 was arrested on Friday on charges of using ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bogota - A Colombian political leader from President Alvaro Uribe's ruling coalition was arrested Friday for alleged illegal contact with right-wing paramilitaries. Senator Carlos Garcia, who leads the National Unity Party, was taken into custody by ...
DATA news (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Supporters of President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia are pushing for a referendum that would permit him to run for a third term to continue his fight against Marxist guerrillas.
American Leftist (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Apparently, changing the constitution to stay in office as President is acceptable if you are the President of Colombia , but unacceptable if you are the President of Venezuela: Supporters of President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia are pushing for a referendum that would permit him to run for a third term to continue his fight against Marxist guerrillas. Polls indicate that if Mr. Uribe were to run for...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Supporters of President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia are pushing for a referendum that would permit him to run for a third term to continue his fight against Marxist guerrillas.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Supporters of President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia are pushing for a referendum that would permit him to run for a third term to continue his fight against Marxist guerrillas.
Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
WASHINGTON (UPI via COMTEX) -- U.S. President George Bush Tuesday marked the 198th anniversary of Colombia's independence, saying President Alvaro Uribe has shown great courage. Bush, using the occasion to urge Congress to approve the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, hailed the long diplomatic relationship between Colombia and the United States, noting the fledgling U.S....
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
U.S. President George Bush Tuesday marked the 198th anniversary of Colombia's independence, saying President Alvaro Uribe has shown great courage.Bush, using the occasion to urge Congress to approve the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, hailed the long diplomatic relationship between Colombia and the United States, noting the fledgling U.S. republic was among the first to establish relations with its...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Source: [b]Brazzil Magazine[/b] Brazil Appeals to Neighbors to Cut Dependency on the US and EU Written by Newsroom Monday, 21 July 2008 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Alvaro Uribe, the presidents of Brazil and Colombia, respectively, vowed Saturday, July 19, to boost trade and in...
VivirLatino (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is all about making up lately. First he becomes friendly with Colombia's Alvaro Uribe, and now he wants to hug it out with King Juan Carlos, the same King Juan Carlos who told Chavez : Why...
PoliBlog (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Via the BBC: Colombia’s Uribe calls off vote Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has decided not to call a referendum to determine if there should be a new presidential poll. He had said he would seek a repeat of the 2006 vote, in which he was re-elected amid a bribery scandal. Background here and here. Given that the [...]
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Pity the pundits in the United States, who insist on misunderstanding Latin America. Case in point: Colombia. Charles Krauthammer , for example, lambastes the “soft power” of diplomacy and lauds Alvaro Uribe for sticking only to hard military power: Both in Europe and America, the sophisticates worship at the altar of “soft power” — the use of diplomatic and moral resources to achieve one’s ends. What...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia has scrapped his plan to rerun the 2006 election in which he won a second term, the government said.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia has scrapped his plan to rerun the 2006 election in which he won a second term, the government said.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
While Colombia’s President has dealt FARC a crippling blow, his country is still an unholy mess MISHA GLENNY July 14, 2008 at 7:49 AM EDT The liberation of hostage Ingrid Betancourt by Colombian forces is a disaster for the country’s premier guerrilla army, the FARC. It’s been one of those years for the FARC, nothing seems to be going its way. The ideological purity and ruthless methods for which it’s...
