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America's best friend in Latin America is Colombian president Alvaro Uribe.(The Week)(Brief article)

National Review

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America's best friend in Latin America is Colombian president Alvaro Uribe. He has brought more prosperity and stability to his country than any other leader in recent memory. He also offers an important regional counterweight to the ambitions of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez. Congressional Democrats nevertheless have delayed a foreign-aid package that would help Colombia, as well as a free-trade agreement that would benefit both countries. They justify their coolness toward Uribe by citing Uribe's domestic foes, who have tried to link the president to ...

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