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Colombia's Hard Right.
Alvaro Uribe Velez--slight and bespectacled--looks more like a high- school math teacher than a hard-charging ideologue. But there's nothing wimpy about his message: from the moment he declared his candidacy for Colombia's 2002 presidential election, the former state governor promised to halt peace negotiations with the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and restore law and order. At first, his tough talk didn't garner much support. But after languishing in third place in opinion surveys much of last year, he suddenly took the pole position in January. Now Uribe commands an approval rating of 59 percent, and it seems nothing short of an assassin's bullet ...
- COLOMBIA: URIBE LOBBIES FOR FREE-TRADE DEAL WITH U.S.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service June 8, 2007 700+ words
...President Alvaro Uribe is lobbying hard for a U.S.-Colombia free-trade agreement...should reject Uribe's campaign for a U.S.-Colombia free-trade agreement...perception that Uribe's government...human rights in Colombia. The deal may...
- En Colombia, Uribe sigue a la cabeza, pero Wall Street duda de sus planes...
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) May 22, 2002 700+ words
...Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC, que tiene...escalada militar de Uribe ha cobrado popularidad...internacionales. "Uribe podra ser la luz...Cerritelli, quien cubre Colombia para Bear Stearns...El liderazgo de Uribe en las encuestas...optimistas sobre Colombia porque saben que...
- COLOMBIA: URIBE SEEKS DEMOCRATIC SUPPPORT FOR TRADE DEAL.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service May 3, 2007 700+ words
...with Latin America. But Uribe spent much of the rest...to draw attention to Colombia's human rights record...recent reports that tie Uribe and his family directly...hard sell." Indeed, Uribe's visit here comes...human rights situation in Colombia, especially in light...
- COLOMBIA: URIBE USES MILITARY TO MONITOR OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service April 23, 2007 700+ words
...Constanza Vieira BOGOT , Colombia, Apr. 20, 2007...Colombian President lvaro Uribe revealed Thursday...critical of Plan Colombia, the U.S.-financed...S. legislature. Uribe did not give specific...crimes committed in Colombia's four-decade...first time since Uribe took office in ...
- COLOMBIA: URIBE RESISTS PRESSURE TO INVITE CHAVEZ TO FARC TALKS.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service February 25, 2008 700+ words
...the United States by Uribe. The FARC are also...who worked for Plan Colombia and were captured in...A few days later, Uribe officially accepted...serious crisis between Colombia and Venezuela. Uribe has constantly intervened...
- COLOMBIA: URIBE CUTS SHORT CH VEZ'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FARC.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service November 26, 2007 700+ words
...Colombian President lvaro Uribe has put an end to...Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, citing a short...between Ch vez and Colombia's army chief as...midnight on Wednesday, Uribe put an end to the...Lozano's view, Uribe's reaction demonstrates...to the director of Colombia's ...
- Colombia: Uribe sees corruption in attack that freed rebel.(WORLD)(Alvaro Uribe...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Bright, Arthur October 9, 2009 700+ words
...Colombian President Alvaro Uribe warned that there...freed a leader of Colombia's second largest rebel group. Mr. Uribe told his ministers...prisoner in Arauca," Uribe said.~~/blockquote~~ The new site Colombia Reports writes that...
- Colombia: los encapuchados de Uribe. (Internacional).(Alvaro Uribe, presidente;...
- Magazine article from: Proceso Bibiana Flórez, Sandra September 29, 2002 700+ words
...paramilitares, el presidente de Colombia, lvaro Uribe Vlez, inici la construccin...el gobierno de lvaro Uribe Vlez fue una forma de...del nuevo mandatario de Colombia. A raz de las crticas...como presidente, lvaro Uribe Vlez lo haba anunciado...
