TAKE-A-LOOK-Colombian vote tests Uribe successor
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:13:00 GMT
in legislative elections on Sunday in a test for parties before May's ballot to replace President Alvaro Uribe after two terms highlighted by his war on leftist rebels. Former defense minister Juan Manuel Santos is the presidential front-runner and will
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Colombian court rejects Uribe third term
Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:15:00 GMT
President Alvaro Uribe, a top U.S. ally in South America reviled by the left everywhere, is now banned from a third term. Carlos Lozano, director of the Colombian Communist Party's Voz
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Uribe will not run again
Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:22:00 GMT
dialogues with the FARC. After three years of talks, the negotiations were deemed a failure. In 2002, Álvaro Uribe Vélez was elected president as the candidate of the Colombia First (PC) banner with 53.1 per cent of the vote. Uribe, whose own father
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Alvaro Uribe Busted. Colombian Judges Deny Third Term
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:18:00 GMT
Alvaro Uribe: 'We cannot change direction, we cannot have a change of guard.' Editor's comment: Alvaro Uribe has finally received his comeuppance and he got it democratically. Chief Justice Mauricio Gonzalez
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