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	President Uribe’s Hidden Past
		Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe is, by his own admission, a man of the right.
		Under the “state of unrest” that Uribe decreed upon assuming the presidency, the police and army were granted the right to detain citizens on the slightest suspicion of supporting the guerrillas, without evidence or legal counsel, and to enter people’s homes without a warrant.
		President Uribe has branded those NGOs that do claim to occupy a non-partisan position on the armed conflict “political agitators in the service of terrorism, cowards who wrap themselves in the banner of human rights.” Only pro-government, anti-guerrilla NGOs are being left untouched.
	www.colombiajournal.org /colombia185.htm (1288 words)

	President-elect of Colombia visits Clinton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		DALLAS MORNING NEWS Tuesday, 4 August 1998 President-elect of Colombia visits Clinton ------------------------------------------ By Jim Landers WASHINGTON - Saying "the era of mistrust is over," Colombia's President-elect Andres Pastrana met President Clinton on Monday to discuss U.S. aid for Colombia's wars with guerrillas and drug traffickers.
		Pastrana was elected president in June, and his inauguration will be Friday in Bogota.
		U.S. military assistance to Colombia has grown to $100 million, and more than 200 U.S. military advisers are in Colombia working with the army.
	www.colombiasupport.net /199808/0898visit.html (354 words)

	Colombia - The President
		The president must be a native-born Colombian at least fifty-five years of age and in full possession of his or her political rights.
		The Constitution also requires the president to have had previous service as a congressional or cabinet member, governor, or government official; as a university professor for five years; or as a practicing member of a liberal profession requiring a university degree.
		Many of the president's legislative powers are derived from his constitutional authority to direct economic policy, draw up a budget, and submit economic development plans to Congress.
	countrystudies.us /colombia/80.htm (1144 words)

	Q&A: Alvaro Uribe Velez; President of Colombia \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		President, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, the countries of the Andean region with the exception of Colombia are in very bad shape politically and economically.
		President, is there more that the United States in your view could be doing and should be doing to help Colombia in its fight, our fight, against narco traffickers and against terrorism and subversion.
		President, recently the Colombian congress passed a law amending the constitution that will allow you to be the first president to run for re-election, or at least the first president in modern times.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050814/news_mz1e14velez.html (2075 words)

	[09 Jun 1998]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA
		A multilateral approach was necessary in the world's struggle against drugs, Ernesto Samper Pizano, President of Colombia, said at a press conference held this morning at Headquarters on the occasion of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly devoted to countering the world drug problem together.
		The President went on to say there was an important relationship between Colombia's quest for peace and reduction of the intimidating power of drug traffickers.
		Colombia wished to change the underlying economic and social structures in the areas where there were crops -- alternative development programmes must be developed.
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/1998/19980609.colombia.html (1100 words)

	Online NewsHour: President Samper of Colombia
		CHARLES KRAUSE: When Ernesto Samper was inaugurated President of Colombia in 1994, the United States already suspected his campaign had taken millions of dollars from the Cali Cartel, said to be the largest and richest drug trafficking organization in the world.
		PRESIDENT ERNESTO SAMPER: (speaking through interpreter) Above all, it means the destruction of the alliance we have had for more than 15 years between Colombia and the United States to combat drug trafficking.
		PRESIDENT ERNESTO SAMPER: (speaking through interpreter) It is not a matter of expecting or not.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/latin_america/colombia_3-20.html (1640 words)

	President, President Uribe of Colombia Discuss Terrorism and Security
		Colombia is also sharing its expertise with Afghanistan to combat terrorism and narco-trafficking in that new democracy.
		The key word in Colombia today is "trust." This is the mutual trust that is the basis of the relationship with the United States.
		PRESIDENT BUSH: First of all, I had the honor of speaking to the -- the folks of -- that are on that mission.
	www.state.gov /p/wha/rls/rm/2005/50788.htm (2235 words)

	Press Availability with President Bush and President Uribe of Colombia
		President Uribe and the Colombian people are dedicated to the triumph of democracy and the rule of law against the forces of violence.
		President Uribe has a vision for a better Colombia, a vision of peace and prosperity that he is pursuing with skill and energy.
		President Bush has understood throughout this process in assisting Colombia how important it is for the legal farming business in Colombia to prosper so that we have opportunities for our farmers.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2004/11/20041122-2.html (2158 words)

	Brazilian President meets President of Colombia - Wikinews
		Venezuela argued that Granda's arrest is illegal and that Colombia invaded Venezuelan territory in the course of the arrest.
		Colombia, in turn, claimed the arrest occurred inside Colombian territory and accused Venezuela of harboring terrorists.
		Colombia releases official notice in response to Venezuela January 17, 2005.
	en.wikinews.org /wiki/Brazilian_President_meets_President_of_Colombia (730 words)

	Cali Cartel Threatens Columbian President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In a statement that was phoned-in to a news network in Colombia, the terrorist group known as "Dignity for Colombia" said that they would launch a new terrorist campaign to get Samper to quit the presidency of this country that is considered to be the most violent in South America.
		It is believed that the cartel is angry at the Colombian president because he took cash from the cartel to help win the 1994 election and has apparently reneged on a backroom deal to go easy on the cartel.
		The Interior Minister of the country said that the objective of "Dignity for Colombia" was "to cause chaos in Colombia and destabilize the government." Police authorities in Colombia suspect that the terrorist group is responsible for the June 10th bombing in Medellin that killed 26 people.
	www.emergency.com /colbthrt.htm (528 words)

	[06 Sep 2000]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although Colombia had suffered internal conflict for over 40 years, it was not split by a civil war and would not become the next Viet Nam, nor bring about World War III, that country’s President, Andres Pastrana, told correspondents this afternoon at a press conference.
		Colombia was holding bilateral meetings during the Millennium Summit to garner further support for that plan, he explained.
		President Pastrana explained that Colombia would contribute $4.5 billion of the total $7.5 billion required to implement the Colombia Plan, and that he hoped the rest would come from the international community.
	www.fas.org /irp/news/2000/09/irp-000906-colombia.htm (362 words)

	Julio Turbay; Ex-President Of Colombia
		Julio Cesar Turbay, 89, a former Colombian president who negotiated the release in 1980 of dozens of diplomats taken hostage by leftist rebels during a party at the Dominican ambassador's residence in Bogota, died of a heart ailment at a clinic in Bogota.
		In recent years, he became a vocal supporter of President Alvaro Uribe's efforts to modify the constitution to allow Colombian presidents to seek a second consecutive term in office.
		Colombia's Constitutional Court is expected to rule on the issue in coming months.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/13/AR2005091301903_pf.html (294 words)

	PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		President Uribe said that, during “a very constructive meeting” with the Secretary-General today, he had reiterated his Government’s commitment to the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals and expressed gratitude for the assistance of various United Nations agencies to Colombia, as well as the Organization’s support for the Government’s anti-narcotic strategy.
		President Uribe also said that Colombia’s package of laws relating to demobilization of armed groups -- the so-called Justice and Peace Law, which he described as “a law of peace without impunity, a law of peace with truth, a law of peace with compensation for the victims” -- was now in full implementation.
		Responding to a question about his hopes for the signing of a free trade treaty between Colombia and the United States, President Uribe said that such an agreement was a practical necessity.
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/2007/070206_Colombia.doc.htm (904 words)

	Refugees International: Countries: Colombia
		The humanitarian situation in Colombia is characterized by large-scale displacement caused by the conflict.
		President Uribe has tried to move aggressively against the guerilla forces while trying to entice the paramilitary with generous incentives to demobilize.
		Colombia now has an estimated three million internally displaced people, but the government only recognizes 1.6 million as displaced due to the fact that displaced persons could only start registering for IDP status in 1994.
	www.refintl.org /content/country/detail/2934 (992 words)

	Colombia: Women's bodies used as a battleground - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The effect of the armed conflict on the lives of women and girls is an issue which Amnesty International has helped to bring to public attention and put on the political agenda in Colombia.
		During the course of Colombia’s 40-year-old conflict, all the armed groups – the security forces, army-backed paramilitaries and the guerrilla – have sexually abused or exploited women and girls.
		Only then will the people of Colombia have the opportunity to build a future safe from the threat of violence against women.
	web.amnesty.org /actforwomen/col-131004-action-eng (477 words)

	Colombian Official Speaks Out Against Rebel Threats and Plan Colombia
		On the day that Alvaro Uribe was being sworn in as the new president of Colombia, I met with one of the many local officials who have been forced to flee for their lives as a result of rebel threats.
		Like hundreds of other local officials in Colombia, she has recently received an ultimatum from the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to quit her post or be killed.
		They have proposed that there be a president of the administrative council, not a mayor, and that half of the council consist of citizens and the other half of guerrillas.
	www.colombiajournal.org /colombia125.htm (2497 words)

	Plan Colombia is Working
		We had a President in Colombia who tried to the Cumbayah and the peace in dealing with the terrorists and that did not work.
		We now have a President in Colombia who is committed to the tenets of Plan Colombia, which is a strong interdiction, which is demanding reforms in the military to cultivation of other alternative crops, to building the judiciary and the strength of the institutions of Colombia.
		We have a President in Colombia committed to the plan, and it is a working plan and people are not dying.
	www.house.gov /mica/fs072303.htm (323 words)

	Colombia Selects Next President to Assassinate
		BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - Colombian politician Juan Gomez, a seemingly happy man, won the presidency of his country last night by a mere 10,000 votes.
		Colombia has been embroiled in a 35-year-old near civil war, with leftist rebels and drug dealers generally interfering with or blowing up the "elected" government.
		His speech was followed by a rousing ovation and then a loud explosion that ripped through his headquarters, killing everyone inside and 14 89-year-old nuns assisting the poor outside.
	www.umich.edu /~uac/threeweeks/story3b33.html (463 words)

	ZNet \| Colombia \| Colombia's Paramilitary
		They are waging a war against the civilian population of Colombia, taking on the âdirty warâ aspects of a counterinsurgency campaign that the Colombian military would rather not have as part of its public image.
		Colombiaâs Fourth Brigade, based in Medillin, is also known for large scale ties to AUC forces.
		The group sent a letter to the president of Colombia stating that âIt is clear that the 25 people who were detained on May 16 in Barranca[bermeja] were subversives belonging to the ELN (National Liberation Army/Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional) and the EPL (Popular Liberation Army/EjÃ©rcito Popular de LiberaciÃ³n).
	www.zmag.org /content/Colombia/weiss_paramilitaries.cfm (5380 words)

	Colombia - President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		H.E. Alvaro Uribe Vélez: President of the Republic of Colombia.
		Alvaro Uribe Velez was born in 1952 in Medellín, Colombia.
		During his first term, he was elected President of the Senate’s Seventh Commission and was designated as "Outstanding Senator." In 1992, he was chosen as one of the Five Best Senators in a poll of the media and his colleagues.
	www.colombiaemb.org /opencms/opencms/colombia/president.html (440 words)

	President Bush and President Uribe of Colombia Participate
		President of the United States of America, George W. Bush; distinguished members of the delegation; friends from the government; distinguished journalists who have come from other countries and from Colombia, I would like to welcome again in the warmest fashion possible.
		President, that the world may see how the Colombian people are overcoming nowadays the great difficulties that we have suffered in the last years.
		I was saying that Colombia had to eliminate the guerrillas, but perhaps I was misunderstood because I also said that the only way was to recover the institutions, and hence, that we had to eliminate the paramilitaries, as well.
	newsblaze.com /story/20070312071357tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html (4275 words)

	CSN: September 2000 News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The President is the commander-in-chief and can order his subordinates in the Armed Forces to cease disputing these cases and thereby uphold the law.
		The President of the Republic has the authority and the duty to direct the Military Forces and National Police and, therefore, to give them orders that must be obeyed by each and every one of their members (Article 189.3 and Article 4 of the Constitution).
		The order that the President of the Republic should give is an obligation that stems from the duty of the government to ensure that judicial rulings are carried out, and to respect and enforce the laws (Articles 201.1 and 189.10 of the Constitution).
	www.colombiasupport.net /200009/default.asp?fileName=aihrwwola-0910.html (13863 words)

	Police in Colombia seek Gaviria's killers - Boston.com
		The president of Colombia flew to this mountain-ringed city Friday to personally oversee an investigation into the murder of a former president's younger sister.
		President Alvaro Uribe arrived in Pereira to take charge of the hunt for the killers and tried to reassure the nation of 44 million that, if Gaviria's murder was politically motivated, it would not disrupt the May 28 vote.
		Cesar Gaviria, 59, was president of Colombia between 1990-94 before becoming secretary general of the Organization of American States.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2006/04/28/sister_of_ex_colombian_president_killed?mode=PF (664 words)

	ZNet \| Colombia \| A Snapshot of Colombia
		There are public tensions between the president of Colombia, Andres Pastrana, and Tapias, the commander of the armed forces.
		The local media, in Colombia, are employing the familiar tactic of telling the population that they want war, then asking them if they want war in polls, then telling them that the polls tell them they want war.
		In Cali, in Cauca, and all over Colombia, Colombians are doing their part-- struggling for peace with justice at risk of their lives and against truly horrendous violence.
	www.zmag.org /content/colombia/podur-rozental.cfm (2455 words)

	CNN.com - Killings mar Colombia vote - Oct. 25, 2003
		The rebel attacks could be an attempt to discourage participation in the referendum, which has the strong backing of Colombia's hard-line president and, to be valid, requires the participation of at least 25 percent of registered voters, or 6.2 million people.
		In the village of Jambalo in southwest Colombia, four Colombian police officers were killed in a firefight with FARC rebels.
		Colombia's popular president has campaigned tirelessly for the referendum, saying it is vital to defeat terrorism and prevent an Argentina-style economic collapse.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/americas/10/25/colombia.referendum.ap (582 words)

	president of colombia - Articles about president of colombia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		President Alvaro Uribe is swimming against the tide.
		The President's news conference with President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia in Crawford, Texas
		COLOMBIA STRUGGLE: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe shakes hands with a soldier after a ceremony at the Apiay military base in Villavicencio, southeast......
	www.wordiq.com /article/president+of+colombia.html (460 words)

	President Bush, Colombia President Uribe Discuss Terrorism
		President, bienvenidos a la Oval Office, aqui en la Casa Blanca.
		President Bush, the Colombian government is here asking for support from the U.S. government, economic support, both with the Andean Trade Preference Act and also maybe from the Department of Treasury.
		PRESIDENT BUSH: I think the American people ought to understand that life has changed here in this country; that it used to be two oceans would separate us from danger, that we were quite comfortable in our shores knowing that it would take an unusual circumstance to be attacked.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2002/09/20020925-1.html (1168 words)

	10175 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The United States is committed to helping President Uribe and the people of Colombia defend their democracy against the threats and violence of terrorists and drug traffickers.
		[President Uribe] is a man who told the people of his country that he would work to eradicate terrorism and narco-trafficking.
		In the words of President Bush, "The terrorists in Colombia have made their goals clear: to kill the aspirations of the Colombian people for a free, prosperous, and democratic state." As Mr.
	www.ibb.gov /editorials/10175.htm (338 words)

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