Opposition senator Piedad Cordoba is Colombia’s least trusted public figure, a poll among visitors of terra.com.co shows.
Cordoba, a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, beat Interior and Justice Minister Fabio Valencia Cossio and former presidential adviser Jose Obdulio Gaviria.
Colombia’s least trusted public figures:
- Piedad Cordoba
Liberal Party Senator, admirer of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, investigated for ties to the FARC and Nobel Peace Prize nominee - Fabio Valencia Cossio
Interior and Justice Minister and part of a very politically active family. His brother is in jail on corruption charges - Jose Obdulio Gaviria
former presidential adviser, and cousin of slain drug lord Pablo Escobar - DAS
Colombia’s soon-to-be-former intelligence agency - Juan Manuel Santos
former Defense Minister, presidential candidate and members of a family with a long history in Colombian politics - Ernesto Samper
controversial former President and prominent Liberal Party member, not allowed to enter the U.S. on suspicion of drug links - Alvaro Uribe
controversial and popular President of Colombia - Bernardo Moreno
President Uribe’s personal secretary - Andres Felipe Arias
former Minister and Conservative Party presidential hopeful, also known as ‘Uribito’ (little Uribe) - Luis Carlos Restrepo
writer, former Peace Commissioner and leader of coalition party De La U - Samuel Moreno
Mayor of Bogota - Cesar Gaviria
former President and leader of the Liberal Party - Hollman Morris
prominent independent journalist and government critic - German Vargas Lleras
presidential candidate for Cambio Radical and member of a family with a long history in Colombian politics - Daniel Coronell
independent journalist, director of Noticias Uno and government critic - Supreme Court of Justice
highest judicial body in Colombia and regularly clashing with President Uribe and his coalition in Congress