Colombia to face sell-off if Uribe doesn’t run
Colombian stocks and bonds will fall if market-friendly President Alvaro Uribe is barred by the courts from running for a third term next year, a ruling that would upset investors…
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Uribe’s re-election referendum on the verge of collapse
The referendum needed for a second re-election of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is on the verge of collapse after the country’s Electoral Council ruled that the signatures collected to force…
Government using Venezuela spat to bolster popularity: Piedad Cordoba
The Colombian government is using the tensions with Venezuela to increase its popularity in the lead up to the 2010 elections, Opposition Senator and ‘Colombians for Peace’ leader Piedad Cordoba…
Chavez won’t take Uribe’s calls: Foreign Minister
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has called Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez several times to discuss the socialist leader’s order to prepare for war but received no response, Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez said Tuesday. Bermudez said…
OAS asks Colombia and Venezuela to talk
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) asked Venezuela and Colombia to re-establish a dialogue, following the amassing of Venezuelan troops on the northern border and reports…
Peace is possible, also with Uribe: Mockus
If Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe is willing to recognize the FARC’s ideology, peace talks can be held and the 45-year-old conflict can come to an end, says Antanas Mockus, former…
Uribe’s popularity at lowest in 7 years
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe popularity rating is at it’s lowest in his seven years in government, according to a recent opinion poll. The President’s popularity rating fell from 70 percent…
Uribe seeks to cool Venezuela spat
Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday urged Venezuela not to create divisions like the “Berlin Wall” between the feuding neighbors as he sought to cool a crisis fueled by border…
Supreme Court is demolishing constitution: deputy Minister
Colombia’s Supreme Court is demolishing the country’s constitution by refusing to elect a new Prosecutor General from the presidency’s shortlist, the country’s deputy Interior and Justice Minister said Tuesday. “If…