News on Alvaro Uribe

Colombian lawmakers approve Uribe re-election bill

2010-06-25T20:50:55Z

Colombian representatives approved a referendum on a controversial constitutional reform that would allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third consecutive term.

The move by the House of Representatives, which came just minutes before midnight (0500 GMT Wednesday), must still be endorsed by the Constitutional Court. It was approved in...

Capital Briefs

2010-10-22T11:16:59Z

* NY. TIMES BOOSTS COLUMBIAN TRADE: With President-Elect Obama, the Democratic congressional leadership, and Big Labor leaders all opposed to it, the Columbian Free-Trade Agreement got an unexpected boost last week. In a hard-hitting editorial, the New York Times called for passage of the agreement Alvaro Uribe Says Colombian Institutions Are Now Free of Infiltration, Corruption by Militias

President Alvaro Uribe said Friday that Colombia's institutions are now free of infiltration and corruption by right-wing militias blamed for some of the nation's worst human rights abuses.

In a nationally televised address, Uribe said his government has "overcome...

Summary Box: Colombia reopens probes

2010-09-09T01:16:55Z

Summary Box: Colombia's Army Investigated for Civilian Killings

INVESTIGATION: Colombia's public prosecutor has reopened 131 investigations into army killings from 2002-2007, which could result in firings of soldiers.

VICTIMS: Prosecutors allege the military tampered with evidence to make civilian victims appear to be combatants. The mi...

UN Israel Gaza Flotilla

2010-08-15T06:45:14Z

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, meets with members of the panel investigating the Gaza Flotilla Incident, from left, Ozdem Sanberk, of Turkey, Geoffrey Palmer, of New Zealand, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, center, looks up next to the Congress' President Armando Benedetti, top left, and outgoing President Alvaro Uribe after his swearing-in ceremony in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, ...

Colombia Uribe

2010-08-04T11:31:21Z

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, center, and Colombia's Police Chief Gen. Oscar Naranjo, right, review troops during a ceremony to honor Uribe at the police headquarters in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia Elections

2010-06-20T12:45:31Z

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe gets wet by water dripping from the roof of his polling station while speaking to journalists during the presidential runoff election in Bogota, Sunday , June 20, 2010. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)

Colombia Hillary Clinton

2010-06-12T15:47:25Z

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, right, gestures toward U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before signing agreements at the presidential palace in Bogota, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)