Ithaca, N.Y. BOTH the United States and Mexico have approached the war on Mexican drug cartels with Colombia in mind. Washington's Merida Initiative, loosely modeled on its Plan Colombia antidrug campaign from a decade ago, provides Mexico with money for helicopters, police training and command-and-control technology. The Mexican government,...
BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- A scion of a powerful Colombian family comfortably won more votes than an eccentric former mayor of Bogotá in presidential elections on Sunday, but narrowly failed to get the majority needed to prevent a runoff election in June between the two men. The lead vote-getter, Juan Manuel Santos, the architect of crushing blows...
BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- Given the staid nature of the political establishment in Colombia, Washington's top ally in the region, and the broad popularity of President Álvaro Uribe, it seemed a foregone conclusion to many here that his heir apparent would clinch the presidency in the coming elections without too much of a struggle. So imagine the...
Álvaro Uribe Vélez (født 4. juli 1952) er en colombiansk jurist og politiker, som har været landets præsident siden 7. august 2002. I 2006 blev han genvalgt for endnu en fireårig periode.
Uribe har forhandlet fredelige løsninger med landets kommunistiske guerillagrupper. Han har også gennemført en række frihandelsaftaler.