Comments on: Colombia: Uribe Met by Protestors During Visit to Washington http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/04/colombia-uribe-met-by-protestors-during-visit-to-washington/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:17:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SHESTERIN http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/04/colombia-uribe-met-by-protestors-during-visit-to-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1089772 SHESTERIN Wed, 09 May 2007 14:59:03 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/04/colombia-uribe-met-by-protestors-during-visit-to-washington/#comment-1089772 Uribe THE KILLER www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5570107/site/newsweek/ Uribe THE KILLER

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]]> By: Global Voices Online » Colombia: Uribe’s Bittersweet Visit to Washington http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/04/colombia-uribe-met-by-protestors-during-visit-to-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1086768 Global Voices Online » Colombia: Uribe’s Bittersweet Visit to Washington Tue, 08 May 2007 21:04:44 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/04/colombia-uribe-met-by-protestors-during-visit-to-washington/#comment-1086768 [...] On 2 May, Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez started a three-day visit to Washington, seeking support for Plan Colombia and the Free Trade Agreement’s approval in U. S. Congress. But he wasn’t really that welcomed. On the first day, Uribe came across dozens of demonstrators outside the American Center for Progress. He wanted to “discuss” issues with them… an attitude quite different than the one he holds towards the opposition in his own country. The same man, who said he’d be a “guerrilla man” and a “paramilitary” with a gun, not a mediocre one, all the same week, was called by the demonstrators an ‘assasin’, accusing him of being responsible for the deaths of around 400 union leaders in Colombia. [...] [...] On 2 May, Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez started a three-day visit to Washington, seeking support for Plan Colombia and the Free Trade Agreement’s approval in U. S. Congress. But he wasn’t really that welcomed. On the first day, Uribe came across dozens of demonstrators outside the American Center for Progress. He wanted to “discuss” issues with them… an attitude quite different than the one he holds towards the opposition in his own country. The same man, who said he’d be a “guerrilla man” and a “paramilitary” with a gun, not a mediocre one, all the same week, was called by the demonstrators an ‘assasin’, accusing him of being responsible for the deaths of around 400 union leaders in Colombia. [...]

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