Ex-Colombian president addresses critics in Princeton speech

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Times of Trenton

Ex-Colombian president addresses critics in Princeton speech
By The Times
on February 29, 2016 at 1:17 PM, updated February 29, 2016 at 1:19 PM

PRINCETON — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe spoke at Princeton University recently and defended his years leading the South American nation, following opposition from several professors concerning his address.

Uribe's speech, sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International affairs, came after a petition signed by 22 Princeton professors and 55 professors and scholars from varying universities.

The petition, addressed to dean of the Wilson school Cecilia Rouse and University President Christopher Eisgruber, protested the announcement and format of the talk, expressing concern that the one-sidedness of the school's portrayal of Uribe would not be conducive to an open exchange of views.

"We regret that the Woodrow Wilson School, an institution committed to rigorous scholarship and critical thinking, has announced Uribe's presence in a way that overlooks Mr. Uribe's government's abuses of human rights and the weakening of the democratic process," it continued.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2016/02/ex-colombian_president_addresses_critics_at_prince.html

[forest444]

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/11/colombian-president-uribe-extradition-drug

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[Judi Lynn]

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[forest444]

3. If the war on drugs were in the least sincere, Uribe would have been arrested the second he set foot

But such is the topsy-turvy world we live in, isn't it Judi. And besides, we can't really do without the hundreds of billions laundered every year by the drug rackets though Wall Street, Miami, Las Vegas, etc., can we?