Uribe to visit US to meet lawmakers over Colombia peace talks: Report
Uribe to visit US to meet lawmakers over Colombia peace talks: Report
Feb 5, 2015 posted by Rebecca Florey
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will travel to Washington DC next week to meet with US lawmakers, reported Colombian weekly Semana on Thursday.
According to the weekly’s website, Uribe intends to talk to a number of lawmakers from both the Democratic Party and the Republican party, and even hopes to meet personally with US President Barack Obama.
The reported purpose of the visit is to seek support for his opposition to ongoing peace talks and what Uribe perceives as a political persecution waged against him and his political allies in the conservative opposition.
Uribe Insists Investigated Allies Are Victim Of Political Persecution
The former president has had one of the toughest weeks in his political career; His former spy chief was arrested in Panama to face a court ruling over alleged spying while the president of the “Uribista” Democratic Center party, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, was interrogated over similar accusations.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/uribe-visit-us-meet-lawmakers-colombia-peace-talks-report/
