Uribe kicks off trip to Washington but keeps meetings secret
Uribe kicks off trip to Washington but keeps meetings secret
Feb 11, 2015 posted by Adriaan Alsema
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe left for Washington DC on Tuesday to seek support for his opposition to peace talks with rebel group FARC. The president would not reveal who he would meet with.
The trip to the United States followed days of political polarization in Colombia where the former president had accused the government of his successor, President Juan Manuel Santos, and the Prosecutor General’s Office of politically persecuting his party while buying support for the talks that seek to end 50 years of armed conflict.
The agitation overshadowed the release of a report by a Historic Commission on the causes and perpetuation of the conflict, and the reasons the conflict cost 7 million victims. The 800-page report was highly critical of Uribe’s two terms in office between 2002 and 2008.
Additionally, claims by Uribe that he’s the victim of political persecution became even more explicit after a judge in Medellin ordered a criminal investigation over the former president’s alleged implicitness in a 1997 massacre in the state of Antioquia where he was governor at the time.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/uribe-kicks-off-trip-washington-keeps-meetings-secret/
