Boos, gunfire greet Colombian president's arrival in FARC area

[Bacchus4.0]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/11/world/americas/colombia-president-farc/index.html

Toribio, Colombia (CNN) -- Boos from residents and occasional gunfire from rebel forces in nearby mountains greeted the arrival Wednesday of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in the southwestern town of Toribio, a rebel zone.

Santos, who arrived at noon, was in town to meet with villagers over their demands that both government soldiers and members of the rebel group Armed Revolutionary Front of Colombia leave the area.

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Dissatisfied with both the president and the FARC, hundreds of members of the local Nasa tribal community split into two groups, one of which marched to the FARC checkpoint and the other to a military compound two hours away by foot. Each carried the same message: Get out of Toribio.

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Santos has seen his ratings among Colombians drop in recent weeks because of the widespread perception that the security situation has gotten out of control during his leadership.

[Ian David]

1. He said to himself, "At least I'm not Mitt Romney at the NAACP." n/t

[COLGATE4]

2. He's letting all the gains Alvaro Uribe

made in security slip away, and people aren't happy about it.

[Bacchus4.0]

3. first I heard of his numbers slipping. He started out sky high n/t

s

[COLGATE4]

4. Lots of family members& friends in Colombia -

people are really apprehensive about how much the security situation has degraded under Santos. It seems to have reached the point where it shows up in the polls.