Originally posted by: fallout man
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
No, you're claiming that Uribe's Government is ineffective and corrupt. I'm calling you out on that. Back it up.
Because Colombia tries to
http://www.reuters.com/article...stCrisis/idUSN14200865">blackmail</a> the US into feeding them more cold hard American taxpayer dollars.
"Oooga Booga! Oooga Booga! You no give funny money, you suffer New York streets full of COCA!"
Like that's not already a currently ongoing problem: "Oh no, coke will get 'slightly more expensive.'"
Also, Uribe is a douchebag who pulls things like
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap...a-Uribe-Reelection.php">this.</a> I don't really see anyone here sweating to support a third Putin term, but here we are discussing a South American president who:
BOGOTA, Colombia: Close supporters of President Alvaro Uribe in congress announced Wednesday that they would seek a constitutional amendment to allow the Colombian president to seek a third term in office.(1)
The pro-government "U" party, the largest bloc in Congress, said later this month they would begin collecting the 1.3 million signatures needed to force a referendum on allowing the popular conservative leader to run for a third consecutive term.
If a referendum is held and voters approve the amendment, it would still need to be approved by congress and then be greenlighted by the constitutional court.
"No army switches generals when it's winning the battle," said Luis Guillermo Giraldo, secretary general of the "U" party, which approved the proposal Wednesday at a party congress.
In the strongest indication yet that he wouldn't be tempted into seeking a third term, Uribe in August said Colombia should begin looking for his successor and even put forward a potential candidate: agricultural minister Felipe Arias
Today in Americas.
Ever since his landslide re-election last year, Uribe's supporters have hinted they would try to amend Colombia's constitution like they did in 2004 in order to tempt him into extending his stay in office.(2)
Opponents of a third term, among them several architects of his first re-election, warn against Uribe seeking a third term and say he hasn't done enough to rule out the possibility.
The U.S. government has been silent on whether it would be support another four-year term for its staunchest ally in the region.
Despite a scandal that has led to the arrest of more than a dozen of his congressional backers for alleged ties to right-wing militias, Uribe still enjoys approval ratings of over 70 percent, largely due to his government's security gains against leftist rebels(3) and one of South America's highest economic growth rates.
Recent surveys show that a little more than half of Colombians want Uribe to stay in power past 2010.(4)
Wow, he sounds like if God put Chavez and George W. Bush into a blender, pressed the button, and poured the liquid results into a gold-rimmed martini glass.
Where do I sign up?