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...Opposition is led by Álvaro Uribe, the former president, who fought the Farc while in office and is one of the most vitriolic critics of the peace process....
...“Peace would help us and any business in Colombia a lot,” says Javier Gutiérrez, chief executive of national energy company Ecopetrol, which has suffered from repeated rebel attacks on pipelines that have...
...- From ‘Africa rising’ to ‘Africa watching’ | By Javier Blas and Andrew England – Africa attracts monikers from international policymakers – and the odd journalist....
...President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and former president Álvaro Uribe of Colombia modelled a life-saving guayabera, the loosely fitting Caribbean dress shirt with two pockets at the waist....
...Its director, Carlos Uribe, sees it as a “little school for the arts”. There are two dozen soundproof rehearsal rooms under the auditorium....
...Javier Gutiérrez, chief executive, said the listing could raise as much as $8bn on current prices. Ecopetrol shares closed 2.3 per cent down on Thursday at 4,020 pesos....
...I am grateful for the aid, but it is time for the president to step back and let us work,” said Javier Alvarado, provincial mayor of Canete, another hard-hit area....
...Much of this recovery can be attributed to Colombian president Álvaro Uribe, whose campaign against armed groups has posted dramatic results....
...] demilitarizes these areas to avoid more deaths, “ said Angela Giraldo, the sister of Francisco Javier Giraldo, who was one of the hostages allegedly killed....
...Alvaro Uribe Velez, president of Colombia, said he sought congressional support for approval of a free trade agreement with the US....
...Latin America’s Politcal Economy of the Possible, by Javier Santiso, MIT Press, $27.95/£18.95 Latin America’s political landscape has changed beyond recognition in the past five years or so....
...Mr Uribe was due to meet Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in Madrid, French president Jacques Chirac in Paris, and Javier Solana, the European Union’s foreign and security policy chief...
...where Alvaro Uribe is expected to win a second term as president next month ? continue to pursue pragmatic, market-friendly policies and social reform....
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