Uribe meets with US Congressmen to seek support for Colombia opposition

[Judi Lynn]

Uribe meets with US Congressmen to seek support for Colombia opposition
Feb 13, 2015 posted by Adriaan Alsema


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Alvaro Uribe (L) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R) (Photo: Mario Diaz-Balart)
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Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe met with Senator Marco Rubio and three US house representatives to seek foreign support for his opposition to ongoing peace talks with rebel group FARC and the perceived political persecution against his political party.

According to the now-opposition senator, the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos is “negotiating impunity” with the FARC while allowing a decrease of public security Uribe had established when president between 2002 and 2010.

Amid decreasing political influence inside Colombia, Uribe went abroad to seek support for his opposition to the talks and demands that justice be imposed on FARC members in the event of a peace accord.

The conservative opposition leader on Wednesday was received in the office of Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) to meet with the Florida representative, fellow Florida Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democratic Party Representative Henry Cuellar from Texas.



More:
http://colombiareports.co/uribe-meets-us-congressmen-seek-support-colombia-opposition/

[forest444]

1. He's probably sorry Pablo Escobar couldn't join him.

He owes everything to him, after all.

Then again if he sat down with Rubio, perhaps Reinaldo Bermudez made an appearance.