Bush, Colombia & Narco-Politics
Posted by Anders den mars 9, 2008
Andrés Cala, Consortiumnews.com: Bush, Colombia & Narco-Politics
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The Bush administration defended Colombia’s right to attack “terrorists” even if that requires crossing a border, a position echoed by this year’s presidential candidates, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Indeed, from the opinion circles of Washington, there was almost no criticism of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe although his inner circle has long been linked to both right-wing terrorism and cocaine trafficking.
Last August, journalist Andres Calas examined the new evidence about Uribe’s ties to this dark underworld of Latin American violence. We are republishing that special report below:
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George W. Bush’s strategy of countering Venezuela’s leftist president Hugo Chávez by strengthening ties to Colombia’s rightist government has been undercut by fresh evidence of high-level drug corruption and human rights violations implicating President Alvaro Uribe’s inner circle.
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