Alvaro Uribe

AUTHORITIES found and deactivated a bomb yesterday at a Buenos Aires theatre where former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was due to deliver a speech. Mr Uribe, known for tough law-and-order policies during his 2002-10 presidency in Colombia, was ...  

Colombia's ex-president Alvaro Uribe almost target of bomb in Argentina theatre  

Argentina officials found a bomb in a theater in Buenos Aires where ex-Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is scheduled to speak Wednesday.  

Authorities found and deactivated a bomb at a theater in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires where former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was to deliver a speech.  

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine police defused a bomb discovered in the ceiling of a Buenos Aires theater Tuesday, and authorities said it was timed to explode during an appearance there by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.  

The Gran Rex Theater is located at 800 Corrientes Avenue, downtown Buenos Aires City. An anti bomb squad closed off Corrientes Avenue outside Gran Rex Theatre today after a suspicious package was found at the interior of the theatre’s premises.  

The device was found a week after another Colombian politician, Fernando Londono, was targeted in a bomb attack in the Colombian capital, Bogota. Mr Londono, who served as justice and interior minister under Mr Uribe, was injured in the attack ...  

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was able to give a conference on leadership following Tuesday’s discovery of a small explosive device hidden in the Gran Rex theatre. Sources of the conference organization said that the former Colombian president ...  

Authorities found and deactivated a bomb on Tuesday in a Buenos Aires theater where former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was due to deliver a speech. Uribe, known for tough law-and-order policies during his 2002 to 2010 presidency ...  

The government of President Juan Manuel Santos expressed “absolute support” for former president Alvaro Uribe after the discovery yesterday of an explosive device hidden at the Gran Rex Theatre in Buenos Aires, in the centre of the Argentinean capital ...  

The government of President Juan Manuel Santos expressed “absolute support” for former president Alvaro Uribe after the discovery yesterday of an explosive device hidden at the Gran Rex Theatre in Buenos Aires, in the centre of the Argentinean capital ...  

It’s not unusual in Latin American politics for presidents to clash with their predecessors who once helped elect them, but the current feud between former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and President Juan Manuel Santos goes beyond anything I’ve seen in a long time.  

Police on Tuesday defused a pair of powerful firecrackers hidden in a Buenos Aires theater and apparently timed to explode just when a crowd of high-paying guests would have gathered to greet former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. A theater ...  

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine police on Tuesday defused an explosive device hidden in a theatre where former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was scheduled to speak, raising suspicions that left-wing Colombian rebels may have been involved ...  

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine police on Tuesday were defusing a bomb discovered in the ceiling of a Buenos Aires theater only hours before former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was scheduled to speak there. The bomb, which could have been ...  

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is scheduled to speak there Wednesday. Last week, a former top official from Uribe's administration survived an assassination attempt -- a daylight bombing in Colombia's capital. Uribe was Colombia's president from ...  

Argentine authorities have found and deactivated a bomb at a Buenos Aires theatre where former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe Velez had been due to deliver a speech. Uribe, known for tough law-and-order policies during his 2002 to 2010 presidency in ...  

Colombian former President Alvaro Uribe arrived this morning at the Gran Rex Theater located downtown Buenos Aires City where he is due to give a conference this afternoon. Yesterday, police defused a small explosive device hidden in the stage, raising ...  

Argentine police defuse bomb hidden in theater chandelier ahead of Alvaro Uribe speech  

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Police on Tuesday defused a pair of powerful firecrackers hidden in a Buenos Aires theater and apparently timed to explode just when a crowd of high-paying guests would have gathered to greet former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.  

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Police on Tuesday defused a pair of powerful firecrackers hidden in a Buenos Aires theater and apparently timed to explode just when a crowd of high-paying guests would have gathered to greet former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.  

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Police on Tuesday defused a pair of powerful firecrackers hidden in a Buenos Aires theater and apparently timed to explode just when a crowd of high-paying guests would have gathered to greet former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. A theater employee found the explosives lodged in a light fixture in the Gran Rex theater, authorities said.  

Authorities found and deactivated a bomb Tuesday at a Buenos Aires theater where former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was due to deliver a speech. Uribe, known for tough law-and-order policies during his 2002-2010 presidency in Colombia, had been ...  

Extradited leader of the AUC paramilitary group Salvatore Mancuso said the 2006 reelection of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was financed by paramilitaries. In an interview with Caracol Radio, Mancuso revealed that he worked with Uribe ...  

Their nationally televised releases were ecstatic celebrations, cathartic moments for a conflict-weary Colombia. Their rebel captors had held them in the jungle, often in chains, for as many as 14 years. Yet soon the initial joy faded, replaced by ...  

The West AustralianEx-Colombia President Alvaro Uribe hurt falling off horse; son says injuries ...Washington PostBOGOTA, Colombia — Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been hurt in a fall from a horse but his son says the injuries are not serious. Jeronimo Uribe tells The Associated Press via text message Friday that his father lurched forward and hit ...Uribe falls off a horseColombia Reportsall 9 news articles »  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been hurt in a fall from a horse but his son says the injuries are not serious. Jeronimo Uribe tells The Associated Press via text message Friday that his father lurched ...  

In 2009, the Colombian government chastised the band for criticizing President Alvaro Uribe's military rigidity after Residente wore a shirt that read "Uribe paramilitary" during the televised MTV Music Awards. In 2011, the Dominican Republic ...  

said Friday he and his now-demobilized organization supported and financed the 2006 re-election campaign of then-President Alvaro Uribe. “I backed President Uribe’s re-election, both with the support we provided in the communities and with money ...  

In his first public interview in months, Mancuso spoke with Caracol Radio and revealed details about numerous persons involved in government scandals under the administration of former President Alvaro Uribe. Mancuso accused Restrepo of ...  

A U.S. court has called a close aide of former President Alvaro Uribe to testify in a unionist murder trial against U.S. coal company Drummond, reported Colombian newscast Noticias Uno Sunday. Former adviser to Colombia's ex-president Alvaro ...  

Venezuela is a haven for drug traffickers and terrorists and needs a new government to restore democratic values, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said. “Venezuela is a paradise for terrorists from Colombia, for narco-trafficking ...  

NEW YORK April 26 (Reuters) - Colombia must "stay the course" of security, investment and social cohesion to keep investor confidence high and terrorism at bay, the country's former President Alvaro Uribe said on Thursday. "The country is doing ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been hurt in a fall from a horse but his son says the injuries are not serious. Jeronimo Uribe tells The Associated Press via text message Friday that his father lurched forward and hit his chest in Wednesdays fall but was not hospitalized. He says his 59-year-old father fell while riding in Monteria, the capital of the province where the former president has a ranch. Alvaro...  

Uribe formally accused of forming paramilitary groupColombia ReportsA Colombian congressman Wednesday filed criminal charges against former President Alvaro Uribe for the former head of state's alleged role in the formation of a paramilitary group in the 1990s. The charges were based on testimonies of two ...and more »  

Colombia's Uribe Accused of Paramilitary InvolvementFox NewsApril 12, 2012: Colombia's Uribe accused of helping launch militia Colombia's former president, Álvaro Uribe.EFE Bogotá, Colombia – A leftist lawmaker asked the Colombian Attorney General's Office to investigate former President Alvaro Uribe for ...Uribe 'victim' in lawsuit against congressman accusing him of paramilitary tiesColombia ReportsUribe denies responsibility for vigilante...  

New book reveals Colombian ex-leader Uribe's alleged paramilitary tiesColombia ReportsA Colombian congressman and human rights defender have released a new edition of their book supposedly exposing the links between former president Alvaro Uribe and paramilitary groups, reported Colombian newspaper El Espectador Tuesday.and more »  

Families of three murdered Colombian unionists appealed a US court decision shielding former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe from testifying in the case against coal giant Drummond, reported Noticias Uno Sunday. A Washington D.C. federal judge ...  

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been hurt in a fall from a horse but his son says the injuries are not serious. Jeronimo Uribe tells The Associated Press via text message Friday that his father lurched forward and hit his chest in ...  

This time, the government is under pressure from the right and from supporters of former President Alvaro Uribe to cede nothing to the rebels. Uribe’s allies have been very critical of Santos, accusing him of letting the security situation get ...  

The ties between Venezuela and Colombia were strained when Alvaro Uribe was Colombia's president. However, bilateral relations seem to have improved considerably after Juan Manuel Santos succeeded Uribe as the Colombian president in August 2010.  

The competitiveness in the region and the fight against drugs dominated the press conference given today by former Mexican and Colombian presidents Vicente Fox and Alvaro Uribe Velez, respectively. Both of them were speakers at the World Business Forum ...  

PR Web (press release)Former Colombian President at New York City Global Services ConferencePR Web (press release)Emmy-award winning journalist Rafael Romo of CNN Worldwide joins Former President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe live on stage at Nearshore Nexus. We're very proud to be able to host a statesman like Former President Uribe whose efforts to transform Colombia ...and more »  

The slaying proved poignant for many Colombians who remembered the day Dominguez regained his freedom, he sang a song he had written about his kidnapping to then-President Alvaro Uribe. "How it changes our lives," he sang before Uribe.  

As such, it's no surprise that Colombia's then president Alvaro Uribe welcomed the new regime shortly thereafter. In a letter addressed to President Lobo, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Joel Simon, called for attention to ...  

Londono was interior minister from 2002 to 2004 in the government of former President Alvaro Uribe, who led a crackdown on the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and other armed groups during his eight years in office. Local television ...  

Much of this achievement was due to the extraordinary presidency of Alvaro Uribe, one of the greatest counter-insurgency leaders of the past century, who between 2002 and 2010 all but defeated FARC and created the security which has made prosperity possible.  

The event was inaugurated with an engaging keynote address from Former President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, who stressed that LatAm is a large growing market of 600Mn people (half of them middle class) who are open for business. Due to progressive policies ...  

Glencore, which never ended up owning the land, said its involvement had been at the behest of then President Alvaro Uribe, as part of a resettlement programme. "We have made clear we do not want this land and have no interest whatsoever in it for our ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian judge has revoked an arrest warrant for a former official who was a close associate of ex-President Alvaro Uribe. Prosecutors last month obtained the order for the arrest of former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo ...  

Relations between Colombia and Venezuela have warmed considerably since the election of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in 2010, after his predecessor Alvaro Uribe repeatedly clashed with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. In July 2010 Chavez broke off ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian judge has revoked an arrest warrant for a former official who was a close associate of ex-President Alvaro Uribe. Prosecutors last month obtained the order for the arrest of former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos ...  

The bomb was set to be detonated Wednesday afternoon, when former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was scheduled to be at the Gran Rex theater, Judge Norberto Oyarbide told reporters. "It was a simple apparatus, but one that could have caused the death of ...  

11 de mayo de 2012, 14:51Bogota, May 11 (Prensa Latina) New revelations made today by ex paramilitary leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), Salvatore Mancuso, compromise ex President Alvaro Uribe, former officials and businessmen with ...  

Colombia's security has drastically improved since 2002, when the government under Alvaro Uribe launched a strong offensive against the country's insurgency groups. Since Juan Manuel Santos took power in 2010, these groups have continued to weaken and lose ...  

Some people based their answers on economics, urging Obama “not to sign the Free Trade Agreement with Colombia,” which has been a work in progress since the presidency of Alvaro Uribe. Others, meanwhile, demanded that the man they consider the most ...  

Its fighters still carry out attacks on Colombian security forces and other targets despite tough security measures enforced by former President Alvaro Uribe, who completed his term in office last August. The strong anti-militant policies and related ...  

He became the chief under President Alvaro Uribe and was retained when Santos assumed the presidency in August 2010. The chief praised the 167,000 men and women in the police and expressed thanks for their service. "Everything comes and everthing goes ...  

BUENOS AIRES -- Authorities found a bomb Tuesday at a Buenos Aires theater where former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was to deliver a speech, a judicial source said. "During an inspection, security personnel found the bomb in a lamp in the theater.  

A stringent critic of the FARC, Londono was interior and justice minister in 2002-2003 under former President Alvaro Uribe. He hosts a daily radio show called "The Hour of Truth" and firmly opposes peace talks with the FARC, calling the rebels "terrorists ...  

A stringent critic of the FARC, Londono was interior and justice minister in 2002-2003 under former President Alvaro Uribe. He hosts a daily radio show called "The Hour of Truth" and firmly opposes peace talks with the FARC, calling the rebels ...  

An archconservative and a stringent critic of the FARC, Londono was interior and justice minister in 2002-2003 under former President Alvaro Uribe. He hosts a daily radio show called "The Hour of Truth" and firmly opposes peace talks with the ...  

Londono's driver and a bodyguard died in the blast. Local TV showed a bloodied Londono, who was in the Cabinet of former President Alvaro Uribe, being escorted from the scene, but he was reported to be in stable condition. The explosion took ...  

Some conservatives, including the previous president, Alvaro Uribe, contend that Santos has lost momentum against the FARC after a decade of weakening the rebels, in particular by hunting down and killing their top leaders. Associated Press ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia—A Colombian judge has revoked an arrest warrant for a former official who was a close associate of ex-President Alvaro Uribe. Prosecutors last month obtained the order for the arrest of former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos ...  

He became the chief under President Alvaro Uribe and was retained when Santos assumed the presidency in August 2010. The chief praised the 167,000 men and women in the police and expressed thanks for their service. "Everything comes and ...  

He became the chief under President Alvaro Uribe and was retained when Santos assumed the presidency in August 2010. The chief praised the 167,000 men and women in the police and expressed thanks for their service. "Everything comes and ...  

“Fortunately, Dr London is stable condition in the hospital,” Santos said. Londono was interior minister under former president Alvaro Uribe, a hardliner who governed from 2002 to 2010. The Red Cross said five people were killed in the ...  

Londono served as interior minister from 2002 to 2004 in the government of former President Alvaro Uribe, who led a crackdown on the FARC Marxist guerrillas and other armed groups during his eight years in office. He has since taken up ...  

The bomb was set off to kill Londoño, who served as interior minister from 2002 to 2004 under former President Alvaro Uribe, President Juan Manuel Santos said. Londoño was wounded, but he is out of danger, Santos, who served as defense ...  

In any case, the FTA has finally been implemented, and that must be a good thing, since the far-left guerillas in Colombia chose to “celebrate” the occasion by trying to kill one of former President Alvaro Uribe’s ministers today in a ...  

where one of Argentina's premier theatres – the Gran Rex in Buenos Aires – had to be evacuated after a bomb was discovered prior to a planned speech at the venue by the former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe. The explosive device ...