Colombian President worries about Obama
 
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 23:01:51 -0500 (CDT)


>From dave@narconews.com Thu Apr  3 16:15:49 2008

Dear Colleague,

Narco News founder and publisher Al Giordano returns to the helm of our 
international newspaper this week from a nine month leave of absence " 
during which he was reporting the US presidential primaries " with a 
report on Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's attack yesterday on US 
Senator Barack Obama:

"Colombian President Alvaro Uribe revealed his worry about the US 
presidential contest this week to the Bogota daily El Tiempo: 'I deplore 
that Senator Obama, aspiring to be president of the US, ignores Colombia's 
efforts.'

"By 'efforts,' Uribe referred to his administration's public relations 
campaign to improve Colombia's deserved reputation as the hemisphere's 
worst abuser of human rights, particularly as they apply to workers and 
unions. Senator Barack Obama, on Wednesday, had cited "the violence 
against unions in Colombia" as his primary reason for opposing a proposed 
US-Colombia 'free trade' agreement.

"That Uribe singled-out Obama is revealing "

Giordano goes on to document the long relationship between Uribe, the 
Colombian far right, and the political organization of former president 
Bill and Senator Hillary Clinton (it was the Clinton White House that 
launched the multi-billion dollar "Plan Colombia" military intervention in 
Colombia in 2000), describes the multiple breaks in Clinton-Bush policies 
toward Latin America that Obama has advocated during his campaign, and 
revisits the history of Senator Clinton's role in obtaining the passage of 
the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada.

Your own comments, opinions, corrections and additions to this story are 
cordially invited via The Narcosphere " stay tuned for the coming redesign 
of the participatory section of Narco News " where Al looks forward to 
conversing with us once again.

From everyone here in the Narco Newsroom, we know you welcome with us 
Giordano's return and look forward to the news that he'll report " and the 
sparks that usually fly when he does.

From somewhere in a country called America,

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