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'''Alvaro Uribe Velez''' (July 4th, 1952 - ) is the President of the [[Republic of Colombia]].  Alvaro Uribe was born in Medellin, capital of the department of Antioquia in Colombia.  Uribe holds a degree in law from the Universidad de Antioquia and a post-graduate degree in Management and Administration from Harvard University. From 1998 to 1999 after being awarded the [[Simon Bolivar]] fellowship by the British Council in Bogotá, he worked as an associate professor at Oxford University. He is a close Bush ally and perhaps the greatest president in modern Colombian history for his steadfast alliance with the United States.

 

 

'''Alvaro Uribe Velez''' (July 4th, 1952 - ) is the President of the [[Republic of Colombia]].  Alvaro Uribe was born in Medellin, capital of the department of Antioquia in Colombia.  Uribe holds a degree in law from the Universidad de Antioquia and a post-graduate degree in Management and Administration from Harvard University. From 1998 to 1999 after being awarded the [[Simon Bolivar]] fellowship by the British Council in Bogotá, he worked as an associate professor at Oxford University. He is a close Bush ally and has been criticized by human rights groups for oppressive policies and failing to protect his citizens from terror[http://web.amnesty.org/web/content.nsf/pages/gbr_colombia].

==Early career==

==Early career==

==Opposition to Alvaro Uribe==

==Opposition to Alvaro Uribe==

Although Uribe was democratically elected with 62 per cent of the vote and has built roads and lowered crime rates in major cities, he has been harshly criticized by human rights groups for blatant violations of human rights. There are accusations that Uribe has personal connections to the right-wing terrorist group the AUC (United Self-Defence group of Colombia). The Colombian military is known to work hand-in-hand with this terrorist group because they share a common enemy, the leftist FARC, which is also a terrorist group.[http://www.colombiajournal.org/colombia236.htm]. Protestors in Washington and Bogota harshly condemn Uribe and his regime, calling him an "assassin". They point to the fact that of the 400 Union leaders murdered in Colombia, only 10 convictions have resulted[http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/demonstrators-in-washington-call-uribe-an-assassin-pictures/]. Amnesty International has condemned the Uribe regime for its brutal violations of human rights [http://web.amnesty.org/web/content.nsf/pages/gbr_colombia].

Although Uribe was democratically elected with 62 per cent of the vote and has built roads and lowered crime rates in major cities, he has been harshly criticized by human rights groups for blatant violations of human rights. There are accusations that Uribe has personal connections to the right-wing terrorist group the AUC (United Self-Defence group of Colombia). The Colombian military is known to work hand-in-hand with this terrorist group because they share a common enemy, the leftist FARC, which is also a terrorist group.[http://www.colombiajournal.org/colombia236.htm]. Protestors in Washington and Bogota harshly condemn Uribe and his regime, calling him an "assassin". They point to the fact that of the 400 Union leaders murdered in Colombia, only 10 convictions have resulted[http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/demonstrators-in-washington-call-uribe-an-assassin-pictures/]. Leftist Amnesty International has condemned the Uribe regime for its brutal violations of human rights [http://web.amnesty.org/web/content.nsf/pages/gbr_colombia].

==Source==

==Source==