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He was elected Senator for the periods 1986-1990 and 1990-1994, terms during which he received the Star Senator, Senator with the Best Programs and Best Senator awards.

He was elected Senator for the periods 1986-1990 and 1990-1994, terms during which he received the Star Senator, Senator with the Best Programs and Best Senator awards.

==Opposition to Alvaro Uribe==

==Situation in 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. 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].

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 alleged violations of human rights. There are accusations that Uribe has personal connections to the United Self-Defence group of Colombia (AUC) terrorist group. The Colombian military is known to work hand-in-hand with this terrorist group because they share a common enemy, the leftist terrorist group FARC. Protestors in Washington and Bogota have condemned Uribe and his regime, calling him an "assassin". They allege of the arond the number of 400 Union leaders killed in Colombia, there have been 10 convictions so far.[http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/demonstrators-in-washington-call-uribe-an-assassin-pictures/]. Amnesty International in a statement acknowledged, "undoubtedly, Colombia is facing an extremely difficult situation due to the action of armed groups refusing to respect international humanitarian law and to acknowledge the right of the civilian population to stay out of the hostilities" but "expressed dismay for the measures adopted to guarantee greater security are being aime at others whose security against abuses of power maybe undermined." [http://web.amnesty.org/web/content.nsf/pages/gbr_colombia].

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