Word: colombia
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Keita's visit to Harvard is the first in a three-stop tour of the Americas. Today, the prime minister leaves for Bogota, Colombia to attend the Summit of Non-Alignment Nations. On Oct. 25, Keita will address the United Nations General Assembly on the progress of democratization in Africa...
Five gunmen jumped out of a van and fired automatic rifles at a car carrying an attorney for Colombian President Ernesto Samper this morning, wounding the lawyer and killing two of his bodyguards. A previously unknown group calling itself Movement for a Dignified Colombia claimed responsibility and demanded the resignation of Samper, who is beset with accusations that his campaign accepted contributions from the Cali cocaine cartel. Tuesday, the President was questioned at his palace by the head of a congressional commission that is investigating charges that Samper accepted contributions from the Cali cocaine cartel. "The commission is credible," reports...
...year has passed since president Ernesto Samper Pizano of Colombia was first accused of taking millions of dollars for his 1994 presidential campaign from the cocaine-rich Rodriguez brothers of Cali--time enough for him to emerge as a strong and conscientious leader. A poll two weeks ago by Semana magazine gave Samper a 63% approval rating. Last week, however, all that trust came unraveled. Explosive allegations by a former close aide implicated Samper more forcefully than ever, and brought the survival of his presidency into doubt...
Medina, under questioning by investigators for Colombia's independent chief prosecutor, Alfonso Valdivieso, not only gave up Botero but also claimed that the dirty money was raised with Samper's full knowledge...
Samper, 45, said he would answer Medina's charges "one by one." Botero--whose father Fernando Botero Angulo is Colombia's most famous painter--also denied the accusations, saying he only stepped down so he could devote time to preparing his defense. "I cannot prolong a situation in which my personal integrity and my family's honor are questioned," he said...