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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe??s visit to campus drew passionate responses this past Friday, as a group of Colombian students presented the president with a letter criticizing his decision to seek a third term in office while a number of local residents protested outside Uribe??s speech at the Institute of Politics...
...Uribe??s plan to seek a third term in office by amending the Colombian Constitution took center stage when he began fielding questions from the audience. Were Uribe to succeed, it would mark the second time he has passed an amendment in order to remain in power...
...referendum that is pending to allow yourself to serve a third term could set a dangerous precedent for future leaders,” Jake Sloane ’12 told the President, before asking about Uribe??s reasons for seeking office yet again...
Alex W. Palmer ’12, a member of the IOP forum committee, said he enjoyed the event despite Uribe??s somewhat evasive responses. “People like him got to where they are in the world by knowing how to spin questions to say what they want to say,” Palmer noted...
Coatsworth said the “linchpin” of support for Uribe??s hard-line policies will come from the United States...