Colombian President Attacks the Press
It was a most unpresidential spectacle: President Alvaro Uribe upbraiding the editor of Colombia’s top news magazine on morning talk radio for rekindling a corruption scandal just weeks before he stands for re-election. The magazine Semana had doggedly reported on allegations of fraud in Uribe’s 2002 election victory, a conspiracy to assassinate leftist and union activists, and the leaking of sensitive information to drug traffickers and right-wing paramilitary groups. Full Story