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. Semana also reported that officials in the state security agency, known as DAS, allegedly plotted to destabilize the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Full Story
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