Uribe looks to stop leftist insurgents
Strengthened by his landslide presidential re-election, staunch U.S. ally Alvaro Uribe declared Monday that he will fulfill his “huge responsibility” to Colombia. In Colombia’s least violent election in more than a decade, Uribe won a second term with 62 percent of the votes on Sunday — far outpacing his closest rival. Colombians overwhelmingly returned Uribe to office — the first time for an incumbent in more than a century — because of a surge of economic growth and a decline in crime and violence. Full Story