The Economist (US), March 18th, 2006
The president eyes the vote next time
Set fair for a second term
HE WAS not a candidate, but the clear winner of Colombia's legislative election on March 12th was Alvaro Uribe. The president's supporters swept two-thirds of the seats in the Senate and won a clear majority in the lower house. That outcome suggests that Mr Uribe himself will win a second term in a presidential election in May, and, if so, that he should face few political difficulties in continuing his tough policies on security and drugs over the next four years.
In a region that has drifted to the left in the past few yea...
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