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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 03 > Third term possible for Uribe

Third term possible for Uribe

By Chris Kraul / The Bulletin
September 3, 2009

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has cleared the last legislative hurdle to running for a third term, a prospect that his U.S. allies look upon with ambivalence.

By an 85-5 vote, the lower house of Congress green-lighted a voter referendum early next year that, if passed,....

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