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Mr Uribe has said he "never ordered, insinuated or considered an illegal option" .

Uribe said the operation was admirable in many ways, and it was a triumph for the armed forces, and respectful of human rights.

Juan Manuel Santos resigned as defence minister to launch a presidential bid but said he would not run against Mr Uribe.

If Mr Uribe keeps bad company, it is the result of an instinctive reluctance to leave any political space to his right.

Mr Uribe's reaction was characteristically combative. He asked Congress to call a referendum on the legitimacy of his term.

Manuel Uribe was rolled through the streets of Monterrey, Mexico on an iron bed with wheels as a crowd cheered him on.

Since the summer of 2002, Uribe has been bedridden, relying on his mother and friends to feed and clean him.

Uribe tried to help Garza by sending him kiwis, grapefruit, pears and a protein supplement.

Mr Uribe has failed to reform burdensome labour laws that force younger Colombians into a vast informal economy.

Some Turks grumbled privately that Mr Uribe (apparently Mr Ban's choice) might be too pro-American to be objective.

Mr Uribe himself capitalised with a barrage of radio interviews calling for the continuation of his policies.

For Mr Uribe's opponents, these troubling stories are proof that the president is in league with the paramilitaries.

In security, the task of the next government will be to consolidate Mr Uribe's achievement while adjusting his policies to new threats.

Most shocking is the case of Jorge Noguera, whom Mr Uribe appointed as head of the state intelligence service.

Uribe; ColombiaThe president criticized U. S. lawmakers for blocking a vote on a free trade deal with Colombia which he says is.

Later this month or early next the Constitutional Court will rule on the validity of a law that would clear Mr Uribe's path.

I am often asked questions about this, and so Eugene Cruz-Uribe (ECU) and I (NCS) have put here a page answering the main questions.

Mr Uribe named Mr Noguera consul in Milan to remove him from the fray of the allegations.

And it was a disaster for the FARC and its sympathisers in Latin America who hoped to use the hostage issue to weaken Mr Uribe.

lvaro Uribe, to run for a third consecutive term at an election next year received final approval from the country's Congress.

Mr Uribe, a Liberal who ran as an independent and behaved as a Conservative, upset that pattern.

Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, had made her release a personal priority, and pressed Mr Uribe to negotiate with the guerrillas.

But Mr Uribe's second term did not start smoothly.

But after close initial cooperation, Chavez and Washington ally Uribe have bickered over the Venezuelan's mediation.

"I'm not selling even a quarter of what I sold before, " says Mr Uribe.

Mr Uribe points out that when his country was suffering its worst violence, America was unwavering in its support.

Uribe's outing was a celebration of his nearly 400-pound weight loss.

Few issues are more sensitive for Mr Uribe than the alleged sheltering of Colombia's FARC and ELN guerrillas by its neighbours.

However, Mr Uribe at first sought to go further and impose fines of up to $13, 000 for doctors who prescribe beyond what the list allows.

Sabas Pretelt, a former interior minister, is charged with bribing a congressman to vote to let Mr Uribe run for re-election in 2006.

By following their example Mr Uribe might enter history as a democrat who saved his country.

Dozens of students protested against President Alvaro Uribe's government and the Free Trade Agreement (TLC) with the US.

A vibrating machine that helps to increase blood circulation sits outside Manuel Uribe's home in Monterrey, Mexico.

Aacute; lvaro Uribe was elected president of Colombia in May 2002 and was sworn into office amid tight security three months later.

Colombia has several other plausible candidates to choose from who could build on Mr Uribe's achievements.

alvaro Uribe, who at some political cost had resisted pressure to negotiate the release of Ms Betancourt.

Though Mr Uribe has sometimes wavered on this, he again rejected it this week.

The freeing of Ingrid Betancourt and other guerrilla hostages is a political apotheosis for President alvaro Uribe.

The country's Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of nine legislators who support Mr Uribe and who are accused of such links.

Palin then met Uribe behind closed doors at residence of Colombia's United Nations ambassador.

The bloodshed comes six days before elections to choose a successor to President Alvaro Uribe.

During a private meeting with Mr Uribe he is reported to have said: "You govern until August 7th, Mr President. "

Their verdict means that Mr Uribe is barred from ever seeking the presidency again, not just this year.

The court might reject it, over procedure, or rule that Mr Uribe could stand only in 2014.

The government of Juan Manuel Santos, who replaced Mr Uribe last August, sees these outfits as the biggest security threat it faces.

Since Mr Santos served as Mr Uribe's defence minister, he has focused on attacking the group's leaders to cause disarray in the ranks.

Secondly, President Uribe of Columbia has been diagnosed with swine flu, I wonder if China has sent any message to him?

The Democrats who are fed up with Mr Uribe are thinking of blocking a pending free-trade agreement with Colombia.

Many of the capable Colombians in business and academia who once supported Mr Uribe now want change.

The greatest service Mr Uribe could do his country is to depart in 2010.

Garza lived about an hour away from Uribe in the town of Juarez.

Some of Mr Uribe's closest aides have also been hauled into court.

In Colombia, it is conceivable only in the climate of greater security that Mr Uribe has created.

Uribe's fiancee, Claudia Solis, delivered the food on Friday evening.

Mr Uribe had resisted calls for negotiations to secure their release.

It is high time that Mr Uribe let his country begin the stringent presidential debate it so badly needs.

lvaro Uribe, the country's president until earlier this year, vastly increased spending on security.

But Mr Uribe is in no position to ignore such views.

That was because of a new bout of squabbling between Mr Uribe, the opposition and the judges that has overshadowed the bills.

Yet on July 15th Mr Uribe's defence minister, Gabriel Silva, revealed new evidence to the press.

But Uribe also surrendered his Teflon coating.

Best-placed to do that is Juan Manuel Santos, Mr Uribe's former defence minister, who immediately announced his candidacy.

Mr Uribe refuses to go down that route again.

Mr Uribe has himself lobbied bosses of cruise-ship firms.

Mr Uribe also objected to the bill's use of the term "internal armed conflict" .

The biggest one is Colombia's combative president, Á lvaro Uribe.

Critics of Mr Santos, who increasingly include Mr Uribe, say the government has let down its guard on security.

However, when they do give testimony back home, it can be embarrassing for Mr Uribe's government.

It is already clear that his government will be more technocratic and more centrist than Mr Uribe's populist conservatism.

Mr Santos's U Party (that's U for Uribe) won 25% of the valid votes, and increased its representation in the 102-seat Senate to 28, from 20.

Uribe has been suffering from morbid obesity since 1992.

Mr Uribe is less convinced that capital controls can do much to affect the exchange rate.

Mr Santos is cooler and more diplomatic than Mr Uribe.

According to Invamer-Gallup, a pollster, Mr Uribe's approval rating has remained steady at between 70% and 80% over the past year.

The obvious explanation is a big security build-up under Á lvaro Uribe, who was elected president in 2002.

Over the past 6 years, Uribe has never been to due to being overweight and bed.

Uribe says his goal is to weigh 285 pounds by 2010, meaning he would have lost a record 950 pounds. For MSNBC. com, I'm Dara Brown.

Mr Uribe promised not to lock up members of paramilitary groups