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Colombia's Uribe sees popularity slip to 78 pct

                   
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Sep 3, 2008
        
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's popularity has slipped to 78 percent after touching record highs in July amid euphoria over the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt, according to a Gallup poll released on Wednesday. Betancourt, a French-Colombian national abducted by leftist rebels during her 2002 presidential campaign and freed in a dramatic army intelligence operation on... [read full story]                    

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An exclusive interview with President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia

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Alvaro Uribe is the most popular president in the history of Latin America, with an unprecedented 85 percent popularity rating in Colombia. The president seldom gives interviews, but for Radio Netherlands Worldwide he...

                   

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Betancourt 2nd most popular politician in Colombia

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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Ingrid Betancourt, rescued in July after six years in leftist rebel captivity, is the second most popular politician in Colombia after President Alvaro Uribe, according to a...