Uribe asks for international protection against ‘political persecution’
May 15, 2015
Uribe asks for international protection against ‘political persecution’
posted by Talor Gruenwald
While in Washington DC, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe decried the recent convictions of political allies, asking for their international protection against what he has called “political persecution”.
Uribe was in Washington on Wednesday to receive an award from the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) for “advancing the hispanic community in the United States.”
During the acceptance speech, however, he also took the opportunity to comment on recent political events in Colombia.
Uribe denounced the convictions of his former chief of staff, Bernardo Moreno, and former spy chief, Maria Del Pilar Hurtado, as politically motivated and an example of how he feels the courts have grown beholden to political factions.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/uribe-asks-for-international-protection-against-political-persecution/
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