Colombia’s Álvaro Uribe Faces Scrutiny In Washington Over Lawsuit Alleging Drummond Supported Parami

[Judi Lynn]

Colombia’s Álvaro Uribe Faces Scrutiny In Washington Over Lawsuit Alleging Drummond Supported Paramilitaries
Posted by Roque Planas on Dec 6th, 2010

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Ex-president of Colombia and visiting scholar at Georgetown University, Álvaro Uribe Vélez

WASHINGTON — On Nov. 3, as ex-president of Colombia Álvaro Uribe left a class he teaches at Georgetown University as a visiting scholar, a second-year law student named Charity Ryerson hid behind the corner of the Inter-Cultural Center, waiting for a student perched on a hill in front of her to signal that Uribe was about to pass.

Gliding through a hole in his security detail, Ryerson poked Uribe in the chest with a subpoena to appear for depositions in a civil suit accusing Drummond Company of supporting Colombian paramilitaries. “No! No! No!” Uribe said, throwing his hands in the air, according to Ryerson who dropped the document at his feet as process servers often do when someone won’t accept a summons.

Uribe’s appointment as a visiting scholar has touched off a controversy at Georgetown. Many observers credit the U.S.-backed leader’s military offense against the FARC—Latin America’s longest lasting guerrilla army—with restoring a measure of security to a country mired in civil war and drugtrafficking violence for over half a century.

“Having such a distinguished world leader at Georgetown will further the important work of students and faculty engaging important global issues,” according to Georgeown’s president, John DeGioia

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1. Santos trying to shield uribito

http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/nacional/video-239138-sobrevuelo-zona-del-desastre

Santos' ambassador in Washington has petitioned the U.S. State Department to grant "soverignity immunity" to uribito so he will not have to testify in the Drummond case.

Drummond attorney Terry Collingworth said that in his opinion the immunity will not be granted because immunity is only granted to standing heads of state. (President uribito became Citizen uribito that past August.)

Collingworth said he would file documents in federal court this week that certify that Citizen uribito did not show up for deposition a couple of weeks ago and that a contempt of court motion would be filed.

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