Alvaro Uribe is among the most remarkable political leaders in recent history, but few North Americans know much about him. When he became president in 2002, some said Colombia was in its death throes. Homicides and kidnappings were common, paramilitary drug traffickers controlled half of the country, and a crippling 16 percent unemployment rate dashed hopes of material progress. By the time Uribe left in 2010, the violence had plunged, many of the paramilitary troops had been demobilized, and the investment rate had more than doubled to 28 percent of GDP. Some of that success can be attributed to Uribe’s willingness to challenge Ecuador and Venezuela for harboring Colombia’s narcoterrorists and to his village-by-village efforts to revive civil society. To Read More…..
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