Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has long been one of Washington's strongest allies in Latin America. And despite new revelations about ties between his ruling party and violent paramilitary forces, he remains popular across the country. Yesterday Uribe announced the extradition of fourteen paramilitary leaders to the United States. We get an update on the "parapolitics" scandal, and the state of relations between Bogota and Washington.
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Paramilitaries and Politics in Colombia
Listen Wednesday, May. 14, 2008 at 1:06 p.m. in Politics
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Guests
Juan Forero
Reporter, National Public Radio (based in Bogota)
Michael Shifter
Vice President for Policy at Inter-American Dialogue; and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service
Mario Murillo
Associate Professor of Communications, Hofstra University; author, "Colombia and the United States : War, Unrest, and Destabilization" (Open Media)
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