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According to ambassador William Brownfield in Bogota, any country has the right to re elect their president indefinitely. He was referring of course to the pre eminent referendum to re write the Colombian Constitution, to, of course re elect Alvaro Uribe to a third term and may be a fourth term. President Obama clearly and diplomatically pointed to his counterpart President Uribe that "in the US 8 years is usually enough for the people" But Mr Brownfield refuted that by saying that President Obama was only referring to the US. Really?
Also Mr Brownsfield in years past was a vociferous opponent to the Hugo Chavez government when he was an ambassador to Caracas.
Well well. I classic case of political ambivalence or blunder.
"Así lo dijo en entrevista con el diario 'El País', de Cali, al afirmar que "es una decisión soberana para cualquier pueblo del mundo decidir si quieren ofrecer un término, dos términos, tres términos o términos ilimitados".
El diplomático se refirió a las palabras que su Presidente, Barack Obama, le dijo al jefe de Estado colombiano, Álvaro Uribe (en la pasada reunión de junio), acerca de que en E.U. dos periodos son suficientes y que "después de ocho años usualmente el pueblo desea un cambio".According to ambassador William Brownfield in Bogota, any country has the right to re... more
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