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Mr. Uribe’s administration, a staunch ally of the United States, has been highly critical of members of the Supreme Court and has proposed amending the Constitution to remove the investigations from the court’s jurisdiction
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"The government of President Uribe, in our opinion, has become an obstacle for the advancement of justice," HRW's Americas director Jose Miguel Vivanco told reporters
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The report accused Uribe of trying to obstruct the probes, instead of supporting them as he claims in his frequent trips to Washington
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Colombian government of blocking investigations into alleged links between paramilitaries and politicians
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The government of Colombia is thwarting efforts to prosecute paramilitaries and their accomplices, Human Rights Watch charged in a report
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Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe is threatening to sabotage investigations into whether some of his closest political allies are linked to right-wing death squads, a top human rights group said
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President Alvaro Uribe's government has consistently tried to obstruct legal efforts to rid Colombia of far-right militias and punish politicians and military officers who collaborated with them, according to a report
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"The history in Colombia right now is that labor leaders have been targeted for assassination, on a fairly consistent basis, and there have not been any prosecutions." Among the many falsehoods in this Presidential campaign, this is one of the w
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"Congress is coming back to Washington next month. One of the top priorities should be to approve this vital agreement with Colombia as well as (other trade pacts) with Panama and South Korea," Bush said
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Latin America's plunging commodities and fleeing investors are putting an end to the fastest period of economic growth in the region in more than three decades