Popular Posts
- MEXICO: 2 Girls Scale U.S. Border Fence... In Under 18 Seconds.
- VENEZUELA: China Will Help Finance 3 New Power Plants For $520 Million In Oil.
- POLAND: Palikot Already Stirring The Parliamentary Pot...With Request To Remove Crucifix.
- BRASIL: Contract To Build Belo Monte Dam Is Awarded; Bloodshed Threatened.
- CHILE: Navy's Touring Tall Ship...Has Sordid Past.
- RUSSIA / GERMANY : Nein! Germany Withdraws Quadriga Prize For Putin.
- MEXICO: 28 April UPDATE: More Death Discovered In Durango...As Body Count Grows Again By 8; Total 104...So Far.
- SERBIA / LIBYA : Are Serbian Mercenary Pilots Bombing Protestors In Tripoli?
- CHILE / NEW ZEALAND: Santiago Eyes Volcanos For Geothermal Energy.
- COLOMBIA / PERU / CHILE / MEXICO: New "Pacific Alliance" Begins.
02 February 2010
COLOMBIA: Uribe Remains Popular, Favored For Election.
MERCOPRESS/ If Colombia's Constitutional Court authorizes a referendum on a second consecutive re-election, Uribe will lead ALL the current candidates. A recent poll shows 46.21% support for Uribe compared to 8.08% for independent Sergio Fajardo and 7.89% for Rafael Pardo from the Liberal party. Other hopefuls such as the former mayor of Bogotá, Antanas Mockus follows with 5.53%; former conservative minister Noemi Sanin, 5.48% and Gustavo Petro from the Alternative Democratic Pole, 3.51%. The court has three months to rule for the May 30 election.
