Colombia: Uribe plan to install ex-prez as ambassador backfires

Former Colombian president Andres Pastrana (image) resigned as ambassador to the U.S. after president Alvaro Uribe planned to give the ambassadorship of France to ex-president Ernesto Samper. Pastrana’s resignation has been part of an uproar by the U.S. government and Colombia’s diplomatic community against Samper, who was a staunch supporter of Uribe's reelection bid, defeated by Pastrana in 1998, and embroiled in controversy over corruption during his mandate.

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