Soon after that, in May 2002, the former liberal politician of conservative leanings Álvaro Uribe, whose father had been killed by left-wing guerrillas, was sworn in as Colombian president.

Uribe was reelected in 2006 after a change in the constitution allowed presidents to be reelected.

For most of the period between 2002 and 2005, the FARC-EP was believed to be in a strategic withdrawal due to the increasing military and police actions of new president Álvaro Uribe, which led to the capture or desertion of many fighters and medium-level commanders.

Uribe ran for office on an anti-FARC-EP platform and was determined to defeat FARC-EP in a bid to create " confidence " in the country.

At 8 months old, the baby was removed from the area and Rojas didn't hear of the boy again until 31 December, when she heard Colombian President Álvaro Uribe say on the radio that the child was no longer with her captors.

Sánchez issued no walks ( the only runner reached on an error by third baseman Juan Uribe ) and struck out a career-high eleven hitters in the game, which was also his first major league complete game and shutout and the first no-hitter ever thrown at AT & T Park.

However, after the failure of the peace process and the activation of Plan Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez was elected President in 2002, starting a massive attack on terrorist groups, with cooperation from civil population, foreign aid and legal armed forces.

Uribe was re-elected in 2006.

He was the son of Salvador Allende Castro and Laura Gossens Uribe.

* Explosions went off near the parliament building as Colombia's President Álvaro Uribe was being sworn in, killing at least 10 people.

In 2004, Victor Garcia Uribe, a bus driver, was convicted of eight murders that took place in 2001.

Before his current role in politics Uribe was a lawyer.

Uribe was born in Medellin, the oldest of five children.

His father Alberto Uribe Sierra was a wealthy landowner.

In 1976 Uribe was Chief of Assets for the Public Enterprises of Medellín ( Empresas Públicas de Medellín ).

Uribe was elected one of Antioquia's senators from 1986 to 1990 and again from 1990 to 1994.

On July 9, 2011, five Padres pitchers combined for innings of no-hit pitching against the Los Angeles Dodgers before Juan Uribe hit a double, which was followed by a Dioner Navarro single that won the game, which had been scoreless up to that point.

The first winner was María Bibiana Uribe.

The Virgilio Uribe rowing tracks was built for the 1968 Olympics in one of the canals.

The extradition was signed by president Álvaro Uribe and Palmera was placed on a DEA aircraft bound for Florida.

In July 2006, a few days after President Uribe had appointed former president Ernesto Samper as Colombian ambassador to France, Pastrana told the President that he was " morally impeded " from participating in a government along with ex-president Samper.

The Conservative Party was committed to President Uribe ( who won the presidency as an independent ) and left former President Pastrana alone.

Several international financial institutions have praised the economic reforms introduced by former president Álvaro Uribe ( elected 7 August 2002 ), which include measures designed to reduce the public-sector deficit below 2. 5 % of GDP in 2004.

* Álvaro Uribe is elected President of Colombia in 2002, the first political independent to do so in more than a century and a half.

Alvaro Uribe is indeed a former member of the party, having crafted all of his political career prior to his election ( where he ran as an independent Liberal ) inside it, and has the strong backing of a substantial majority of the former Liberal elected congressmen ( classified as " Uribist " Liberals by the media ).

A shared tripartite co-presidency was elected among the participating delegates: Horacio Serpa Uribe from the Liberal Party, Álvaro Gómez Hurtado from National Salvation, and Antonio Navarro Wolff from the M-19.

On March 4, 1948, " Pag-urosa han mga Tunga-on ", the association that led the campaign to make Tunga a municipality, was organized and it elected Domingo A. Ponferrada, President ; Martino Ariza, 1st Vice President ; Blas Uribe, 2nd Vice President ; Vicente Catenza, 3rd Vice President ; Primitivo Geraldo, Secretary ; Norberto Quintana, treasurer ; Ramón Santillan, Sr ( who in 2004 turned 100 years old ) and Juan Avila, auditors ; Paulo Cotoner, Magno Buñales and Arsenio Carit, Sergeants-at-Arms.

Álvaro Uribe later issued a statement saying the insurgents are indeed terrorists who fund their operations with cocaine smuggling, recruit children and plant land mines in their effort to topple a democratically elected government.

Ongoing economic problems facing President Uribe range from reforming the pension system to reducing high unemployment, and to achieving congressional passage of a fiscal transfers reform.

President Uribe has vowed to pave more than 2, 500 kilometers of roads during his administration, and about 5, 000 kilometers of new secondary roads were being built in the 2003 – 6 period.

With such conflicting perspectives, it can be argued that a certain polarization between both supporters and opponents of President Uribe seems to be forming both inside and outside the country.

Shortly after taking office, President Sarkozy began negotiations with Colombian president Álvaro Uribe and the left-wing guerrilla FARC, regarding the release of hostages held by the rebel group, especially Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt.

* 1952 – Álvaro Uribe, Colombian politician, 39th President of Colombia

Juan Manuel Santos, the current President of Colombia, has followed a middle path by recognizing in 2011 that there is an " armed conflict " in Colombia although his predecessor, Alvaro Uribe, strongly disagreed.

Former President Álvaro Uribe intensified military operations against the FARC-EP, seeking to defeat them.

Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, who had tense relations with Chavez, thanked the socialist leader and called for the release of all hostages.

' Timochenko ' announced the new commander in chief is ' Alfonso Cano ' After speculations in several national and international media about the ' softening up ' of the FARC and the announcement of Colombian President Álvaro Uribe that several FARC leaders were ready to surrender and free their captives, the secretariat of the FARC sent out a communiqué emphasizing the death of their founder would not change their approach towards the captives or the humanitarian agreement.

Former President Uribe has criticized Santos for seeking peace " at any cost " and rejected the idea of holding talks .< Ref > http :// www. aljazeera. com / news / americas / 2012 / 08 / 20128280155953340. html </ ref > Telesur reported that FARC and the Colombian government had signed a preliminary agreement in Havana the same day.

According to the Colombian government, FARC-EP had an estimated 6, 000 – 8, 000 members in 2008, down from 16, 000 in 2001, having lost much of their fighting force since President Álvaro Uribe took office in 2002.

In 2003, President Álvaro Uribe came to the region and listened to the issues of the townspeople for 12 hours.

Pelosi publicly scolded Colombian President Álvaro Uribe during Uribe's May 2007 state trip to America.

In 2008, Colombian President Álvaro Uribe offered him Colombian citizenship because of his efforts towards peace in Colombia, including his participation in two concerts in 2008.

President Álvaro Uribe has offered 1, 000, 000, 000 pesos ( around 350, 000 euros, or 500, 000 USD ) for any information regarding the location of the persons responsible for her death.

Álvaro Uribe Vélez (; born 4 July 1952 ) is a Colombian politician who served as the 39th President of Colombia from 2002 to 2010.

The administration of President Andrés Pastrana had failed for four years to secure a ceasefire, and Álvaro Uribe began to be seen as the candidate who may provide a viable security program.

President Álvaro Uribe has however vowed to press ahead with U. S .- financed fumigation of coca crops.

The panel included the outgoing Colombian President Álvaro Uribe as the Vice-chair, and representatives from Turkey and Israel.

With the election of independent President of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez as president the Liberal party reached its greatest crisis ever.