[news] Colombia's Illegitimate Government

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By La Chiva - Z Net

On the evening of Thursday, June 26, Uribe called a rushed press conference in reaction to the decision by Colombia's Supreme Court on the case of Yidis Medina: a guilty verdict. The court found that Medina did in fact cast her vote in exchange for political favours. She will spend 3½ years under house arrest for accepting bribes from the president...The president responded...that the justices who questioned the re-election process are doing the bidding of terrorists...On July 3rd, social movements and trade unions in Colombia will hold a rally in Bogota against the illegitimate regime and in defense of the Colombian courts.  


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