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September 28, 2010

Opposition Colombia Senator Removed from Office
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A prominent opposition lawmaker in Colombia has been kicked out of the
Senate and barred from public service for eighteen years. Colombia’s
Inspector General has ousted Senator Piedad Córdoba from office for
allegedly aiding members of the FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia. Córdoba has been a leading critic of former Colombia president
Álvaro Uribe and the US-backed drug war in Colombia. Despite the
allegations, she has never been charged with a crime.



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