Front-runner in Colombias election race says Uribe is eternal president

[Judi Lynn]

by Adriaan Alsema March 31, 2018

Hard-right former President Alvaro Uribe is Colombia’s “eternal president,” according to the front-runner in the presidential election race, Ivan Duque. Critics warn of a cult of personality.

Duque’s controversial praise follows months of polarization and an apparent radicalization of the “uribistas” whose “unique leader” is investigated by the Supreme Court for allegedly forming far-right death squads.

“I feel proud to be on this stage with the Great Colombian, the eternal president we love, Alvaro Uribe,” Duque told an enthusiastic crowd in Medellin.

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Uribe, however, is also confronted with increased opposition after a series of scandals over mass human rights violations, abuse of power by his administration, and his family’s ties to the Medellin Cartel and paramilitary death squads.

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[GatoGordo]

1. El Eterno. El Galactico. The list of euphemisms is seemingly endless.

Quite common in Latin American countries. It isn't controversial.