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But Marsares, at equinoXio digital magazine, after slamming the Justice and Peace “joke”, believes the so-called parapolitics scandal may be over and that the second re-election of Uribe is ahead:
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Five years ago, his denunciations as a senator of close ties between national and regional politicians and right-wing death squads spurred the so-called "parapolitics" scandal that has landed dozens of lawmakers in prison.
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Five years ago, his denunciations as a senator of close ties between national and regional politicians and right-wing death squads spurred the so-called "parapolitics" scandal that has landed dozens of lawmakers in prison.
News 2011
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Five years ago, his denunciations as a senator of close ties between national and regional politicians and right-wing death squads spurred the so-called "parapolitics" scandal that has landed dozens of lawmakers in prison.
News 2011
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Even more seriously, about 90 members of Congress, most belonging to Uribe's party, are being investigated or are already in jail in conjunction with the "parapolitics" scandal linking government figures to paramilitaries and drug traffickers.
Nikolas Kozloff: Colombia's Next President: A Renovation for the South American Left? 2010
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As HRW explains, President Uribe has "[r] epeatedly launched personal attacks on the Supreme Court and its members in what increasingly looks like a concerted campaign to smear and discredit the Court; [o] pposed and effectively blocked meaningful efforts to reform the Congress to eliminate paramilitary influence; [p] roposed constitutional reforms that would remove the 'parapolitics' investigations from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court."
Dan Kovalik: Obama & Human Rights Watch -- Colombia Must Improve Human Rights 2008
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The seemingly endless "parapolitics" scandals linking the paramilitaries to high government actors demonstrate that the price of "progress" in
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The seemingly endless "parapolitics" scandals linking the paramilitaries to high government actors demonstrate that the price of "progress" in
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The seemingly endless "parapolitics" scandals linking the paramilitaries to high government actors demonstrate that the price of "progress" in
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The seemingly endless "parapolitics" scandals linking the paramilitaries to high government actors demonstrate that the price of "progress" in
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