Teflon
May 4 2008, AP

These are trying days for President Alvaro Uribe, Washington’s closest ally in a region dominated by leftist leaders.Opposition lawmakers are seeking his impeachment on charges that aides offered political favors for votes. His longtime confidante has...

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Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe waves during a visit to a school in Bogota, in this Wednesday, April 2, 2008 file photo. Uribe’s approval rating, consistently above 70 percent in opinion polls, is the highest of any president in the Americas.