Signs Point To Uribe Win

Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe has cemented his position with a majority win by his supporters in Sunday’s Congressional elections. The main pro-Uribe parties won 62% of the seats in the Senate and 56% of the lower house, better than had been forecast by local pundits. The polls on Sunday are widely seen as an indication of how voting will go on May 28, when presidential elections are slated to take place. Uribe, who amended the constitution to allow for it, is standing for a second four-year term as president of Colombia. He has enjoyed the greatest public support of any leader in Colombia’s history, usually polling between 53% and 70% of the vote, largely as a result of a reduction in violence in the country since he took office.