Uribe Shows Well In Polls

A recent poll in Colombia has indicated that president Alvaro Uribe would win a second term next year if he were to stand for reelection, based on his current approval rating. Uribe received 56% of the votes of those polled against his nearest rival, the Liberal Party candidate Horacio Serpa who polled only 11%, representing an unprecedented show of support for a president in Colombia 10 months from completing his term of office. However, Uribe must still gain the vote of the Constitutional Court to allow him to run for president again.