Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe makes a spirited defense of the policies of his administration via social networking website Twitter.
Uribe’s first Tweet in a series of statements said “We avoided allowing the guerrillas and paramilitaries who took the country to turn Colombia into a failing state.” He went on to list several achievements of his administration, such as doubling the rate of investment, lifting 6 million people out of poverty, and extraditing 1,140 drug traffickers.
The former president’s statements follow the announcement this week that the Colombian House of Representatives is opening an investigation into his involvement in the illegal wiretapping of government critics.
Many officials who served in Uribe’s government are currently also being investigated, but Uribe himself has always denied any responsibility for the illegal surveillance.
