Bogotá — Álvaro Uribe has the air of a head of state, the air of a man around whom things revolve. And, to a degree, that is still true. Uribe is a senator in the Colombian congress. But from 2002 to 2010, he was president of the country. Those were eventful years. The year 2016 has been another one. And Uribe has been in the thick of it all.
For the past four years, the Colombian government, headed by President Juan Santos, has engaged in a peace process with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. This group is known by its Spanish acronym, FARC. On August 24, the two sides announced an agreement. That agreement was then put to a national plebiscite. The No campaign — the campaign urging the rejection of the agreement — was led by Uribe. The Yes campaign, naturally, was led by President Santos. On October 2, the vote took place: and Yes lost by an extremely narrow margin, 50.2 percent to 49.8 percent.
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