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Weekly Report - 10 February 2011 (WR-11-06)
COLOMBIA: Santos embarks on bold new course
President Juan Manuel Santos celebrated his first six months in
office with two ambitious projects: a national security plan to deliver a
crushing blow, not to Colombia's guerrillas, but to the emerging criminal groups
(or Bacrim) which he considers to pose the greatest threat to peace in the
country; and a multi-million-dollar national development plan to create
employment, reduce poverty and improve security. He will be emboldened by the
fact that he has surpassed the high standards of his predecessor Alvaro Uribe
(2002-2010) by achieving an approval rating of 86%.
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