Latinnews Daily - 10 November 2003

COLOMBIA: Defence minister resigns

Andean 12 July 2010 Modified: 10 November 2003 387 views
Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarrí­a was named Colombia's new defence minister yesterday, 9 November, after Marta Lucí­a Ramí­rez resigned from the position. Ramí­rez became the second member of President Alvaro Uribe's cabinet to step down within a week, although unlike that of former justice and interior minister Fernando Londoño, her departure came as something of a surprise.

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