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Rubio denies arranging encounter between Trump and Colombia peace critics
written by Jack Norman April 23, 2017
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Sunday flatly denied having anything to do with a now infamous secret-meeting-that-wasn’t-really-a-meeting-or-even-secret between President Donald Trump and two former Colombian presidents.
Former President Andres Pastrana (1998-2002), a staunch opponent of a peace process including Marxist FARC rebels, had said on Twitter he had had a “cordial and frank conversation about the problems and perspectives of Colombia and the region” at Trump’s Mar-O-Lago resort in Florida, a claim later denied by eye witnesses and ultimately the White House.
. . .
Former President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010), the most vociferous opponent of Colombia’s peace process, then confirmed he had also been invited to the Mar-O-Lago resort “at the invitation of a third party,” but at no point confirmed having met with Trump.
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Additionally, Uribe and many of his allies in the private sector, politics and the military resist the peace deal because of the possible legal consequences that have many, including the former president and his brother, embroiled in war crime allegations.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/rubio-denies-arranging-encounter-trump-colombia-peace-critics/
