Comments on: Pablo Escobar, and Alvaro Uribe´s political suicide http://www.colombia-politics.com/uribe-escobar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uribe-escobar News & analysis Colombian politics Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Kevin Howlett http://www.colombia-politics.com/uribe-escobar/comment-page-1/#comment-22541 Kevin Howlett Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:37:11 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=3036#comment-22541 Fair point Daniel, however, when we talk of the apropriateness in this case, it`s specifically from a legal point of view. We`d love to have access to more legal materials than the courts have, but to get that sort of stuff in Colombia… …

In any case, the article was more interested from a political tactics point of view rather than exploring whether we think JOG is per se a good option. Thanks for challenging us though, cheers.

]]> By: Daniel Brody http://www.colombia-politics.com/uribe-escobar/comment-page-1/#comment-22529 Daniel Brody Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:01:37 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=3036#comment-22529 I’m not sure why a website called Colombia Politics shouldn’t express a view on the appropriateness of Jose Obdulio Gaviria being a Senator. I also don’t understand why such a website would also dismiss the possibility of trying to obtain the necessary evidence so that the man’s past could be accurately judged. What this website thinks of any actual evidence linking Gaviria to Escobar (or linking Uribe to paramilitaries) would be very useful to anyone trying to form an opinion about these matters, especially since Uribistas claim all the charges against them are an elaborate frame-up orchestrated by their enemies. It would be nice to have some accurate information to sort truth from perception, especially since the Colombian media has repeatedly proven itself to not be up to the task.

Was Gaviria working with Escobar or not? I understand if you don’t have the means to investigate this question yourself, but I can’t really understand why you wouldn’t be interested in at least trying to answer it. Otherwise we are just left with the self-serving claims of different politicians, which a website like Colombia Politics should be helping us to verify.

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