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Colombian former president Alvaro Uribe, is pictured on a tv screen as he waits to testify before the Congress, in Bogota on June 16,2011, about the scandal that broke out concerning the spying of judges, opposition politicians and journalists during of his government.

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Colombian former president Alvaro Uribe (L) gives the thumbs up as he arrives to testify before the Congress, in Bogota on June 16,2011, about the scandal that broke out concerning the spying of judges, opposition politicians and journalists during of his government.

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Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe, far right, talks to congressmen at Congress in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday June 16, 2011. Congress postponed a public hearing regarding a scandal prompted by revelations that the DAS agency allegedly spied on judges, journalists and rights...

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Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe attends a meeting with businessmen and politicians in Cancun June 9, 2011. Uribe, who is unhappy about the direction his successor, current President Juan Manuel Santos, is taking, has been showing his displeasure by tweeting. Snide messages to...

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A combination picture shows Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe (L) addressing businessmen and politicians in Cancun June 9, 2011 and Colombia's current President Juan Manuel Santos (R) talking to displaced citizens in Tibu May 25, 2011. Uribe, who is unhappy about the direction...

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Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe addresses businessmen and politicians in Cancun June 9, 2011. Uribe, who is unhappy about the direction his successor, current President Juan Manuel Santos, is taking, has been showing his displeasure by tweeting. Snide messages to his 470,000...

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Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe addresses secondary and high school students in Ciudad Juarez in the state of Chihuahua June 7, 2011. Uribe is in Ciudad Juarez to give workshops and conferences on security and organized crime, according to local media.

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Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe addresses secondary and high school students in Ciudad Juarez June 7, 2011. Uribe is in Ciudad Juarez to give workshops and conferences on security and organized crime, according to local media. The backdrop reads, "Alvaro Uribe meets the Youth."

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Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe speaks to students in Mexico City, Wednesday April 6, 2011. The sign on the podium reads in Spanish "Education and values for coexistence in the 21st century."

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People protest around a sign (C) that reads, "Uribe Genocide" outside the venue where former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was speaking during the Exponegocios 2011 Business Fair in Asuncion September 12, 2011.

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People demonstrate against Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe outside a hotel where the "ExpoBusiness" event is being held in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Uribe is the one of the main guests of the "ExpoBusiness". The sign on top reads in Spanish: "No to State...

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Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla (R) listens to Colombian former President Alvaro Uribe during a press conference on August 29, 2011, in San Jose.

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In this photo taken Aug. 26, 2011, former President Alvaro Uribe speaks during a conference about terrorism at the Nueva Granada military university in Bogota, Colombia. Presidents typically step out of the limelight when their terms end to give their successors a chance to set the...

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C) jokes with his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe (R) during a break in the second day of the IV Summit of the Americas' plenary session, in Mar del Plata, 05 November 2005. Thirty-four nations in the Americas struggled here Saturday to find common...

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Venezuelan opposition candidate and former mayor Leopoldo Lopez speaks during a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, on December 15, 2011. Lopez, who will face five other candidates in primary elections called by the opposition for the upcoming February 12 election, met with former...

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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos addresses displaced citizens in Tibu in this May 25, 2011 file photo. Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe, who is unhappy about the direction his successor, current President Santos, is taking, has been showing his displeasure by tweeting. ...

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Chief of staff during the government of former Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, Bernardo Moreno, right, sits as he attends a trial in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, May. 24, 2011. Moreno faces conspiracy and abuse of power charges for his alleged role in a domestic spying scandal.

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Chief of staff during the government of former Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, Bernardo Moreno, bottom, third from left, sits as he attends a trial in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, May. 24, 2011. Moreno faces conspiracy and abuse of power charges for his alleged role in a domestic...

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Mexico City's police chief Manuel Mondragon (L) and former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe attend the opening of the Expo Seguridad Mexico 2011 security fair in Mexico City April 12, 2011. The exhibition presents the latest in police, civil defence and security equipment.

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Jorge Morett, father of Mexican Lucia Morett, who survived a Colombian strike on a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp in Ecuador in 2008, speaks during a protest against former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe outside the National Auditorium in Mexico City April 6, 2011.

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People shout slogans and wield machetes during a protest against former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe outside the National Auditorium in Mexico City April 6, 2011. The father of Mexican Lucia Morett, who survived a Colombian strike on a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)...

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A person holds a poster with the photograph of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe reading "Wanted for drug trafficker, paramilitary and assassin" outside the National Auditorium in Mexico City April 6, 2011. The father of Mexican Lucia Morett, who survived a Colombian strike on a...

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Relatives of four Mexican university students, who were killed during Colombia's 2008 attack on a rebel camp in a cross-border raid into Ecuador, protest the visit of Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe in Mexico City, Wednesday April 6, 2011. The banner reads in Spanish "Uribe,...

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A relative of one of four Mexican university students who was killed during Colombia's 2008 attack on a rebel camp in a cross-border raid into Ecuador protests the visit of Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe in Mexico City, Wednesday April 6, 2011. The sign reads in Spanish...

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Colombian former DAS (Security Administration Department) director Jorge Noguera answers questions during a press conference 23 February, 2004 in Bogota. Colombia's Supreme Court on September 14, 2011 sentenced former secret service chief Noguera, who served under ex-president Alvaro...