Chapter 90: Uribe

Uribe is a very common name in Colombia, and throughout Colombia, countless people have this name. But in Colombia, no one is more famous and popular than the name Álvaro Uribe Vélez, not even Horacio Serpa Uribe, who is now popular with the Liberal Party.www.biquge.info

But Serpa, with his qualifications, has been in the Liberal Party to hold Uribe, who is not yet fifty years old. Including this presidential election, there are countless colleagues in the Liberal Party who hope that Uribe will not compete with Serpa.

Because Uribe is not yet fifty years old and will have a chance in the future, and Serpa is already sixty years old, this is his last chance.

But Uribe is not even possible to run the country well with Serpa's ability, he is okay to be the leader of an opposition party, and if he really comes to power, he will make a mess of everything.

Therefore, this time Uribe resolutely did not back down, even if it was only for the sake of this motherland that he loved so much, he would not back down. And Uribe is well aware of his advantages, he is now in the limelight, if he retreats this time, he is likely to be confused with everyone.

Uribe was born in 1952 in Medellín, the capital of crime, to his father, Alberto Uribe Silla, a wealthy farmer in Medellín, and his mother, Laura Vélez Escobar, who was active in fighting for the rights of Colombian women.

In Colombia, his family belonged to a wealthy family, which was enough to afford him to go to university. Uribe was very intelligent from an early age, and as the eldest son, he also developed a sense of responsibility to live up to his father's expectations and set an example for his four younger siblings.

In 1976 Uribe became the head of the State Property Company of the City of Medellín, and in 1977 he graduated from the university with a doctorate in law and was admitted as a lawyer, when Uribe officially joined the Colombian Liberal Party, and in 1977 at the age of twenty-five he became secretary general of the Colombian Ministry of Labor.

At the age of twenty-eight, Uribe became director of Colombian aviation, and at the age of thirty he became mayor of Medellín.

However, it was also in this year that his hard-line approach annoyed the drug lords and the guerrillas, who, after several unsuccessful attempts to assassinate him, targeted his father, who was killed by them.

The death of his father and the attacks of his political opponents prevented Uribe, who was just 30 years old, from withstanding the pressure and subsequently offered to resign.

Instead, he made a name for himself in Colombia, and after a two-year period of precipitation, Uribe made a comeback, being elected to the city council of Medellín, and two years later, to run for the Colombian senate.

During his tenure as a senator, Uribe was awarded the titles of "Star Senator", "Best Senator" and "Best Advice Senator" in 1990, 1992 and 1993, respectively, for his tough attitude towards the guerrillas, his concern for the lives of the underclass, his advocacy for the improvement of the social security system, the protection of workers' rights and the improvement of the free market economy. In 1993, he went to Harvard University in the United States for further study and obtained a master's degree in business administration.

After leaving office as a second senator, he ran for gubernatorial elections in Antioquia, the province of his hometown of Medellín, and was elected.

During his tenure in office, he implemented a series of reform measures, and achieved remarkable results in reducing crime rates, reducing redundant personnel, promoting education and welfare, and improving infrastructure, which won wide support from voters, especially young people. In 1998, Uribe was appointed as a visiting professor at St. Anthony's College, University of Oxford, UK, and won many international reputations.

He then went to work at the headquarters of the Liberal Party, but it was during these two years that he began to suffer a series of unfair treatment and was ostracized by the party elders.

It wasn't until a month ago that Uribe finally turned against the party elders and quit the Liberal Party for the sake of qualifying for the presidential election.

But the matter has not yet been announced, because there are more youth factions within the Liberal Party who want him to change his mind, and he has not considered what he should do next.

It is impossible to join the Conservative Party, not only because the Conservative Party is the Liberal's worst enemy, but also because the Conservative Party's governing philosophy is completely inconsistent with him.

But apart from these two major political parties, the rest of Colombia is a small party. For more than a hundred years, the two parties have alternated in power, and Uribe does not think that he will win the presidential election by joining a small party.

But he didn't want to wait any longer, the president had a four-year term, and if he waited another four years, the reputation he had left behind in his previous administration would be consumed. In particular, the repression of him by the senators will not necessarily stop, and it is not in his own interest to continue to consume time within the Liberal Party.

Ever since Sánchez arrived in Medellín, he realized that something was wrong. According to the Liberal Party, Uribe is now staying in Medellín for the Liberal Party's propaganda activities.

However, Sánchez did not find any trace of Uribe in Medellín, on the contrary, after calling Uribe, he went to Uribe's farm, and instead found a breezy Uribe.

Sanchez's rise to prominence in the organization is due to his shrewdness, his vision, and his superb emotional intelligence. Otherwise, he would not have been able to gain the full trust of Zhou You, and until now he has become his only assistant.

You know, he can be appreciated by the boss of the black gang, and he can be appreciated by old politicians like Rhodes and old Volando, and now he can be recognized by the young man who travels around, and it is impossible to be without enough ability.

Uribe's farm, on the outskirts of Medellín, is entirely planted with coffee trees, and it's January, the peak of the coffee bean harvest, and the farm is busy.

Navibe, who drove his tractor through the fields, did not look like a high-ranking official who had just returned to the countryside from the city, but rather like a farmer who had been busy in the fields for a month, and his messy stubble had definitely not been pruned for more than a week.

However, Sanchez did not ask his doubts because it was not part of his scope of work, and it could cause communication difficulties between the two parties, which could affect the purpose of his trip.

"Hello, Your Excellency Uribe, I spoke to you on the phone yesterday, and presumably, you should have learned my identity from your colleagues. Still, I'd like to introduce myself to you......"

Uribe dropped his gloves on the tractor and said with a smile: "I know all your identities, and I know all the identities of your boss, but I am more puzzled, in which capacity did you come to see me?" ”

Sanchez told the truth. "Because my boss didn't explain to me the purpose of looking for you, I don't even understand why he asked me to come to you. So, I can only extend an invitation to you as an assistant to my boss who wants to have a coffee with you before he leaves Colombia. ”

"What if I say, what kind of identity do you represent?" With a warm smile on his face, Uribe stretched out his hand and gestured: "I can treat you to a cup of coffee now, it is from my farm, although it is not very good, but at least, it is very fresh and pure." ”

"I am honored that Colombian coffee is world-famous and in Spain, Colombian coffee is also the most popular."

Uribe laughed and said, "All the coffee on my farm, except for the one I drink, is exported to Spain, but I don't know how many inferior coffee beans they add when they sell it." ”

With a wave of his hand, Sanchez told the bodyguard to wait in place and followed Uribe to a large tree on the side of the road. There was a simple table and a few folding chairs. He said with a smile: "Businessmen will always make some self-interested choices for the sake of profit, and no one can change this. ”

Uribe turned his head to look at him and said, "You make me feel strange, you don't look like a young man from a gang member at all. What kind of person do you think your boss is? ”

Although Sanchez didn't want to comment, he was willing to talk to Uribe on the subject, because although he was seven or eight years older than Zhou You, he had never seen Zhou You until now. He always felt that his boss seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, so that he still couldn't be sure what kind of person he was.

This feeling has never been there, even Carneroga, even Rhodes, old Volando, he thinks he can recognize seven or eight percent, but to his boss, he feels as if he can see less than a third.

He knew that Uribe was an experienced politician, and he was willing to hear what he called the eleven people who traveled around.

"Your Excellency Uribe, I didn't mean to hide it, but I really don't know what to say about my boss. Although he was only twenty-two years old, I felt as innocent as a child in front of him. I've heard countless people say about him, Lucky, Mr. Miracle, Speculator, Hero, etc., but none of these seem to represent the real him. ”

But it was obviously impossible for Uribe to pick up his words and evaluate a person he had not met, and that person was still the boss of the person in front of him. After asking Sánchez to sit down in the simple folding chair, he made him a cup of plain coffee, there was no milk here, no sugar cubes, and Uribe poured a little sugar into the cup from the small jar next to him.

"In my opinion, there is absolutely nothing wrong with your boss to represent him in one word, and that is the winner! I haven't met him, but I also know that a young man who is only 22 years old can definitely be called a successful person if he can get to where he is today. So, I was also very interested in his invitation. ”

"So, Your Excellency promised to go to Bogotá?"

Uribe laughed and said meaningfully: "I can't refuse a meeting with a successful person. (To be continued.) )