COLOMBIA: Former Defense Minister and current President-elect, Juan Manuel Santos, announces selections for Defense and Interior ministers

Record ID: 1526988

  • Title: COLOMBIA: Former Defense Minister and current President-elect, Juan Manuel Santos, announces selections for Defense and Interior ministers
  • Date: 29th July 2010
  • Summary: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (JULY 28, 2010) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF MEETING BETWEEN COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ELECT JUAN MANUEL SANTOS AND HIS NEW MINISTERS VARIOUS OF MEETING SANTOS ARRIVING WITH HIS NEWLY SELECTED DEFENSE MINISTER, RODRIGO RIVERA AND INTERIOR MINISTER, GERMAN VARGAS ARRIVING TO NEWS CONFERENCE GENERAL VIEW OF NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ELECT JUAN MANUEL SANTOS, SAYING: "The selection of German Vargas as interior and justice minister and Rodrigo Rivera as defense minister. I wanted to publicly announce these two names choices." CAMERAMAN DURING NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) NEWLY SELECTED COLOMBIAN DEFENSE MINISTER, RODRIGO RIVERA SAYING: "I will take the position starting August 7th with the idea to continue with and consolidate the democratic security policies of the last 8 years of President Alvaro Uribe����s government in which Doctor Juan Manuel Santos had such an important role." JOURNALIST SANTOS SHAKING HANDS WITH NEW MINISTERS
  • Embargoed: 14th August 2010 01:08
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  • Location: Colombia
  • Country: Colombia
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA9Z7UTBMAAM2UHV94EJHVTVOPR
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  • Story Text: Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos announced on Wednesday (July 28) his selection for defense and interior ministers to replace the outgoing administration of President Alvaro Uribe on August 7th.
    "The selection of German Vargas as interior and justice minister and Rodrigo Rivera as defense minister. I wanted to publicly announce these two choices," Santos said.
    Santos who served as defense minister himself under Uribe is expected to continue with much of his predecessors popular security measures and his choice of Rodrigo Rivera for defense minister reflects this.
    "I will take the position starting August 7th with the idea to continue with and consolidate the democratic security policies of the last 8 years of President Alvaro Uribe����s government in which Doctor Juan Manuel Santos had such an important role."
    Rivera is a former senator of the liberal party and was educated in Colombia and the United States.
    Under Uribe Colombia has become the Washington����s closest regional ally.
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