It underwent gradual demobilization in 2003 during the process of negotiations with the administration of President Alvaro Uribe Velez.

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Today, it seems improbable but all too possible: Colombia could reject the Presidential candidate most in the mould of retiring President Alvaro Uribe Velez.

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This violence-wracked nation has just delivered an overwhelming electoral victory to presidential candidate Alvaro Uribe Velez, who has vowed to wage an aggressive war against Colombia's powerful guerrilla armies.

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