Graduation Year
2016
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Politics and International Relations
Second Department
Foreign Languages
Reader 1
Nancy Neiman Auerbach
Reader 2
Miguel Tinker-Salas
Reader 3
Claudia Arteaga
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© 2015 Juliana A. Canas Baena
Abstract
Despite the scandals and the increase in violence towards vulnerable communities, Uribe and his government still had an extremely high approval rating. His popularity may be explained as a result of the majority of citizens benefitting from his policies because while they violate human rights, they function as mechanisms that support and enhance his success in delivering stability to Colombia’s middle and upper-classes. Moreover, Uribe did not address critics of his government or the media, instead he created a discourse that his government and its policies were responsible for successfully combatting the guerrillas and cartels and improving the economy. Thus many Colombians may have chosen to continue supporting him because they saw his clandestine government tactics as necessary.
Recommended Citation
Canas Baena, Juliana A., "Alvaro Uribe Velez: Maintaining Popularity Despite Significant Government Scandals" (2016). Scripps Senior Theses. 742.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/742
