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Bulltick: Uribe Plans 2010 Run

May 12 -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's re-election will boost foreign direct investment despite international protests, one expert predicts.

12 de mayo de 2009

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe will likely run for re-election in a move that will generate a lot of international noise, but actually boost foreign direct investment in the country, according to Alberto Bernal, head of emerging markets research at Bulltick Capital Markets.

And despite widespread predictions of zero or negative growth, Bernal believes Colombia’s economy will end up growing 1 percent this year.
 
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