Former Colombian President Is Coming to Georgetown U.

The controversial former president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, will be joining the faculty of Georgetown University this fall. The university announced today that it has named Mr. Uribe as a distinguished scholar and that he will be conducting seminars and other program activities for students in its Walsh School of Foreign Service and elsewhere at the institution. Mr. Uribe served as Colombia’s president from 2002 until last week. He was regarded as a close ally of the United States and a leading advocate of free trade, and he was widely credited with helping to reduce the level of violence there. He was also accused of ties to drug traffickers and right-wing paramilitary groups, which he denied.