Colombia's President Uribe enjoys a 70 percent approval rating in his second term, largely due to his accessibility to the public. We had heard about his marathon Town Hall meetings where he travels into all areas of the country, urban and rural, and holds an open forum to personally engage residents. The sessions are often quite animated and run eight to nine hours.
While in Perimetral we had opportunity to witness one of these raucus sessions. Average citizens stepped forward and engaged their president directly while the crowd watched and interjected their own points. We were literally pushed from all sides as the throng worked their way closer to the president to join the action. It was a unique look at democracy that we thought we would share a taste of with you.
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