Uribe can not attend his meetings with EU leaders this week.

international | eu | other press Saturday February 05, 2005 20:42 by dr who

friends countrymen romans lend me your ears....

Uribe as you know is President of Colombia,
and has been very unpopular with us for a long time.

His most recently was blamed by Mr Chavez (who is generally in our good books) for an illegal military incursion into Venezualan territory, an event which caused everyone to go into a flap in that corner of the world.

Mr Uribe is presently in hospital.

He is suffering according to his government spokespeople from an acute case of labyrinthitis.

This in an infection of the inner ear, which can be caused by either bacteria or a virus and causes dizziness, loss of balance and other stuff.

Mr Uribe was due to meet Pressie ZP of España and the King and Queen of España next week and thereafter Pressie Chirac of France.

Mr Uribe will it is hoped when he recovers from his labyrinthitis find time to give Mr Chavez an ear, especially considering that the poor people of Columbia on the frontier with Venezuala are now without fuel, electricity and basic commodities and in great and most certainly unneccesary suffering.

Sources-
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/exterior/nota.asp?nota_id=677076&origen=cd_google
http://www.univision.com/contentroot/wirefeeds/world/1612252.html
http://www.terra.com.co/actualidad/nacional/05-02-2005/nota221091.html
http://www.laprensagrafica.com/mundo/117164.asp
http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/news/world/americas/10826722.htm
http://politica.eluniversal.com/2005/02/05/pol_art_05184A.shtml

Updated patriotic Columbian news interested Venezuelan pals tells us that Columbians might ease off on the prayers for their Pressie and concentrate on HH Pole JP2 instead as he nas now left the Naval hospital and is feeling a bit better.
http://cines.eluniversal.com/2005/02/05/int_ava_05A530269.shtml

How to know if you have labyrinthitis.
(& what you can do about it)

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0031608.html
http://health.allrefer.com/health/labyrinthitis-symptoms.html
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/9514-6.asp

Background on the issues-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?search_text=chavez
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?search_text=uribe