He confronts problems very directly and in direct, colloquial language. He has a great capacity for communication with the ordinary citizen.

Sometimes President Uribe is hit with the impact that some facts produce in the public arena. And the management in military affairs is run more by public opinion.

I not only think he will be re-elected, but he's going to win in the first round. I don't see any candidate that represents a risk for the president.

It has generated an environment where to talk badly about Uribe is seen as being unpatriotic, sort of like it was in the U.S. to criticize the Iraq war. To talk badly about Uribe is to ruin the collective fiesta. People continue thinking that Uribe is a redeemer, and they want to continue believing in their redeemer.

You can put together powerful legal arguments both for and against this, so in the end, it's a political decision.

It's poised to be the America Online for Turkey. They've realized the person who buys TVs is also the person who's going to buy a computer and go on the Internet.