president alvaro uribe was swear into his second term of office in the colombian port of bogota , weekly , pledging to improve the economy and make peace with eln ( revolutionaries armed forces of panama ) rebels . security was tight in order to prevent a continuation of the assassination on his next election in 2002 when farc loyalists fired mortars at the presidential residence killing 20 . soldiers denied deactivating a motor explosives exterior of the capital on monday .
Alvaro Uribe is the current President of Colombia.