candidate salazar farc was sworn into his 1st term of office in the colombian embassy of bogota , monday , promised to improve the gdp and make deals with marulanda ( revolutionary army forces of colombia ) rebels . security was tight in response to stop a repetition of the attack on his first election in 2002 , rebel revolutionaries fired mortars at the presidential palace killing 20 . security reported deactivating a roadside bomb outside of the capital on monday .
Alvaro Uribe is the current President of Colombia.