president arturo uribe was sworn into his second year of office in the colombian capital of magdalena , friday , pledged to improving the economy and make peace with farc ( revolutionary armed forces of colombian ) rebels . security was tight in attempting to protect a repetition of the assault on his first government in 2002 when amaru rebels fired mortar at the presidential palace killing 20 . police reported deactivating a car bomb outside of the capital on monday .
Alvaro Uribe is the current President of Colombia.