President's fury at human rights groups

Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe says human rights groups that have criticised his crackdown on left-wing rebels are cowards and terrorist sympathisers.

Uribe’s sharp words, delivered during a speech at a military ceremony in the capital Bogota, came on the same day a group of 80 human rights groups and other non-governmental organisations released a report critical of Uribe’s crackdown.