- Carlos Moreno de Caro
Carlos Moreno de Caro (born in the city of
Barranquilla ) is aColombia n politician and founder of theLet the Moreno play movement political party. [http://www.indepaz.org.co/xsys3/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=36] He has been councilman forBogotá , [http://www.semana.com/wf_InfoArticulo.aspx?IdArt=18217] and a member of both the Chamber of Representatives and Senate at different terms.In 2007 he was appointed by president
Álvaro Uribe as ambassador toSouth Africa , generating controversy after Moreno proposed including in his diplomatic envoy war displaced people, a beauty pageant queen and a soccer player. [http://www.eltiempo.com/tiempoimpreso/edicionimpresa/opinion/2007-01-16/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3400651.html] He has generated controversy in the past for being involved in verbal [http://www.semana.com/wf_InfoArticulo.aspx?IdArt=98174] and corruption [http://www.semana.com/wf_InfoArticulo.aspx?IdArt=71072] scandals accepting in his party lines politicians expelled from other parties with pressumed ties to illegal paramilitary groups. [http://www.semana.com/wf_InfoArticulo.aspx?IdArt=90716]
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