http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3376876,00.htmlBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's housing and
environment minister stepped down Tuesday,
becoming the third member of President Alvaro
Uribe's Cabinet forced out in a week.
Cecilia Rodriguez announced her resignation in a
brief letter to Uribe. ``I am proud to have
belonged to your government, which is giving
Colombia hope,'' she wrote. Rodriguez gave no
explanation for her departure.
Her decision came just days after Uribe replaced
the interior and justice minister and the defense
minister in an abrupt Cabinet shake-up as he
struggles to build support in congress for
sweeping reforms.
The president's office said Uribe accepted
Rodriguez's resignation, and named Sandra
Suarez, who used to run the U.S.-sponsored Plan
Colombia to fight drug trafficking and the illegal
armed groups that control the trade, to take her
place.
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