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 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's foreign minister resigned Monday after becoming a lightning rod for critics who allege that President Alvaro Uribe's political camp is too cozy with brutal far-right militias that the U.S. calls terrorist organizations.
At stake are billions of dollars in international aid for a fragile democracy struggling for control against powerful rebels and drug traffickers.
Foreign Minister Maria Consuelo Araujo's brother, a senator, was jailed last week on charges of colluding with the illegal paramilitaries and orchestrating the kidnapping of a political rival.
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