%0 Journal Article %T Los soportes de la popularidad: c¨®mo los columnistas refieren el caso del presidente ¨¢lvaro Uribe V¨¦lez %A V¨¦lez L¨®pez %A Ana Cristina %J CONfines de relaciones internacionales y ciencia pol¨ªtica %D 2010 %I Tecnol¨®gico de Monterrey %X "¨¢lvaro uribe v¨¦lez does not stop surprising", say the majority of colombian columnists, because since he reached the presidency he has shown himself to be not only a leader with a very original style of government, but also as a president that maintains his popularity at unseen levels. how can this be explained? what do journalists and opinion leaders say? this paper carries out an analysis of opinion columns published in colombian newspapers and weeklies in order to explain the bases of uribe 's popularity, who during his term of off¨ªce has the highest rates of acceptance among all of colombia's past presidents. %K popularity %K populism %K confidence %K agenda setting %K contact politics. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1870-35692010000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en