President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe (white hat), arrives at the auditorium of the public school in La Mesa.
Greeting the crowd. Uribe has done day-long forums like this in over a 100 towns.
Singing the national anthem
Several Colegio Americano students were in the band that played the national anthem.
Singing the hymn of La Mesa, which principal Guillermo Vargas composed.
Jorge and Guillermo singing along
A shot of the crowd. People had to sign up ahead of time to be allowed in.
President Uribe gave a speech for about 45 minutes.
Then he listened and responded to comments and questions from the crowd. The first big topic was the lack of potable water in La Mesa.