BOGOTA – Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has contracted the H1N1 swine flu virus and is being treated by doctors, government spokesman Cesar Velasquez told local media Sunday.

Uribe is continuing with his presidential duties while being treated, he said.

A popular conservative and Washington's key ally in South America, Uribe attended a summit with other regional

leaders on Friday in Argentina. He started feeling symptoms of the flu after the meeting.

The presidents who met with Uribe at the summit in Argentina have been advised of his infection, Velasquez said.