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Uribe himself has said that security gains are not yet irreversible; and many Colombians still see him as the only politician capable of maintaining them. Nevertheless, there is no shortage of people willing to try to replace him. Juan Manuel Santos, Uribe's former Defense Minister who leads the President's own Social National Unity Party, is largely seen as his favored successor. He declared his candidacy immediately following the referendum's rejection by the Constitutional Court. Sergio Fajardo, praised for improving security and social services when he served as mayor of Medellín, is steadily climbing...
...populations. She said her office was not even aware of the danger of a tsunami until after it had washed ashore in many places. "All the communication was lost," she told TIME. "The first information about a tsunami that I received was people calling from [the Chilean islands of] Juan Fernández saying they had been...
...large wave crashed into the Juan Fernández islands in the Pacific Ocean, killing at least eight people and leaving another eight missing, the Chilean emergency office said. Local reports suggested that many fishing villages on the mainland had also been hit by the wave. A warning could have allowed villagers on the coast to flee to higher ground. "The truth, even if it hurts, [is that] a division of the navy made a mistake," Defense Minister Francisco Vidal told reporters. He blamed the navy for not issuing a tsunami warning after the Feb. 27 earthquake rocked the South...
Back at the Plaza de Armas, oil painter Juan Jouregue had the whole square to himself - he usually shares it with about 30 other artists - as he put the finishing touches on a depiction of a seaside idyll he created in an effort to "cheer people up with my art," he said. "We are still a beautiful country, a beautiful people. We must not forget that...
...world have adopted not only his dazzling concoctions but his ethos - to bring science, art and cooking into closer collaboration; to use food not only to please and satiate but also to amaze and provoke; and above all, to constantly reinvent. Fellow holder of three Michelin stars, chef Juan Mari Arzak defines Adrià's role simply: "He is the most important chef in the history of cuisine...