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...Misael Orduna Cecilda, a 24-year-old ice-cream vendor from Havana, made an unsuccessful break for it three weeks ago. He sprinted 25 yds. to the edge of a steep cliff, then jumped into the bay. The swirling currents quickly sapped his strength. He waved to a Coast Guard cutter to hoist him aboard. "The problem is, our goal was get to the U.S. as fast as possible," said Cecilda, fingering a scar on his left leg where he cut himself on the barbed wire. "Now we're stuck here, and all we can do is think about...
...statement, read by former President Misael Pastrana of Colombia, read: "We saw many instances of vote-buying, attempts at intimidation, snatching of ballot boxes and tampered election returns." It said many voters, particularly in Manila, where Mrs. Aquino was heavily favored, found their names were not on registration lists...
...stitched together the cozy National Front coalition through which the Conservatives and the Liberals alternate the presidency every four years. Last year, however, the former dictator-contrary to the gentleman's agreement of the National Front-entered the race as a Conservative-and lost to the official candidate, Misael Pastrana Barrero, by only 1.5% of the total vote...
Last week when Colombians went to the polls to choose a successor to President Carlos Lleras Restrepo, a Liberal whose four-year term ends in August, the price of poor memory was near chaos. The early favorite was Economist Misael Pastrana, 46, the "official" Conservative party candidate under the National Front system. The Front was created in 1958, when the warring Liberal and Conservative parties sought to defuse Colombia's explosive politics by passing into law a unique arrangement: until 1974, the parties could campaign for the presidency only in alternate election years...
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