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Ironically, one of Lugo's largest blocs of opponents is Catholic churchgoers who feel betrayed by his renunciation of his priestly vows. "If Lugo can lie to the Pope, he can lie to anyone," says Lino Oviedo, a former army general who is running a close third in polls - and is running only because the Supreme Court last year overturned his conviction for allegedly leading a 1996 coup attempt. Says Felipe Lopez, 49, an unemployed laborer who plans to vote for Oviedo, "Lugo was a man of the church and he gave it all up for what? For ambition...
Beth Keifer, OVIEDO...
...Mother shut down Ferran Street a couple of years ago, and television shoots close streets every day. The only complaints I've seen have been in the media." For now, Barcelona's relationship with Allen can cool off a bit. On Monday, cast and crew began shooting in Oviedo, the less cosmopolitan capital of the region of Asturias, eight hours to the west. That city's spokesperson, Pilar Ávila, hasn't heard any complaints about Allen's shoot here so far: "Just the opposite - people are delighted," she says. Perhaps this is because Oviedo, unlike glamorous and popular Barcelona...
That is not to say all is well. "The country trusts him with the economy, but he does not seem to pay that much attention to social issues," says José Oviedo, a sociologist at a local Catholic university. That's just what soured voters on his first term: prosperity that did not seem to reach enough people. The problem is a trickle-down economic and political system that is still evolving from the dark, authoritarian past of the Rafael Trujillo era that left mere crumbs for social expenditures. Forty-five years later, the economy has dramatically diversified from its plantation...
...Texas. Once upon a time, the girls didn't have to do much besides jump and look cute. These days they do standing backflips and other moves that require a high degree of athleticism--and endless practice. "Cheerleading is one of the hardest things you can do," says Breanna Oviedo of Euless Junior High near Dallas. She should know, since she also plays basketball, soccer and softball and runs track. Her squad mate Monica Brigham, also a soccer player, shows off wrist injuries from lifting the lighter girls for stunts. "They sell a T shirt that says ATHLETES LIFT WEIGHTS...