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...forbidden. Roger Sinclair, 77, a historian of cemeteries who has bought a plot for himself in the Great Mausoleum, was not made to feel welcome, even as a future occupant. Says Sinclair: "I was looking at Travis Banton, a costume designer located near W.C. Fields. And the guards came right up and stood there, two guys in suits. They walked me away, and I was escorted out." Explains Sinclair: "I'm a property owner, and I wasn't at my [exact] property. It's not a place to go wander around...
...Colombia is a phantom candidate with a long shadow. Prohibited by his country's constitution from seeking a third consecutive term, Uribe, who has already won the presidency twice by landslide, is nevertheless the solid frontrunner in next year's race. And so, as he maneuvers for the legal right to run again, several rival candidates have put their campaigns...
...electoral scenario became even muddier just before midnight Tuesday. On the face of it, the decision by Colombia's lower house should be a clear victory for the popular president. It approved by a bill to hold a nationwide referendum on the president's right to a third term. Had lawmakers rejected the measure, Uribe's hopes would have died. Instead, "the Colombian Congress has responded to the popular will of the people," said Interior Minister Fabio Valencia Cossio, who shepherded the bill through the Congress. "It was an act of grandeur." (Read a story about the huge populations displaced...
...loyally back the president's policies, especially his national security program which has driven back Marxist guerrillas and led to a steep drop in homicides and kidnappings. But some fear that another four-year term would put too much power in the hands of Uribe, turning him into a right-wing version of Hugo Chávez. Others, like Senator German Vargas Lleras who is the grandson of a former president, want a crack at the top job themselves. That's why the original referendum bill in Congress would have allowed Uribe...
Critics question how some of those votes were nailed down. Pardo, the Liberal Party candidate, claims that wavering legislators were showered with perks ranging from new city halls and police stations in their home districts to the right to appoint prison wardens and contractors for public works projects - which can lead to lucrative kickbacks. Indeed, Uribe's original reelection drive four years ago was marred by a vote-buying scandal that led to the conviction and imprisonment of two lawmakers...