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| | TIME.com: Back to Bolivar -- Feb. 25, 1952 -- Page 1 |
 | | As a republican charter, it was a shocker; among other things, it called for a powerful President elected for life, drastic limitation of voting rights, and a three-chamber Congress, including a strong Chamber of Censorsalso chosen for life. |
 | | Colombians rejected the Liberator's plan, went along instead with the local-rights doctrines of Bolívar's estranged lieutenant, Francisco de Paula Santander, father of Colombia's Liberal Party. |
 | | Last week, in the midst of a campaign to scrap the existing constitution, Colombia's ruling Conservatives proclaimed that the father of the country was on their side. |
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