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tives” that guarantee
respect for the constitu-
tion, respect for private
enterprise and justice
without impunity. But he
didn’t specify whether he
would join Santos in try-
ing to salvage the deal,
and took more swipes at
the FARC, demanding it
end drug traicking and
extortion.
“The entire accord was
full of impunity,” said
Ricardo Bernal, 60, cel-
“
could also seek to bypass
another popular vote
and ratify the accord in
Congress or by calling a
constitutional conven-
tion, something both the
FARC and Uribe have
previously favored.
“I’ve always believed in
a wise Chinese proverb,
to look for opportuni-
ties in any situation. And
here we have an oppor-
tunity that’s opening up,
with the new political
reality that has demon-
strated itself in the ref-
erendum,” Santos said
Sunday night at the pres-
idential palace.
But bringing Santos
society, dividing many
families and making
clear the road to reconcil-
iation would have been
long and torturous even
had the accord passed.
Colombians overwhelm-
ingly loathe the FARC,
which the U.S. considers
a terrorist group, and
many considered the ac-
cord an insult to victims
of the long-running con-
lict.
But while urban voters
who were being leaned
on to pay for the peace
largely voted against the
accord, victims in many
areas hardest hit by the
conlict overwhelmingly
endorsed it. That was
the case of Tumaco, a
port city on the Paciic
Ocean which for years
sufered FARC attacks
and on Sunday voted
71 to 29 percent in favor
of the accord.
The
city’s
mayor,
Emilse Angulo, said that
panic and fear overtook
the town Sunday night
as residents confronted
the thought that violence
they thought had been
put to a deinitive rest
could soon return.
“We’re indignant. Our
country is the way it is
because there are peo-
ple who think as long as
they’re doing well the
sufering of the rest of us
doesn’t matter,” she told
The Associated Press. “If
Colombia in its entirety
doesn’t enjoy prosperity,
we’re going to keep kill-
ing ourselves.”
Associated Press writ-
er Michael Weissenstein
in Havana contributed
to this report, AP Writer
Matti Huuhtanen con-
tributed from Helsinki,
Finland.
Paisley Park Visitors Will See
Prince’s Studio and Mementoes
Complex opens for irst public tours Thursday
‘I’ve always believed in a wise
Chinese proverb, to look for
opportunities in any situation’
ebrating the victory for
the “no” side in a Bogota
neighborhood where op-
ponents were gathered.
“We all want peace but
there have to be adjust-
ments made.”
Across town, hundreds
of supporters of the
peace deal who had gath-
ered in a hotel ballroom
for what they expected
would be a victory party
with Santos wept in de-
spair.
The FARC’s 7,000 guer-
rilla ighters are unlikely
to return to the battle-
ield any time soon. For
now, a cease-ire remains
in place.
One option for Santos
would be to reopen ne-
gotiations, something he
had ruled out previous-
ly and his chief negotia-
tor said would be “cata-
strophic.” The president,
who has a little under
two years let in oice,
and Uribe together might
be harder than achieving
peace with the FARC.
Santos served as Uribe’s
defense minister, when
they worked together
with the U.S. to drive the
FARC to the edge of the
jungles, but the two hav-
en’t spoken for years and
frequently trade insults.
One of the reasons for
the surprise defeat was
low turnout, with only
37 percent of the elector-
ate bothering to vote, a
further sign to some an-
alysts that Colombians’
enthusiasm for the ac-
cord was lacking. Heavy
rains from Hurricane
Matthew dampened vot-
ing along the Caribbean
coast, where the govern-
ment’s electoral machin-
ery is strongest and the
“yes” vote won by a dou-
ble-digit margin.
The campaign exposed
deep rits in Colombian
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This undated photo provided by Paisley Park/NPG Records shows the atrium of Prince’s Paisley Park
in Chanhassen, Minn. Prince’s handwritten notes are still sitting out inside the control room of Studio
A where he recorded some of his greatest hits. It’s illed with keyboards and guitars. Those are some
of the highlights visitors will see when Prince’s home and work space, Paisley Park, opens for its irst
public tours Thursday. (Paisley Park/NPG Records via AP)
CHANHASSEN, Minn.
(AP) — Prince’s hand-
written notes still sit
out in the control room
of Studio A at Paisley
Park, where he record-
ed some of his greatest
hits and was working on
a jazz album before he
died. The room is illed
with his keyboards and
guitars, and his iconic
symbol graces the con-
trol panel.
Those are some of the
highlights visitors to
Paisley Park will see
when the 65,000-square-
foot studio complex,
where Prince died of
an accidental painkill-
er overdose in April,
opens for the irst pub-
lic tours Thursday,
NBC’s “Today” show re-
ported from the muse-
um Wednesday.
It will open under
a temporary permit
Thursday — and only
two other dates for
which tickets had al-
ready been sold — in-
stead of daily as origi-
nally planned, ater city
council members in the
Minneapolis
suburb
of Chanhassen delayed
action on rezoning be-
cause of concerns about
public safety and traf-
ic. It’s unclear when
the museum will be al-
lowed to begin full-scale
tour operations, but the
council said it would
vote on the issue again
“on or before” Dec. 20.
Graceland Holdings,
which runs Elvis Pres-
ley’s Graceland in Mem-
phis, Tennessee, is man-
aging the museum for
the Prince estate.
When tours begin,
fans entering the Pur-
ple Rain room will see
the script, guitar and a
motorcycle that Prince
rode in the 1984 movie
of the same name. The
Oscar that he won for
music in the movie is
displayed in that room,
and the movie will play
on one wall.
Prince kept nearly all
of his custom-made out-
its — about 6,000 piec-
es of clothing and 1,000
pairs of shoes — and
many are on display.
Hallways lined with
gold records and other
awards guide visitors
to the NPG Music Club,
where Prince enter-
tained friends and per-
form for small groups.
Private living quarters
are of-limits.
NBC’s reports made
no reference to Prince’s
remains. But Frank
Wheaton, an attorney
for Prince’s half broth-
er, Alfred Jackson, told
The Associated Press
that artifacts on display
will include Prince’s
ashes in an urn.
One of Prince’s older
sisters told NBC that her
brother’s energy and
spirit is evident in the
exhibit.
“It’s truly Prince.
He thought all this
through,” Norrine Nel-
son said. “He had a vi-
sion and he inished it.”
Prince’s younger sis-
ter, Tyka Nelson, said
she hopes visitors will
come away with a very
personal experience.
“I want them to maybe
feel like maybe they saw
Prince up close,” she
said. “Sometimes when
you’re a fan, you get to
only to see them from a
seat, but this way, you’re
almost face-to-face with
him.”