"Uribe, an important U.S. ally in the left-tilting Andean region, won a second four-year term last year after the constitution was changed to allow one re-election.
Many want him to run again in 2010 while others fear such a move would put Colombia on an authoritarian path.
The bespectacled Wall Street favorite shocked supporters and opponents alike by telling members of Congress in a private meeting late on Wednesday that he would be open to a third campaign if there was a "catastrophe."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N01280394.htmSo Uribe wants an illegal thrid term in case of "catastrophe". Will he, like Chavez, put the change in term limits up for a vote?