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Indeed, constitutions are living documents that are constantly being created and reshaped. Voters in the Philippines went to the polls in January to approve a new charter, the country's fifth, that prohibits human rights violations and retains Corazon Aquino as President until 1992. In Nicaragua this year, the Marxist-influenced Sandinista leadership unveiled that country's twelfth constitution in 149 years. Haitians in March approved their 23rd charter since 1804 in the country's first free election in three decades...
...popularly known, is something of a legend in the Philippines. The alleged commander in chief of the Communist New People's Army from its founding in 1969 until his capture in 1977, Dante pledged to fight for his ideals from within the system after President Corazon Aquino released him from jail in 1986. Though he lost a bid for the Senate last month, Dante was warmly received even by people who did not agree with him. After reports surfaced last week that the attackers were dressed in army fatigues, a military spokesman said, "The army is not so stupid...
While Commander Dante is the focus of anger from the right over his ideology and from the left over his disavowal of violence, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Aquino sent a basket of fruit to Dante's hospital room...
Although the election victory was a sizable step in consolidating Aquino's power, serious obstacles remain. Beyond the chronic problems of poverty, unemployment and a sputtering economy, doubts linger about the loyalty of the military; a majority of the country's soldiers apparently voted for the opposition. Defense Minister Rafael Ileto discounted the importance of this, $ but did not rule out the possibility that some disgruntled soldiers might be persuaded to take part in yet another plot against the President. The military's displeasure centers on the charge that Aquino has been too soft on the 18-year-old Communist...
Angry mobs disrupt campuses in violent demonstrations against President Chun Doo Hwan' s decision to postpone electoral reform. -- Projections indicate that Aquino' s slate won an overwhelming victory in the Philippine elections. -- A peace initiative threatens to topple Israel' s unity coalition. -- The trial opens for the accused "Butcher of Lyons." -- A coup shatters paradise in Fiji...