Word: cerezo
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...Caravelle operated by the private carrier Aerovias crashed on its way to the airport at Santa Elena, 37 miles south of Tikal. Early reports put the number killed at 90, including six Americans. Some of the passengers had apparently traveled to Guatemala for the swearing-in of President Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, the country's first civilian leader in 16 years...
...Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, 42, strode into the headquarters of his Christian Democratic Party in downtown Guatemala City last week, he was one step closer to being his country's first elected civilian President in nearly two decades. By garnering almost 39% of the national vote, the charismatic center-left lawyer had outperformed his closest competitor, Newspaper Owner Jorge Carpio Nicolle, 53, of the moderately conservative National Center Union, who finished with 20%. But because he failed to capture an absolute majority, Cerezo must face Carpio in a runoff election on Dec. 8. Buoyed by his impressive showing, Cerezo declared...
Still, almost everyone agrees that Guatemalan military officials will remain the real authority behind the scenes. "In the first six months I'll have 30% of the power," Cerezo told TIME last month. "In the first two years I'll have 50%, and I'll never have more than 70% of the power during my five-year term." Says Guatemala City Archbishop Próspero Penados del Barrio: "Whoever becomes President is going to have to move with great caution. You cannot have a dialogue with the armed forces...
...wins, Cerezo has promised, he will pursue peace talks with members of the National Guatemalan Revolutionary Union, an umbrella organization composed of four armed rebel groups. He has also said he will ask the International Monetary Fund to renegotiate the country's foreign debt. Through it all, the military will be watching. Warns one foreign observer: "If chaos starts to set in, the generals will not waste any time taking the government back." --By Hunter R. Clark. Reported by Ricardo Chavira/Guatemala City
...highly tribal atmosphere that characterizes competition football, fans of different teams rarely care to admit that they might have something in common. Yet recently, supporters of Japanese J-League sides Urawa Red Diamonds, Cerezo Osaka and Gamba Osaka have indeed found themselves on common ground, over an uncommon event - losing a player to the high-profile, highly competitive European leagues. Last Monday, Gamba Osaka's star midfielder Junichi Inamoto, 21, joined English Premier League giants Arsenal in a deal worth a reported $5.5 million. The week before, Bolton Wanderers, another Premier League side, took Cerezo Osaka's Akinori Nishizawa...