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...accord among the country's four largest political parties that will ultimately loosen the hold on power of his Institutional Revolutionary Party, not only in Chiapas but also throughout the country. The document promises electoral reforms at both federal and state levels to put an end to corrupt campaign practices and fraudulent vote counts. It will also allow the election of Mexico City's mayor, until now chosen by the President. ``Mexico was the ugly duckling of democracy,'' exulted Interior Minister Esteban Moctezuma, as he waited for his car after the ceremony. ``That's all over...
...Terri and her daughter does seem to tighten. Nobody believes that Richie would have been public spirited enough to commit suicide. Some very unsympathetic cops sniff around Terri and her family and finally arrest her new lover, an upstanding lawyer and senatorial candidate whose 15-year-old son the corrupt Richie had smeared with phony charges that he molested Terri's little girl...
Just hours after the resignation, Berlusconi's brother, Paolo, was convicted of violating political funding laws -- along with 25 other businessmen who illegally gave money to a corrupt political faction. The bribery affair has been linked to Berlusconi's companies (which employ Paolo), but not to the owner himself, who accused police of extorting money instead...
...President's thorniest problem remains the military. He hopes to reduce it from 6,000 men to 1,500, but has yet to finish purging the institution of all its corrupt officers, some of whom are pro-Aristide. Another concern is Haiti's police; they are being weaned by American trainers from decades of abusive habits, but ordinary citizens continue to despise and distrust them. Despite the confusion and uncertainty, most people seem cautiously satisfied. The poor, who once huddled indoors after dark fearing attacks by government thugs, now roam the streets at all hours. "The people are amazingly patient...
Newly-innaugurated President Ernesto Zedillo is wasting no time going after corruption in Mexico's court system and other corners of the government in the wake of two political assassinations and widespread drug wars. Five days after taking office, the former economist today announced judicial reforms to strengthen the powers of the legislature and weaken the power of the presidency. Among the details: a request that Mexico's Congress reshape the nation's Supreme Court, overhaul corrupt police forces, ensure aggressive prosecutions, and guarantee free legal services for the poor. Zedillo made clear that justice isn't the only motive...