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...throne; in the capital, Maseru. More than 10,000 subjects watched as Moshoeshoe's son King Letsie III, who had been installed after Moshoeshoe's dethronement, formally abdicated and handed back the crown to his father. DISMISSED. FAUSTO ALZATI, 41, Mexico's Minister of Education; by President Ernesto Zedillo; after the press discovered that the Harvard University doctorate and National Autonomous University of Mexico law degree Alzati claimed to hold did not exist; in Mexico City. Although Alzati studied at both schools, he never wrote a dissertation or thesis and thus did not earn degrees. ASSASSINATED. GREGORIO ORDONEZ, 36, deputy...
...from seeing his popular support rise because of the Clinton rescue, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo is now facing widespread mistrust over his bargain with the U.S.,TIME Mexico City bureau chief Laura Lopezreports. "Everyone is asking what he gave away in exchange for it," Lopez says. "He's claimed that he has not compromised sovereignty over the issue, but there's still a level of suspicion in the general population that Uncle Sam wouldn't have done it if there wasn't more in it for him." Worse for Zedillo, whose image of weakness began with the Dec. 20 decision...
Mexico's economy was proceeding smoothly, guided by former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, when the country collided with the insurgency of its campesinos and, like the Titanic, began to sink [Mexico, Jan. 9]. New President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon has inherited a sinking ship, and he is not sure what steps to take to keep Mexico afloat. Foreigners like to invest in a country where there are prospects of a good return and the political scene is calm and controlled. But at the first sign of civil unrest, the investments will stop and moneys will be pulled...
President Ernesto Zedillo, just seven weeks in office, signed a pact with the main opposition parties to deliver reformed federal and state voting laws and to honor the results of all free and fair elections. According to opposition leaders, the signers agreed privately to hold new balloting in the unruly southern states of Tabasco and Chiapas, where widespread fraud was reported in last year's elections. In Washington the Clinton Administration's proposed $40 billion bailout of the weakened peso met with stiff opposition from Democrats...
...small band of rebels has reason to be awed at the impact of its efforts. Army units were rushed in not only to combat the rebels but also to help improve the life of peasants by building clinics, schools and roads. Government public works projects picked up speed. President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon even resumed negotiations. Reacting to those talks, guerrilla leader Comandante Tacho may be forgiven if he sounds a bit smug when he declares, ``Mr. Zedillo has said positive things...