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John Paul can be moved to wrath -- and not just over theology. In 1985 he defrocked four Nicaraguan priests for not quitting the Sandinista government, including Minister of Culture Ernesto Cardenal, a Trappist monk. That same year the Pope, after returning from his second trip to Poland, was ired by an article in L'Osservatore Romano -- the semiofficial Vatican daily -- that criticized Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement. The article was signed by deputy editor Don Virgilio Levi. Dressed down by the Vatican's Under Secretary of State, Levi proposed to run a retraction. But the official pointed sternly...
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...
P.R.I. officials were outraged last week not so much by Ruiz Massieu's message as by the grandstand manner in which he delivered it. His move has served to push the issue into the lap of the incoming President, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, who will be inaugurated this week. Although a political cartoon last week depicted Zedillo nervously kicking away a ticking time bomb, it is almost certain that he will have to respond to the accusations against leaders of his party, many of whom were once expected to get top jobs when he took office. Like...
...Ernesto ZedilloPonce de Leon, the reform-minded candidate of Mexico's ruling PRI party, was sworn in as his country's president today promising a war against poverty -- an effort to provide "dignified living conditions for every Mexican family." The inauguration followed a rough-and-tumble year that saw theassassinations of his party's first candidateand its secretary-general, plus anIndian rebellionand the advent of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The 42-year-old, U.S.-educated economist -- speaking before 1,500 Mexican officials as well as foreign leaders as diverse as Vice President Al Gore and Cuba's Fidel...
...year, the Rodriguez brothers have been trying to cut a deal with the Colombian government in exchange for slap-on-the-wrist punishment. For just as long, impatient drug fighters in Washington have been pressing Bogota to make the narcobosses pay a stiff penalty for their crimes. When Ernesto Samper Pizano was elected President nearly five months ago, the Clinton Administration thought it had assurances that the Rodriguez brothers would not get the deal they wanted...