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...play recounts two parallel plots which merge in the conclusion. While the peasants of the wee Spanish hamlet of Fuente Ovejuna groan under the rapine yoke of their wicked overlord, Fernando Gomez de Guzman, that same overlord joins in a rebellion against their Catholic Majesties, Ferdinand and Isabella, of fifth-grade history fame. But in the spheres of both high politics and human resources, Fernando "Hubris" Gomez oversteps the limit, with positively diabolic consequences...
...acting, too, begins a precipitous descent. On each successive appearance, Matthew Bakal, as King Ferdinand, becomes increasingly wooden. Jennifer Breheny interprets Queen Isabella as a Marie Antoinette-Queen of Hearts hybrid, gleefully discussing mass executions in the off-with-her-head mode. Kitt Hirasaki portrays the severe Master of the Order of Santiago like a spoilt schoolboy, ready to stamp his feet with frustration...
...body of exiled dictator Ferdinand Marcos finally returned to the Philippines for burial, four years after he died and seven years after he was overthrown in a popular revolt backed by the military. The government of Corazon Aquino had resisted a Marcos return, but her successor, President Fidel Ramos, a cousin of the dictator, judged that enough time had passed. Only 7,000 people from Marcos' home province greeted the body on its return; his widow Imelda had predicted 1 million...
...situation is unlike the popular uprisings that forced Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos into exile and brought down the Berlin Wall. Rebellious Nigerians face a government willing to use force to keep itself alive. Anonymous circulars warning of tribal violence among the nation's three largest ethnic groups -- Yoruba, Ibo and Hausa -- appeared in Lagos' crowded slums, setting off a massive exodus. Those with means sent their families out of the country. The poor, the overwhelming majority, sent their children to home villages in the countryside. State security officers and riot police & rounded up human-rights leaders and interrogated them. False...
...Opel project for GM but jumped ship after the company decided to put his dream plant in Hungary rather than in his hometown of Amorebieta, Spain. Volkswagen had wooed Lopez with promises to build his | plant in Amorebieta, but the dismal state of European car sales forced VW chairman Ferdinand Piech to suspend plans for the factory two weeks ago. On top of Volkswagen's $780 million first-quarter loss and bleak prospects for the rest of the year, Piech could hardly justify the ambitious project...