Word: guerrillas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From the remote hill country, the bal lots came in by relays of elephants to be counted in regional centers. In the guerrilla-plagued provinces of the north east, troops stood on full alert, and in Bangkok, the capital, some 3,000 uni versity students, describing themselves as "neutral observers," watched the polls to make sure all was fair and square...
...which considers itself a Parliament in exile for the Palestinians, elected as its chairman Yasser Arafat (TIME Cover, Dec. 13), spokesman for El Fatah, the largest fedayeen organization. The post makes him the Palestinians' official representative to Arab governments and the collection agent for their contributions to the guerrilla movement. Even so, Arafat's election did nothing to bridge the rift between El Fatah and the rival fedayeen organizations that boycotted the conference, notably the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Palestine Liberation Army...
...guerrilla war, the fighting can be vicious, and Mondlane, a gentle and cultivated man, seemed to some of those he met remarkably out of character as the leader of such a movement. Perhaps his single greatest talent lay in wangling aid from both the Communist and capitalist worlds: "I get weapons from the East and money from the West," he told a TIME correspondent last year...
...this basic aim there could be no compromise with the politicians and intellectuals in Mexico City. Even alliances with other guerrilla generals had to be entered into with a measure of mistrust. This is particularly true of Zapata's relations with Villa, whose army of drifters, muleskinners, railroad laborers and bandits were "more a force of nature than of politics." Like Zapatismo, Villismo was a populist movement. But unlike Zapata's farmers, Villa's hordes had few fixed aims...
...green belt around Havana where coffee and citrus trees have been planted, civil servants labor side by side with students, encouraged by the steady beat of the Brincos, the Latin Beatles, as it blasts from Radio Cordón. Habaneros repair to the Cordón for so-called "guerrilla weekends" of tackling weeds, in line with Fidel's plea for communal work and "true, fraternal, humane Communism." Dirty boots, rolled-up sleeves and talk of agriculture are marks of honor in today's Cuba, even in the cities. Dairy farms equipped with modern machinery have sprung...