Word: hernandez
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first sign of trouble came immediately after the cease-fire was signed, when Bermudez removed Walter Calderon Lopez and Diogenes Hernandez Membreno, two contra field commanders who had attended the talks. Bermudez apparently felt that the officers had sold out the rebels by approving the accord. News of the disciplinary action spread quickly, leading combat unit leaders to openly criticize Bermudez...
Last week Hernandez and some 1,000 fellow dissidents, who had barricaded themselves at a base in Yamales, Honduras, clashed briefly with pro-Bermudez forces. At least two dissidents were wounded. Hernandez later agreed to negotiate with Honduran and contra officials, but by week's end the dispute had not been resolved. Nor was it clear whether the contras could negotiate a more lasting truce with the Sandinistas before the present cease-fire runs...
...beginning of each session, the director of the class--one of the seven or eight undergraduate instructors in each class of about 20 children--warms up the children and then begins to teach new steps to the group, Hernandez says. While the director teaches the steps, the other dance teachers dance alongside of the kids, helping them to learn the movements, Hernandez said...
Because Where Go Our Feet? is a dance show with relatively few words, the instructors spend a lot of time teaching the children "how to convey a feeling to the audience." Hernandez says. In the show, the Graham and Parks students perform a dance about a street gang, so "we worked on looking cool and getting that image across to the audience," she says...
...classes work best when the they are small, because it is easier for the Harvard students to get to know the children and help them with personal problems as well as teach them dance steps, Hernandez says. "It's nicer when you have a small group because no matter what, you can't have more teachers. You also get to know the kids better," she says...