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WILMARIE CIDRE ’09 of San Juan, Puerto Rico and Kirkland House Circulation Manager...
Aquino spent a good part of the week cleaning up the mess left after the firing of another man who had underestimated her, former Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile. Having dismissed Enrile a fortnight ago after accusations that he was plotting against her, she was now slowly revamping her Cabinet at the urging of her armed forces Chief of Staff General Fidel Ramos and other military leaders. Aquino had earlier announced the removal of Natural Resources Minister Ernesto Maceda and Public Works Minister Rogaciano Mercado, whose ministries had been accused of corruption. Last week she added Minister of Local Government...
...Juan del Sur's Sandinista Mayor, Eduardo Holmann, says the event led to a heated phone exchange with U.S. Ambassador Paul Trivelli. "He told me you don't have lynch mobs in a civilized country, and I told him, 'Yeah, didn't you use to lynch blacks in the United States...
...Some Americans living in the town are concerned that the mob was a manifestation of festering resentment toward the wealthy expatriates who have, over a few short years, developed San Juan del Sur from a small fishing village into an international tourist destination. Did Mayor Holmann agree? "No," he said. ?You look like a gringo and no one gives you a hard time here...
...That might be a good idea for the man whose own puente has been burnt in Nicaragua. "He's got no reason to come back to San Juan del Sur," said Maria, a 26-year-old local resident. "If he does, they'll kill...