Word: leftist
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...rally scheduled to coincide with a large-scale march in Mexico City, around 35 students and local community members gathered in Harvard Square on Sunday to protest the prosecution of the popular leftist mayor of Mexico City, Andrés Manuel López Obrador...
...another difficulty involves leftist participation in the election exercise. A substantial measure of leftist backing will probably be necessary if any opposition presidential candidate is to have a chance against the well-oiled Marcos machine. But the Communist-influenced National Democratic Front, an outlawed political organization that exercises considerable sway over more moderate leftist groups in the Philippines, has not yet decided whether to encourage participation in the snap election. Says Antonio Zumel, a leading member of the clandestine executive committee of the Front: "I think all this is designed to befuddle the opposition. They should know Marcos...
...transition to civilian rule should allow the U.S. to increase military aid to the Guatemalan army, which has been locked in a costly war with leftist guerrillas since the early 1980s. Although the rebels were nearly exterminated in a counterinsurgency drive four years ago, they have grown back to a force of 5,000, according to their own estimate. "The fighting has increased, and will increase no matter who takes office," said a guerrilla spokesman in Guatemala City last week. The heightened activity is most evident in the country's western department of San Marcos and the northern jungles...
...Sept. 19 earthquake, which left as many as 20,000 dead and, by some estimates, up to 150,000 homeless. Colombia's volcanic catastrophe seemed especially poignant in a country that has been plagued since World War II by a seemingly endless series of man-made travails: civil war, leftist terrorism and battles with a powerful and entrenched drug mafia. Said Colombian President Belisario Betancur Cuartas as he personally directed rescue operations last week: "Time and time again we are visited by tragedy. But with the help of God we will overcome...
...embassy in Managua was the envy of many Nicaraguans. The 200-odd nationals employed by the U.S. as guards, drivers, administrators and accountants earn at least twice as much as most of their countrymen. Last week those jobs suddenly seemed less appealing. Since Nov. 2, the leftist Sandinista government has summoned at least 17 embassy employees for interrogation at a nearby security compound. Some reported afterward that they were forcibly detained for up to 13 hours by security agents who subjected them to abusive and threatening treatment...