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...Manuel Camacho Solis, the chief negotiator for the Mexican government with peasant rebels in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, resigned after accusing the government of trying to sabotage his efforts to find a settlement with the mostly Mayan Indians. Five days earlier, the rebels rejected the peace settlement he had proposed. The trouble in the peace talks could affect the Mexican presidential election, which will take place...
...Trevor Manuel, the A.N.C.'s economic chief, asks the key question, "How much is all this going to cost?" White businessmen are likely to add, "And do you propose to pay for it by soaking the rich with big tax increases?" Manuel replies that the development program is relatively modest and can be financed at projected levels with a portion of the present government's budget. Further, he argues, some of it can be paid for by cracking down on corruption, cutting defense spending and collecting taxes more efficiently. "The kind of South Africa we can build," he says with...
...charged with criminal contempt of court for "knowingly and willfully" violating a 1990 court order not to broadcast audiotapes of deposed Panamanian dictator General Manuel Noriega's jailhouse conversations. Some of the tapes recorded Noriega's calls to his lawyer's office; their broadcast raises constitutional issues. CNN pleaded not guilty...
...would like to take issue with a few statements made by Manuel Cachan in his April 6 editorial "But Out of Smokers' Lives...
...thoroughly enjoyed Manuel F. Cachan's editorial "Don't call Me Latino," where he explains the differences and strengths of different U.S. Latin American communities and encourages them to divide along these lines in order to explore their differing heritages...