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...negotiators for the Zapatista National Liberation Army stood ready for betrayal. Through 10 days of talks with the Mexican government, 19 Chiapas rebel leaders kept their faces concealed by masks and bandannas. Their spokesman, the mysterious Subcomandante Marcos, strapped a gun on his hip and slung two bandoliers of cartridges over his shoulder. The precautions proved unnecessary: during round-the-clock talks, the government not only bargained in good faith, but gave in on all but the most outlandish rebel demands. The result was a tentative peace accord that is something of a landmark for Mexico...
...congratulating our exemplary Afro-Am department, I hope I haven't understand the concerns of many students. Namely, there are zero Mexican-American or Puerto Rican-American senior faculty (a critical distinction to make here, as well as for Asian-American tenured professors, is that between ethnic American scholars and elite foreign scholars), zero Native American senior faculty and a gaping hole in our curriculum with regard to permanent ethnic studies courses...
...Mexican Rebels Make Gains...
Negotiations opened between the Mexican government and members of the rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army in the state of Chiapas. Both sides have already made concessions: the rebels have agreed to confine the talks to local issues, and the government's liaison has said a settlement to the uprising, begun on New Year's Day, would require "strengthening the institutions of the republic ... and a new treatment for indigenous communities all over the country...
...masked rebel forces Mexican gov't to the negotiating table...