Word: oaxaca
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...promises that the vote will be completely clean and fraud free. "I don't support any candidate because all I see is corruption and promises that are never kept," said Fidel Lopez Cruz, 67, as he pushed his crude ox-drawn plow across a small plot of land near Oaxaca. If the public concludes the results have been fixed, the new President could face a prolonged period of unrest...
...respected former mayor of Mexico City who was passed over in the presidential sweepstakes, might use the Zapatista negotiation as a springboard to an independent presidential bid. Many ruling party faithful blame Salinas' concessions in Chiapas for a sharp increase in strikes and demonstrations across the nation. Indians in Oaxaca and Guerrero states are demanding the same concessions as their brothers in Chiapas. Last week 1,000 students marching in Michoacan state to protest a rise in public bus fares burned several vehicles and threatened to set government offices on fire unless officials agreed to talk...