Word: puebla
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Battle of Puebla ended in a victory of the supposedly inferior Mexican troops over the French, said Fidel A. Ovalle '92, chairperson of the social and cultural committee of RAZA, which means "race" in Spanish. The Mexicans went on to lose the war, but the battle still represents a "triumph of spirit," Ovalle said...
...Saenz, a visting scholar in social anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. The Quincy House affiliate said that "the notion that Mexico belongs to the Mexicans... was forged" on Mexican independence day, Diez y Seis de Septiembre, and Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the 1862 Battle of Puebla...
...fact, a swing away from revolutionary fervor had already begun. Five months before the Sandinistas took power, at a third bishops' conference early in 1979 at Puebla, Mexico (the scene of the newly elected John Paul's first visit to Latin America), the assemblage followed the Pope's lead in striking a careful balance in defining Catholic activism. While endorsing a strong mandate for church involvement in social issues, the Puebla conference condemned Marxist strategies and cautioned priests to "divest themselves of all political ideologies...
...Ever since Puebla, during his globetrotting papacy, the Pope has consistently spoken out on behalf of the poor and against social injustice, more often and more vigorously than any of his predecessors. He has relentlessly continued to stress both the evils of Marxism and the need for priests to avoid direct involvement in politics. In effect, his aim has been to co-opt the acceptable themes of liberation theology, while trimming away its objectionable elements. As one high official of the Roman Curia puts it, John Paul's strategy is "to show that he is the premier liberation theologian...
...already been murdered in El Salvador and two have been killed in Guatemala for advocating greater social reform. Rumors have spread-so far, officially denied-that the Guatemalan authorities were set to banish the society from the country entirely. As John Paul made clear to Latin American bishops in Puebla, Mexico, two years ago, he approves of the church's defending the rights of the oppressed-but not by political means that have more in common with Marxism than Christianity. Many local Jesuits disagree that any kind of Marxism is their goal. Says Father Jon Sobrino, who teaches...