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...this young man pulled the trigger remains a mystery. It is true that under the neoliberal program furthered by President Salinas, the poor--a very sizeable part of the population--have experienced increasing hardship, even as the overall economic climate in the nation has regained vigor. The recent rebellion in Chiapas has brought attention to the fact that social justice must be addressed...
...first acting role, in a Sevenoaks production of Cry, the Beloved Country, was, typically, a cue for school rebellion."I was playing a little black boy. I had to cover myself in black makeup, and what gave me the greatest pleasure was that I could never wash all of it off. Every night it sullied the sheets. For once I could be a legally disruptive influence." Soon after, he made his fleeting film debut, as a young vandal in Sunday, Bloody Sunday...
Russian President Boris Yeltsin, infuriated by Richard Nixon's meetings with Yeltsin's political archenemies in Moscow, canceled planned talks with the former President. Nixon, on a 10-day private visit to Russia, met with former Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, who led a bloody rebellion against Yeltsin last October. Yeltsin later appeared to soften his stand but said he couldn't reschedule the meeting because of the death of his mother...
...Zapatista commander, before he and his colleagues returned to their mountain redoubts to seek ratification of the agreement from their followers. "This stage of dialogue has ended, and it is on a good path." Government peace commissioner Manuel Camacho Solis was equally enthusiastic: "Every time there was a rebellion, it always ended in a huge massacre of Indians. Here it is ending in dialogue." He insisted that there were "no winners or losers" at the bargaining table, but it is difficult not to see the Zapatistas as triumphant. If President Carlos Salinas de Gortari honors the pledges to the insurgents...
Talks between government and guerrilla leaders begin this week to bring to an end the Zapatista uprising in the state of Chiapas. The negotiations were announced 24 hours after the guerrillas released the former Chiapas Governor, whom they had been holding hostage since the rebellion began on New Year...