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...long after he took office last month, Mexico's new President, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, received a note of congratulations. The sender was Subcommandant Marcos, the masked, green-eyed leader of last year's bloody rebel uprising in the remote southern highlands of Chiapas. What it said was not exactly cordial, but it was to the point: "Welcome to the nightmare...
...Chiapas, for now Zedillo has some breathing room. Recognizing that he | had to defuse the situation quickly, last week he drew back an army buildup around rebel areas and accepted the rebel demand that Bishop Samuel Ruiz help negotiate peace. But in his new economic plan he is certain to defer his election promise that 1995 will be the year that prosperity will trickle down to the masses. That could mean the kind of social discontent that launched Mexico on its most recent cycle of headaches. Welcome to the nightmare...
...Chechen rebels held onto the presidential palace in Grozny today, turning back a furious and bloody Russian assault that has seen heavy casualties on both sides. Despite being outnumbered and poorly armed, the rebels pushed the Russian troops out of Grozny's center, forcing Russian President Boris Yeltsin to send reinforcements. Civilian casualties continued as Russian jets, trying to destroy a bridge about seven miles from Grozny, killed at least 10 people in their cars. But Russian soldiers have suffered as well: the military acknowledged that Chechen rebels have captured or destroyed several dozen armed personnel carriers. The rebel soldiers...
Soldiers of the breakaway Caucasian republic of Chechnya refused to surrender despite running out of ammunition today, but the lapse in rebel shelling allowed Russian jets a free corridor to bomb the Chechen capital, Grozny. But, the Kremlin -- which faces mounting domestic opposition to the attacks -- today admitted that the fighting had gone on longer than Russian officials anticipated, although they attributed the delays to efforts to limit civilian casualties. (Several international military analysts said Russian troops' lack of battle-readiness was the real reason.) There was also no sign Russia was nearing its goal of encircling Grozny with troops...
...successful is the European line? U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali got a faceful of answers last week as he flew into Sarajevo demanding cease-fires. He left empty-handed amid jeers and snubs, underscoring how low the U.N. stands in Bosnian public opinion. Radovan Karadzic, head of the rebel Serb "republic" that occupies 70% of Bosnian territory, refused to meet on the neutral ground of Sarajevo's airport, insisting that Boutros-Ghali come to see him. Boutros- Ghali declined...