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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...
...Chiapas itself, there is no guarantee that the accord will pass muster among Zapatista supporters, and many point out that they have no assurances that the government's promises will last beyond the Aug. 21 elections. If the paper promises do not produce action, rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos vowed to launch another offensive in the Zapatista...
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...
...Mexican rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos has become such a folk hero that some of his enterprising countrymen are manufacturing condoms adomed with his romanticized image, The Times reported Sunday. "We love them," a Marcos spokesperson was quoted as saying, sarcastically...