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...next 21Ú2 hours, the fake soldiers made Ipil a hell on earth. They gunned down men, women and children, plundered the town's seven banks and took money from shops. "They were killing people like they do this every day," said a survivor, Loyita de los Reyes. Rogelio Villafuerte, a public-works engineer, said, "They came to town ready to start a war." The 200 or so gunmen ended the carnage around 3 p.m., then sauntered out of town, taking along 13 hostages, including a group of women wearing uniforms from Gerry's department store. Left behind were...
...Defense and Promotion of Human Rights and international groups like Americas Watch document a rise in the number of arbitrary detentions, disappearances and political assassinations. Even those who endorse Salinas' economic program often fault his political foot dragging. "If you begin to reform, you should reform thoroughly," says Rogelio Ramirez de la O, a private-sector economist. "That should be called 'the Gorbachev lesson.' " Unfazed by such criticism, Salinas argues that political and economic reform cannot be undertaken simultaneously. "Anyone who brings about changes over a wide number of fronts has to be able to control them," he says...
...regularly drop dead from the soot-filled sky. Last year the city endured several thermal inversions in which dense, low-lying clouds of smog literally forced residents of the capital to choke on the waste produced by the city's 3 million cars and 100,000 factories. Warns Economist Rogelio Ramirez de la O: "If there is a thermal inversion in which a whole lot of people die, the government will be blamed and there could be a violent response...
...have shown their idealism," Sin told listeners over Radio Veritas. "I would be very happy if you could support them now." The station, owned and operated by the church, broadcast the names of prominent Marcos officials who, emboldened by Ramos and Enrile, announced their resignations. Among them: Postmaster General Rogelio Golez and General Ramon Farolan, the Philippine Customs Commissioner. "I don't think the government can function," said one high-ranking Marcos aide. "It's a very tenuous situation...
...drop in crude has cut $2.5 billion from Mexico's anticipated 1986 earnings, and the country may not be able to stand much more. "Falling oil prices will have an impact on a Mexican budget that is already stretched to the limit," says Economist Rogelio Ramirez de la O. He estimates that a sustained price of $20 per bbl. for oil would cause the Mexican economy, which is still suffering the financial effects of last year's earthquake, to show no growth...