Word: ruiz
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...here by radical groups," Freddy Alcantar, a Oaxaca hotelier told TIME by phone Saturday morning. "Finally the President is imposing the rule of law." But a protester who called himself only Florentino, representing the leftist Popular Assemby of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), told TIME that until Governor Ulises Ruiz resigns, he and other militants - who are believed by many to have the backing of a small-scale Oaxaca guerrilla force from the 1990s that reappeared in the summer - would "reinforce our barricades and call in help from the mountains, valleys and coasts...
...Ruiz - of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) ousted by Fox six years ago, although both allied with Fox's party against the challenge of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) - gave no indication Saturday whether he would stay put in office now that Fox has exerted control in the state. Ruiz's troubles began when Oaxaca's poorly paid teachers went on strike last June, accusing Ruiz of authoritarian rule and neglect of the poor and indigenous citizens. Their walkout became more strident and violent as more radical forces - including the APPO - joined in to call attention to Mexico...
DIED. Hilton Ruiz, 54, classical prodigy turned versatile Latin jazz and bebop pianist who collaborated with Joe Henderson, Tito Puente and Charles Mingus, recorded more than a dozen albums, including Steppin' into Beauty and Enchantment, and saw his elegant, polyrhythmic compositions featured in such films as American Beauty and Crimes and Misdemeanors; after having been found last month with severe head injuries outside a bar in New Orleans' French Quarter; in New Orleans, where he had been working on a project to benefit hurricane victims...
...posted on the store’s glass entrance. The store features natural health and beauty products and homeopathic medicines, including vitamin and herbal remedies. “It’s kind of nice to have natural ingredients in the center of town,” said Deborah Ruiz, who says she comes to Cambridge to shop “a lot.” “Now I’ll have to look someplace else for that. It’s kind of disappointing.” Yesterday, during the outdoor May Day Fair, a steady...
...HECTOR RUIZ We wanted to say the birth of a new icon and the death of an old one. That date marks the beginning of that...