Word: tacho
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Army units were rushed in not only to combat the rebels but also to help improve the life of peasants by building clinics, schools and roads. Government public works projects picked up speed. President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon even resumed negotiations. Reacting to those talks, guerrilla leader Comandante Tacho may be forgiven if he sounds a bit smug when he declares, ``Mr. Zedillo has said positive things...
Still, the mood in much of the state is more upbeat than it has been in months. In one of the Zapatistas' jungle strongholds, the settlement of Guadalupe Tepeyac, Tacho praised Zedillo for the sincerity of his efforts. ``The most important factor,'' said the rebel, ``was that he sent his Interior Minister as his direct representative. That shows he's taking the problem seriously.'' The Zapatistas are relatively confident that their prime demand will be met: the removal from office of Eduardo Robledo, the p.r.i. governor whose August election--in the same balloting that elected Zedillo--was deemed fradulent...
Other rebel demands--like the re- negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and a halt to the privatization of state industries--have less chance of success. ``There have to be great changes in this country,'' says Tacho's companion, Major Moises, an M-16 automatic rifle balanced on his lap. ``And if there's not, there's going to be war and revolution...
...Because of the common entryway everyone gets to know each other," says Tacho Sandoval...