> This posting has been forwarded to you as a service of the Austin Comite > de Solidaridad con Chiapas y Mexico. > > ====================================== > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 00:07:51 -0500 > From: Fred G Athearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RHC News Transcript 2/14/95 > > > Radio Havana Cuba News - 9:00 PM EST 2/14/95 > 9830khz single sideband (6000khz was unreadable) > Transcription follows: > > Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo has put a check on the > army's military offensive in Chiapas. He has ordered the army > to cease all offensive actions and has called on the Zapatistas > to resume a political dialogue. Nothing has been said about the > order to arrest the charismatic Zapatista leader Rebel Commander > Marcos. > > Analysts are speculating that the Mexican president has > been forced to stop the offensive due to the political > instability that resulted from his announcement that the > Zapatista leadership would be captured. Public protest began > last week when more that 100,000 people gathered in the Mexican > capital's central square demanding peace and shouting > anti-governmemnt slogans. > > According to [Highly Gonzales Graff ?] of the Mexican > Institute for Political Studies, the government decision angered > the nation. When Marcos wasn't captured, observers say a broad > based offensive would have been a risky venture. > > Some say Zedillo may get political millage out of isolating > the Zapatista rebels in a remote jungle region. But others > observe that the Zapatistas are bound to launch guerilla attacks > if the Mexican Army maintains a strong presence in the region. > > In related news, press reports observe that the Chase > Manhatten Bank last month released an evaluation of the Mexican > crisis that said that the Zapatistas have to be eliminated if > Mexico is to become stable again. > > The bank, however, has distenced itself from the report by > saying that it was written by independent expert Riordan Roett, > former Director of Latin American Studies at Johns Hopkins > University. > > Zapatista Rebel Commander Marcos in recent days said the > decision to declare virtual war against the Zapatistas was made > in the United States. > > Meanwhile, in another suprise move, the ruling party > govenor of Chiapas, Edwardo Robledo, has stepped down. The > opposition Party of the Democratic Revolution has insistently > accused Robledo of electoral fraud. > > Robledo's resignation was the principle Zapatista demand > for resuming the peace dialogue. > > >
