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Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
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from "el Diario/La Prensa," a Spanish-language newspaper published
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in New York City. Translated and edited by Toby Mailman.
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MEXICO
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ZAPATISTAS' ANSWER, IN BRIEF
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They will reveal the results of the discussions on the government's
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proposals.
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The Zapatista rebels, who took up arms in the Mexican state of
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Chiapas, said on May 5 that in "a few more days" they will reveal
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the results of discussions taking place in the communities under
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their influence on the government commitments to achieve peace.
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In a joint communique signed by the Zapatista National Liberation
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Army (EZLN), mediator Bishop Samuel Ruiz, and the government peace
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commissioner, Manuel Camacho, it was reported that the rebels
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"reactivated their discussions," which had been suspended after the
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assassination of the government party's presidential candidate,
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Luis Donaldo Colosio, on March 23.
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If the government's 32 promises are accepted, according the
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agreement, in a second round of dialogue a peace accord will be
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signed to put an end to the armed conflict which began on January 1.
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In the communique, read by Ruiz in San Cristobal, the parties
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revealed some details of the seven-hour meeting which they held on
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May 4 in Zapatista territory, but did not report the date or the
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place where the second round of peace talks will be held.
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Camacho, Ruiz and ten EZLN delegates, among them Sub-Commander
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Marcos, met on May 4 in a location near the town of Guadalupe
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Tepeyac, under Zapatista dominion.
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In the first round of talks, which took place in San Cristobal from
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February 21 to March 2, the commissioner presented the EZLN with 32
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government promises in order to achieve peace, which were to be
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discussed in the indigenous communities under rebel influence.
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After Colosio's assassination the EZLN, seeing that it might be
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accused of the assassination, went on "red alert" and suspended the
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discussions, which have now begun again.
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In the joint communique Bishop Ruiz expressed his concern about the
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events which could represent obstacles to the peace process, and
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with "joy stated that the will for dialogue not only continues but
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is reactivated with the initial purpose of seeking a democracy
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based on justice."
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Camacho said in the joint communique that in the May 4 meeting with
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the Zapatistas he "reported on the advances for the fulfillment of
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the government promises," and that everything is ready to begin
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their immediate application.
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The key point, said Camacho, "is an action of peace in Chiapas,
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which will provide tranquility for the whole country," and said
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that the parties committed themselves to maintain communication
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during the next few weeks.
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Camacho, who was present at the reading of the communique, told the
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press that his meeting with the rebel leaders took place in a cabin
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which the EZLN prepared for the interview.
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The May 4 meeting is the first held by the parties after the first
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phase of dialogue was completed last March. (el diario/La Prensa
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5/6/94 from AFP)
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