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Show The Salt Lake Tribune WORLD = AG Monday,June19, 2000 MexicanPolitics Headsfor the Hills For Support UN.Security Council Verifies Israel’s Pullout From Lebanon The ‘fear vote’ in rural Mexico could boost PRI BY JAMES F. SMITH LOS ANGELES TIM SAN AGUSTIN LOXICHA, Mexico — The aging peasant an glanced nervously around solated mountain village and furtively tucked inside her shawl the opposition-party pamphlets she hadjust been handed. This is modern multi-party Mexico. not the old Soviet Union. And she was merely holding bro- chures of the Democratic Revoluuon Party. one of the two main parties challenging the 71-year rule of the Institutional Revoluarty. or PRI. in upcoming nal elections. So whywas she red. even to give her name? “This-is a PRI town.” she mut> tered, not wantingto be overheard, y weare fromanother lems can occur. We are agri-industrial developments THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. the northwest. But thefrontline in the current competition for votes is in areas such as this one — the Loxicha re- Security Council on Sunday en- dorsed the secretary-general’s conclusion that Israel has com- gion of Oaxaca, a group of tough farming villages where the PRI was once unchallenged. pleted its withdrawal of forces These isolated hamlets are among the nation’s most heavily subsidized, and residents’ appre- thatIsrael occupies part ofits ter- from southern Lebanon. With Lebanon still insisting ritory aftér Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s verification Friday, Russia delayed its endorsementfor two days,butfinally agreed toarevised statementthatnotes “with serious concern reports of violations that haveoccurred since June16.” Annanhadthreatened to cancel hension about a possible loss of government aid is powerful. Yet even in San Bartolome Loxicha, an hour's drive from San Agustin Loxicha and three hours from the nearest paved road, there are hints that Mexico's version of “glasnost” is atrip to Lebanontoday unless the council endorsed the U.N.verifica- reaching even there- motest cornersof the country. tion of Israel’s pullout, diplomats “Forme, it would be good to change regimes and to end this PRI dictatorship,” said peasantfarmer Edilberto Pacheco, 44. “The people Jose Luis Magana/TheAssociated Press PRI supporters in Mexico City try to catch a glimpse of candidate Francisco Labastida.Votesare largely split between town and country. are more open now. Wewant to be vote.” especially among the 27 pe nt of the population defined as rural. could help hand the PRI another six-year presidential term when Mexicans go to the polls July 2. Apart from suchfears. the PRI also commands, in much ofthe countryside, a historic lovaltyakinto that felt for the RomanCatholic Church. At the sametime, however, the PRI's longtime dominance in the countryside appears to be waning, and forthefirst time. the party’s shareofthe rural voteis likelyto fall below 50 percent. A greater _ numberofbalancedtelevision and radio reports.are reaching rural areas than before, and the grip of -pko-PRI citizens groups suchas the National Campesino Confederation is weakening. With polls indicating that the presidential race is extremely close. even this partial erosion of : rural-control poses a threat to PRI candidate Francisco Labastida. His ability to stem suchdefections couldprove decisive. Yet the “voto verde,”or green vote, remains the backboneof Labastida’s support. He still has 46 percent of the peasantry behifd him, compared. with 25 percent who back PRD candidate Cuauhtemoe Cardenas, his mainrival for the rural vote, according to a poll this monthinthe respected daily Reforma. The Mexican countrysideis far an open meetingthat called on Israel and Lebanon to respect the more developed.” But these communities are also extremely dependent on government ‘largess. Mayor Tomas Gaspar said 60 percent of the 5,000 people in San Bar- tolome receive benefits from LOS ANGELES TIMES MONTERREY, Mexico — gram linked to education and health. Lepine, director U.N.-drawnwithdrawalline. -Young Voters Driving Change in Mexico Progresa, the federal welfare pro- Enrique They are the NAFTA generation, a tidal wave of people in of governmentissues for the center- their 20s who grew upina dra- right National Action Party, or matically changed Mexico. Theyare the country’s best and PAN, in Mexico City, said “the sin brightest,’ weaned on TV and tacos, a generation that traded is not that povertyexists but that instead of combating it, you ad- ministerit. The PRI has adminis- cornfields for concrete. They tered poverty for 40 years. And what happened was, people got are, in some ways,the success story of the modern Mexico created under the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRD. And July 2, they arelikely to usedto putting their handout.” Although the center-left. PRD, many of whose members are former PRI loyalists who broke from theruling party in 1988, is the main challenger in the country- try to kick the partyout. ‘The party haslost credibility,” says Arturo Villafuerte, a 20-year-old engineering student, one of millions of young side, the PRD’s Cardenas is run- ninga distant third nationally. It is center-right challenger Vicente Fox of the PAN whois deadlocked with Labastida, thanks to Fox's people whoplan to vote for the opposition strong support in thecities. Fox, from a hacienda-owning in the upcoming presidential election. Poll after poll indicates that ranchingfamily in central Guana- this historic election will split juatostate, is portraying himself as aman of the countryside and has made majorinroadsin rural areas Mexico along demographic lines — urbanvs. rural, educated vs. uneducated. But the of northern and western Mexico. Despite his trademark cowboy boots and his folksy style, howev- most striking numbers might Lebanon complainedthatIsrael wasstill using its roads and occupying partsofits territory. Israelis building a border fence and has vehicles and equipment going back be those showing a majority of young voters who reject the PRI, which hasheld thepresidency for 71 years. andforth, according to diplomats. Onhis arrival in Cairo, Egypt, on Sundaynight, Annansaid there were problems concerning the de- The youth vote is crucial in what appears to be the fairest and mosthotly contested presidential race ever in Mexico. Nearly one-third of Mexican voters are in their 20s, and almosthalf are under35. But the significance of the marcation of the border, but that both sides had agreed to the importanceoffinding a solution. “The presence of any Israeli soldier inside the Lebanese borders would meanthe violation of youth vote goes beyond the the borders drawn by the U.N.,” Annan said, noting that he would election.It reflects the collapse of faith in a political system that, although authoritarian andoften corrupt, long delivered economic progress. And the youth vote points to the emergence of better-educated citizens — people whocan’t be controlled through fear or party organizations. Young people “are file a complaint to the Security Council if that happened. Annan reminded the two nations that, according to a 1978 Security Council resolution, verifyingIsrael's withdrawalis the job of encein the south. In commercial farming areas in the northwest, both Fox and Car- the indigenous mountain villages of Oaxaca and Chiapas to modern denas havesought to capitalize on anti-PRI sentiment among farmers _ pany MUND. “They're the first groupreally to break with the PRI's historic hegemony.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS angered by policies that have encouraged sometimes devastating listened to a parade of farmers pledging their support for him and competition from U.S. imports. At a forum in northern Sinaloa state last month, Cardenas raging against the PRI govern- ment’s phaseout of subsidies and price supports. wbunded and displaced. mOULUes 1 rd. signed after weeks negotiations in the Algerian capital of Algiers, was punctuated by fighting at home i Hornof Africa. It opens the w: a definitive peace, allowing for a : reprieve while negotiators delin- eate thebitterly disputedfrontier. . Ethiopia is to redeploy troops inside Eritrea, its much smaller : neighbor. and international * peacekeeping missionis to patrol a buffer zone on Eritreanterritory betweenthe combatants. “This accord marks the begin: g of the end of two years of conSritrean Foreign Minister Haile Woldansaesaid. It is “the first concrete step toward peace between thetwo countries after a useless war. Woldansae and his Ethiopian counter} Seyoum Mesfin, In Washington, President Clinton called the accord a “breakthrough which . can and should permit these two coun- The “cessation of hostilities” accord falls short ofa full, unconditional cease-fire, which would tries to realize their potential in peace, instead of squanderingit in war.” place severe limits even on acting in self defense andcarrystiff sanctions for anyviolation. Ethiopia has all along reserved the right to respond to any Eri- General Salim Ahmed Salim and Ribs,Steaks, Summer Menu. Sunday Breakfast Featuring Hobo’s Dream againstguerrilla attacks on north- ern Israel, The council reached tentative agreement on the verification statement Saturday night, after a 10-hour session that included a conference with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud,U.S. Secretary of State MadeleineAlbright, Annan’s Mideast envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and otherofficials. Lebanon'sinsistence thatIsrael has not completelyleft its territory led to another six-hour session Sunday before the statement was finally adopted, Tussia’s senior counselor Vladimir Sergeev asked Sunday for closed-door consultations, saying there were issues that still needed clarification. Diplomats said Russia wasunderinstructions to reject any text that did not satisfy the Lebanese government. “This is a historic event and a unanimous endorsement by the council,” deputy U.S. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg said after the marathon session. “We look forward to the secretary-general's trip out there and the continued progress on) this important issue in the region. After announcing Friday that the withdrawal was complete, Annan wanted the endorsement approved ahead of today’s planned discussions with Lebanese leaders on the next steps toward peace. Lebanese PrimeMinister Salim Hossrejected the U.N. verification of Israel’s pullout, saying Lebanon “insists on recovering every inch ofits territory.” ond day ofa crucial party congress — its first in 15 years. Thepost ofparty leaderis typi- der its administration before May conference. Earlier Sunday, the state newspaper Tishreen said the Baath Party wouldstick to the late presi- dent'sfirm line onIsrael, and that the conference delegates would mobilize “all resources to regain the Golan in its entirety and specifically to the June 4 line.” Hafez Assad, who died June 10 after 30 years in power, had suspended negotiationswith Israelaf- that, in manyrespects,still lives in the 1970s. Butuntil he has his own powerbase,he will be able to do little to change his father’s policies, particularly when it comes to Israel. Syria today is beset by economic woes andinstitutional corruption. It is a communications and information technology wasteland anda bastion of authoritarian rule. Syrian officials and tightly con- trolled media, while continuing to lavishly praise Hafez Assad, appear resigned to the necessity of change andare looking to Bashar Assad to lead the way. “The leadership of Dr. Bashar Assad, that young man filled with hope, expectations and dreams, must be a continuation of the struggle of the leader [Hafez] Assad . . . So he can use hisfaculties and abilities to fulfill the nation’s dreams of a quality future,” the tion of -hostilities agreement, whichplacesno limits on responding to low-level harassingfire that often takes place along the front lines even after an agreement is Under the 15-point agreement, the two countries “will ceaseall hostile activity on land and in the air immediately after the signa- contested territories” — an apparent reference to Ethiopia’s conten- ture of the accord, guarantee freedomof movementandaccessto the tion that changes on the ground should be reflected in a final y hope is that the adverse party respects the accord,” said peacekeeping mission and the re- agreement. spect for and protection of the membersofthis mission.” ‘The accordcalls for Ethiopia to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday dispatched a team ofexperts to Algiers to dis- Syria are looking to young Bashar Assad to meet the urgent need to page editorial Sunday. Hafez Assad had been grooming his son to succeed him, and the Baath Party conference was announced weeksbefore his death. Once parliament approves the Baath Party’s nomination of Bashar Assad for president,it will announce a date for a national presidential referendum. The Baath Party has had a monopoly redeploy its troops in the two cuss the peacekeeping mission. reform and modernize a country on powerin Syria since 1963. EU representative Rino Seri of Italy. trean provocations undera cessa- Mesfin, the Ethiopian foreign minister. He vowedto “fully take part in the peaceprocess.” Se dst ee. jy ¢ Vinyl Siding y * Eaves &Overhangs j 1 ° Seamless Raingutter REYNOLDS | ! 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