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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 30, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba B4 Winnipeg free june 1997 world mexican opposition gains strength by Andres Oppenheimer Knight Ridder newspapers Mexico reflecting a sudden growth of support for opposition polls show that Mexico Long ruling institutional revolutionary party could lose its control of the lower House of con Gress in next sundays midterm elec Tion a nationwide poll by Alducin and associates for the daily Al Universal shows the which has ruled the authoritarian democracy since Likely to fall Short of the per cent of the vote it would need to maintain its absolute majority in the chamber of the poll shows the ruling known As the is Likely to win 36 per cent of the followed by the Centre right National action party pan with 34 per and the Cen tre left party for the democratic revolution pro with 24 per the remaining six per cent would be split among smaller it the poll also shows that opposition candidate Cuauhtemoc of the maintains a huge Lead in the race for Mexico City the sur vey gives Cardenas 38 per while his nearest rival trails with 24 per cent of the the Al Universal poll seems to corroborate previous surveys by the Reforma newspaper and the univer sity of which have detected a Las minute surge of support for opposition for the first time in More than 80 a mexican president May not have a docile lower House of con says historian Enrique it would be a major because the main feature of our political sys tem has been a monolithic hold on Power by the ruling while an opposition Victory in Congress would Mark the end of an Era of absolute Pri few expect an immediate revolution in mexican pol among the reasons in a country where the president enjoys nearly unlimited the Pri will remain in control of the executive Branch at least until the 2000 presidential because Only on third of the Senate Junel 4august10 heres How to play each Days contains a number of words to be placed in the the words Are connected vertically 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could vote with the ruling party in a divided if it loses control of the chamber of the ruling party May Call a special session of the outgoing con Gress to pass the 1998 budget and other Bills with Lon term Nicaragua political climate heating up by Glenn Marvin Knight Ridder newspapers Nicaragua this capitals weary citizens Are preparing for a new round of demonstrations and blockades this week As the temperature of Nicaragua perpetually torrid Politi Cal climate inches upward president Arnold Aleman is scheduled to Convene a National dialogue among various political parties and economic interest groups this morn but the opposition sandinista which is boycotting the is expected to disrupt them with i suppose it will be a Long said Adolfo a conservative party but were getting used to it the sandinista and their allies particularly Radical University who Are furious with Aleman for Cut Ting million out of the higher Edu cation budget used last week As a snarling Managua traffic for Short periods almost every Day with a series of marches and the students burned several City vehicles and traded punches with riot dire warning at they seemed to be threat ening to do much when con Gressmen from Aleman Liberal Alliance introduced a Bill calling for six month jail terms for blocking tray sandinista Leader Daniel Ortega warned that its passage could have dire the government is acquiring the character of a Ortega if its necessary to overthrow the then the people will do if the government wont let the people protest in the streets in a civic there wont be any remedy left but to return to armed when authorities threatened to charge Ortega with he backed off maintaining that he was not advocating but merely reporting the opinions of some frustrated party any reference to armed struggle by the who toppled Nicaragua Somoza dynasty in 1979 after a 16year guerrilla jangles nerves ortegas remarks were reported under shriek ing headlines in All four Managua the daily la Tribuna ran an editorial cartoon show ing the hooded figure of scythe in asking Ortega where do we Start government officials insist that they dont take ortegas threats and the Only reason they threatened him with sedition charges was to reas sure foreign Ortega who lost the presidential race to Aleman last october has been at the new presidents Throat almost since the Day he took office in the sandinista have fiercely resisted Aleman tentative attempts to privatize some state companies and shrink the government strike an irritant in the sandinista called a National strike to protest Aleman eco nomic although the strike was More of an irritant than an economic in the View of most analysts Aleman moved to end it by offer ing the sandinista a one none Polit ical dialogue with the but the on month timetable for the talks expired in late May without any agree when Aleman said he wanted to expand the dialogue to include other parties and interest groups the sandinista dropped Many government officials Here dont believe the sandinista have the political muscle to carry out a significant much less the armed struggle that Ortega talked about last they note that the sandinista could barely Muster 500 demonstrators for a wednesday rally they predicted would draw but some businessmen were not so they pointed out that since most nicaraguans draw their salaries on the first and 15th Days of the Many households were Short on Cash last that want such a Good week for a said it might be Dif Ferent once everybody gets that july 1 ;