Even so, 300-400 leftist opponents were killed or disappeared under the military regime and several thousand were tortured.
Three groups within the chavismo movement competed for influence: (1) leftist civilians with strong ties to Cuba, (2) military officers who had taken part in the failed coup of February 1992, and (3) regional leaders with strong local support.
Elizabeth Olson (NYT) THE AMERICAS COLOMBIA: 26 REBELS SLAIN Military officials said they had killed 26 leftist rebels and captured another 32 in five days of violent clashes in the northeast department of Santander.
And, while the success of a '60s leftist in the New York City mayoral primary has stirred some far-fetched talk of a "new new left," the national party seems likely to stay closer to the center, where the votes are.
Which would you say more imperils the humanities - 10 leftist professors on a campus, or the 10,000 hours a student has spent with TV, video games and at the mall?
LIMA, Peru, Jan . 10— A ruling by an international human rights court telling Peru's government to honor 41 leftist rebels killed in a 1992 prison raid has provoked public indignation, and the government is considering withdrawing from the court.
PAGE B1 Leftist Sweep in France The political left made strong gains in regional elections in a rebuke to President Jacques Chirac's conservative government and restructured social welfare policies.
Mr. Fox could offer National Action's cooperation in the council in return for Mr. Lopez Obrador's help in securing the votes of about 10 leftist deputies who represent Mexico City in the federal congress, Mr. Weldon said.
Page A6 LEFTIST PARTY RISES IN GREECE The collapse of Greece's dominant parties in Sunday's elections swept a new political force onto the scene here: the Coalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza, a pro-euro yet anti-austerity party that has Greece's creditors trembling with its calls for the country to reject its current loan agreement and nationalize the banks.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (Reuters) — Colombian forces killed 12 leftist rebels on Sunday in a surprise attack on a unit assigned to protect the nation's top guerrilla leader, punctuating a bloody weekend that left another 14 people dead around the country, the Defense Ministry said.
At least 8 of the 14 leftist rebels who surrendered at the end of a hostage siege in Lima in early 1997 were first incapacitated and then shot from behind, according to a forensic report on an incident that prosecutors say could be crucial to bringing former President Alberto Fujimori to trial.
