Many killed in Peru, writer says
By Chester Allen
Both the government and the
Maoist "Shining Path" rebels
committed nunpirous human
rights violations during the on
going civil war in Peru, a Peru
vian journalist said Tuesday
Alejandro Coronado, a Reuters
correspondent who has covered
the war sinc e 1082. said Peru
vians are caught between the
ruthless "Shining Path" rebels
and government forces fighting
lor control of the country.
Both sides have killed and tor
tured thousands of people dur
ing the war. and many journal
ists covering the < (inflict have
been killed. Coronado said.
The Peruvian government
imprisoned him in 1'IHH tiei ause
he published articles critic i/.ing
human rights violations com
mitted by the arms. and rebels
bombed his home for writing
about their actions. Coronado
said
“Who’s not Afraid of dying'”
Coronado said when an audience
member asked him why he kept
on reporting the war "But it's my
joli and desire to inform people
tlu> host I can about the large
number of people dying in Peru "
Coronado said 1.000 people
have disappeared into govern
ment prisons since the war start
ed. and 25.000 people have I wen
killed in the lighting
Although government forces
i aptured rebel leader Asimnel
Cu/.man last September, rebel
fort es are still very active in the
capital city of Lima and in rural
jungle areas. Coronado said
I Vs|HTate economic < ondltions
in the countryside caused the
war. but the government has
done little to improve the plight
of the peasants besides giving
them weapons to fight the reliels.
Coronado said.
Coronado reports from lluan
ta-Aviicucho. a remote area in the
mountains of Peru where many
Alejandro Coronado
journalists have I teen killed by
both sides
Coronado ts a Visiting Jour
nalist bellow at Duke I hmrrsitv
for the spring. Hr said he hopes
to learn about Amrruen media,
demo* rat \ and drug intervention
efforts m Peru during his v isit to
the United States
Board releases recount results
The ASUO Kim lions Hoard Tuesday released the
official results of last week s presidential rac e
Monday night's recount results were unoffit ial
because board members were unable to verify that
the write-in candidates for the post were students
Computer problems prevented them from i becking
candidates' University status Only University stu
dents may run for ASUO positions, according It)
elections rules
On Tuesday, Tom North of the Office ol the Reg
istrar verifieri there were 39 legitimate write-in can
didates Candidates must receive more than So per
cent of the total number of votes to win
Howen and Collins Puente received 935 votes
Warren and Johnson received BB5 voles Howen and
Collins Puente won by five-and-u-half votes more
than the 50 percent required, said Tracy Dennis,
elections board manager
Thu i*l<i lions hoard recounted vote* for the 199 I
94 A SI i() president and vim president Monday
night after Leslie Warren ami Stark Johnson filed a
complaint with the( Constitution Court allowing elts
turn rules violations.
No write-in candidates re< Hived the 15-vote min
imtim required to go on tin1 general ballot. Dennis
said
In Warren and Johnson's complaint to the t Ion
stitution Court. they satd the elections hoard del
not inform a representative from their campaign of
the tone or plar e of the first recount April ZZ Itoth
the Warren/lohnson and Howen/Collins I’uonle tn k
ets had representatives .it the second oh ount Mon
day.
Paul Loving of the Constitution Court said he
didn't know when a hearing would Iw ( ailed to hear
Warren and Johnson's complaint
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