1.   In February, federal government negotiators signed an accord with the Zapatista rebels that calls for expanding indigenous rights.

2.   And it guarantees the indigenous broad rights of self-determination.

3.   But now, as the Zapatistas press their agenda for indigenous rights and left-leaning economic policies, they must negotiate with an imperfect democracy.

4.   Demanding indigenous rights, land reform and greater democracy in Mexico, the rebels called for a nationwide insurrection to topple the government.

5.   Gay, the descendent of a royal Hawaiian family, was an anthropologist, a writer and the founder of an indigenous rights organization in Hawaii.

6.   He says he will stake his considerable political capital on pressing Congress to pass the indigenous rights bill.

7.   He supported the short-lived junta, which included a prominent indigenous rights leader.

8.   He won a college scholarship to study agricultural engineering in Mexico and returned to Colombia as the indigenous rights movement was gathering steam.

9.   His first presidential act was to send Congress a bill to expand indigenous rights and thus make peace with the Zapatistas.