From Spain’s Podemos to Noam Chomsky, many left-wingers around the world are too blinded by ideology to see the Venezuelan crisis for what it really is.
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La Voz de Galicia, June 27th The Monday edition of Spanish daily La Voz de Galicia features a victorious Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy kissing his wife, Elvira Fernandes, after winning the most seats in Spain“s parliamentary elections. Sunday’s vote followed an inconclusive election in December, when the parties failed to agree on a coalition. […]
El Mundo, Dec. 21, 2015 “Spain knocks down two-party system and leaves the government high and dry,” reads the front page of conservative newspaper El Mundo, after Sunday’s general election saw the expected rise of newcomers Podemos on the left, and Ciudadanos on the right. It’s a “messy” situation for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, one […]
SPANISH ELECTION ENDS TWO-PARTY SYSTEM Yesterday’s national elections in Spain have left more questions than answers today, as two of the country’s fledgling political movements made huge gains and the conservative Popular Party lost its majority. “Spain knocks down two-party system and leaves the government high and dry,” the front page of conservative newspaper El […]
And watch out for Pablo Iglesias, leader of Spain’s leftist Podemos party.
La Vanguardia, August 4, 2015 Catalonia is set to go to the polls next month, as regional President Artur Mas called early elections for Sept. 27, intending to use the vote as a fresh bid for independence. He announced the election as “an exceptional measure,” says Tuesday’s front page of La Vanguardia. In a televised […]
Despite negotiations, perhaps the Greek Prime Minister wants to lead his country toward a Latin American-style leftist populism, like Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador.
La Razón, July 1, 2015 Right-leaning Spanish daily La Razón declared Wednesday that “the Greek contagion is Podemos.” According to the Madrid-based newspaper, allowing the Spanish left-wing populist party Podemos to come into power could undermine Spain’s economy just as it has begun to recover from a deep recession. Podemos was one of several anti-establishment […]
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Extra! Spain’s New Instability
La Razon, May 25, 2015 “Instability,” reads the Monday headline of conservative Madrid daily La Razon, after the strong showing of two upstart parties in Spain’s local and regional elections threatened the longstanding two-party duel between the Popular and Socialist parties. The conservative Popular party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy suffered its worst local results […]
An economist and daughter of one of the leading opponents of Portugal’s former dictatorship, Mariana Mortagua is challenging the status quo. Is this a new Syriza?
From Greece and Spain, to Brazil and beyond, people are no longer convinced that politics is working for the greater good.
BRASILIA — Not so many months ago, pollsters were saying she’d be Brazil’s next president. But now, three months after failing to make it to even the second round of the election, former Sen. Marina Silva is nowhere to be seen. The once high-flying candidate seems to have lost more than just a presidential race. […]