Word: leftist
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...Rehabilitation of the Romanovs, murdered by the Bolsheviks, however expensive it might prove, might just come in handy in the presidential election year -this time, to offset leftist moods growing in this oil-rich country that sells gasoline to its impoverished citizens at prices higher than those in the U.S. However, Kremlin PR men may miscalculate any new frenzy about Nicholas. The Emperor is seen as the weak Tsar, whose failures helped bring about both the terrorist revolution and the death of his innocent family. Using this card might prove as hard as proving the authenticity of those newly found...
...leave India stuck with a lame-duck government, hamstrung by its erstwhile left-wing partners. That would have a chilling effect on India's vital economic liberalization plans - labor reform, the privatization of state-run enterprises and the loosening of restrictions on foreign direct investment - all of which the leftist parties have opposed in the past. If the nuclear deal fails, India will have lost more than just entry into the nuclear regime: with its own house in disarray, it will lose much of the credibility it has laboriously built up in the international community as an aspiring great power...
...growing ties between Washington and New Delhi, which it views as a challenge to its own regional ambitions, and has reportedly been discussing a deal mirroring the Indo-U.S. agreement to allow India's arch-rival Pakistan access to nuclear fuel and technology. Some in India say the leftist parties are playing right into China's hands. "What is remarkable about the left's self-view of India is how weak they think the country is," says media commentator and political analyst Manoj Joshi. "They may do well to remember that India - with its nuclear-tipped armed forces...
...Still, unlimited re-election is another matter. More of a concern, says Jones, is the reason that Chavez's measure will probably pass. Jones notes that one of the fundamental weaknesses of Chavez's leftist, anti-U.S. Bolivarian Revolution is "its inordinate dependence on Chavez, its one-man-show aspect. If he were to leave the scene, there's a feeling the whole revolution would unravel tomorrow." That's why Chavez supporters, especially the majority poor who feel politically and economically enfranchised for perhaps the first time in the nation's history, may be more prone to give...
Civil society has not broken down to the extent that it did last year when rightist and leftist forces battled it out for control of the Zocalo and the University. But many fear that Oaxaca is once again inching toward some kind of breakdown. On Wednesday evening, Oaxaca's governor Ulises Ruiz urged calm, telling TIME that today's abortive bombs were simply aimed at disrupting the elections. "Oaxaca is not violent," he said, "not even with last year's events. That is not Oaxaca." He added, "The people responsible will be punished by the full weight...