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...Lionel Sosa era aprender un oficio, deferir a los anglos y votar por los dem?cratas. Pero a los 13 a?os qued? tan impresionado por el discurso televisado de Dwight Eisenhower sobre el Sue?o Americano durante la Convenci?n Nacional Republicana, que decidi? entonces ser un empresario rico y afiliarse al partido republicano...
...democracia como una batalla campal. Ese es el oficio de Antonio Gonz?lez, quien dirige la maquinaria pol?tica sin afiliaci?n de partido m?s antigua del pa?s?el Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP) y su brazo pol?tico, el William C. Vel?squez Institute. Su trabajo carece de glamour?armar casillas de inscripci?n en las bodegas, analizar datos del censo, capacitar los candidatos a la junta escolar. Pero los resultados han sido espectaculares. Cuando Gonz?lez, un veterano activista comunitario de 48 a?os, tom? las riendas de la organizaci?n en 1994, s?lo 5 millones de hispanos estaban inscritos para votar en todo el pa?s...
...struggle against Indonesian occupation, Fretilin believes this is its hour. But the move to democracy has seen a flowering of political rivals. Only a handful of the 16 political parties that contested this election existed before Indonesia invaded in 1975; many are just a year old. And some, like Partido Democratico, may yet chip away at Fretilin's vote. P.D. draws much of its support from young East Timorese attracted to a new generation of leaders like party president Fernando de Araujo, who was jailed for student activism in the 1990s. De Araujo says democracy in East Timor needs more...
Spaniards speak of their present desencanto, or disenchantment, as if it were akin to a disease. "Spain is ailing," says Jose Maria Aznar, head of the conservative Partido Popular. "A climate of anxiety has taken hold." Even the popular Barcelona Games, which have spurred an architectural renaissance in that aging port, have been besieged by Catalan nationalists insisting that their flag be flown and their anthem played. Last week police arrested seven armed members of the Catalan independence movement for plotting to kidnap an Olympic athlete or official. A newspaper headline groused, THE OLYMPICS WILL COST EACH TAXPAYER MORE THAN...
...MOST VIABLE force in Peruvian politics has been, traditionally, its hugely popular left-wing political party, APRA, or the Alianze Popular Revolucionaria Americana for short. (APRA is also sometimes known as the Partido Apristo Peruano--that...