Word: socialist
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...even beyond political divides, Blair's biggest handicap in seeking the E.U. presidency is the one that inspired him to relinquish power in the U.K. last year: his significant unpopularity for his resolute partnership with the U.S. in its launch and persecution of war in Iraq. And that, Socialist Party leader François Hollande stated, is why Blair is unfit for the E.U.'s top job. Europe's presidency "will be about European policy, and about European independence from the United States," Hollande said. "I don't think Tony Blair corresponds to that profile...
...Bhutto's reign was troubled. Military and feudal élites were threatened by his socialist policies, and rivalries over resources between his home province of Sindh and the Punjab of the traditional ruling classes roiled Pakistan. In 1977, the military government stepped in, hanging Bhutto in 1979 over controversial charges of conspiracy to murder. The country's grief turned to rage in its adolescence. The Soviet invasion of neighboring Afghanistan in 1979 sparked a jihad. Death and martyrdom became an honorable answer to oppressive power, a legacy that Pakistan has been unable to shrug...
What the military build-up does, however, is give Chavez's Venezuela added prestige in the continental battle for political supremacy. Chavez has brought together South America's radical leftists under his socialist banner; while Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads a more measured coalition of social democrats. The two men are friends but both countries are getting used to being at the political and economic vanguard of South America. Military strength helps with that...
...commuters has even launched a class action suit against the government, blaming it for worsening their lives. The suit is unlikely to succeed, but it's a signal of popular discontent. In fact, Transantiago has pounded the approval ratings of President Michelle Bachelet. According to pollsters Adimark GFK, the Socialist Party president's rating slumped to 38.2% in November from over 60% in April 2006. Unsurprisingly, that fall has been sharpest in the capital...
...what can you offer to recover the lost ground among Hispanics?” The candidates duly recited their talking points, and assured the moderators that they didn’t hate Hispanics. They broached some substantive topics—the Cuba embargo, Hugo Chavez’s socialist regime in Venezuela—but once again, why couldn’t they discuss these issues in a debate on foreign policy? Only Hispanics care about Chavez? Only blacks care about crime...