Word: socialists
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...Given his political background, it wasn’t unexpected,” said Daniel J. Epstein, a graduate student in political science. Garzon served from 1993 to 1994 as a member of the Socialist Party in the lower house of the Spanish Cortes—the national legislature in Spain...
Other Harvard groups such as the Harvard College Democrats, the Harvard Socialist Alternative Club (HSAC) and the Harvard Initiative for Peace and Justice (HIPJ) converged on the intersection of Arlington and Boylston streets where they faced off against the Harvard Republican Club (HRC) and other Bush supporters...
...last week—Mariano Rajoy looked certain to coast to victory. The handpicked successor of outgoing Prime Minister José María Aznar, Rajoy ran on a strong antiterrorism platform; but after the recent bombings in Madrid, fear and suspicion gripped the country and Spaniards swept Socialist leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero into victory. If we didn’t know it before, this weekend’s election in Spain provided a valuable, if horrifying, lesson: Terrorism works. Just ask Rajoy...
Public outcry against Rajoy and his Popular Party compatriots seems to have been incited by Socialist officials who accused the government of lying about the progress of the investigation of the bombings. They insinuated that it was a maneuver to deflect criticism of its support for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. And based on the thousands of protestors who turned up for last week’s election, the accusation certainly struck a chord with the populace...
...bombings took place three days prior to the general elections in Madrid which resulted in the ouster of the conservative Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in favor of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of the Socialist Party...