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Izquierda Independiente de Manilva

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“No left turn”

by Alvaro Vargas Llosa

17 January 2006

When the Aymaran indegenous leader Tupac Katari was executed in 1781 by Spanish colonial rulers, he cried out that he would return incarnated in millions. The overwhelming victory of Evo Morales, being himself also an Aymaran aborigine, seems that Katari was right. His electoral victory was (...)

“Not one of their own”

by Gideon Levy

1 December 2005

Three powerful bombs –not to mention the right and Shimon Peres- are expected to damage Amir Peretz’ accession to the post of Prime Minister: two of them were placed by the two most powerful opinion groups of the country and also by a scary genius. If Peretz finds a way to deactivate them, (...)