Article: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Article: Catholic church's new reign in Spain Falls, Mainly.(AROUND THE WORLD)(Brief article)
Church & State;  April 1, 2008 ;     229 words ......thinly veiled criticism of the ruling Socialist Workers Party, but the ploy failed when...attacked policies favored by the Socialist Workers Party, such as legal abortion and...the fortunes of the conservative Popular Party, which opposes legal abortion and...correspondents. He added ...

Article: Sturzo, Don Luigi
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History;      6 words ...Sturzo, Don Luigi, see Popular Party, Italy

Article: Spanish professors urge voters to reject conservatives as anti-immigration
AP Worldstream;  February 28, 2008 ;     205 words ......urged voters to reject the conservative Popular Party in Spain's general election March 9...proposals they call xenophobic. The Popular Party's plans for immigrants to sign a contract...nearly 40 universities across Spain. The Popular Party has made immigration a key issue in...

Article: Catholic Church election vote recommendation angers Spain's ruling Socialists
AP Worldstream;  February 1, 2008 ;     431 words ......call for votes for the (right wing) Popular Party, Socialist spokesman Jose Blanco told...four years the church had joined the Popular Party in numerous anti-government demonstrations...polls indicating the Socialists and the Popular Party are in a dead heat. In Spain, the Catholic...

Article: SWP
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations;      9 words ...SWP safe working pressure • Socialist Workers' Party

Article: Spain marks 4th anniversary of Madrid terror bombings days after elections
AP Worldstream;  March 11, 2008 ;     235 words ......Zapatero appears in public with rival Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy since Spain's...all predictions that the conservative Popular Party would retain power. The Socialist Party...seats on Sunday, compared with the Popular Party's 153, was seen as proof that Zapatero...

Article: Spain's opposition party meets amid speculation leader will resign after election defeat
AP Worldstream;  March 11, 2008 ;     168 words ......with executives of his conservative Popular Party amid speculation he would announce...Tuesday evening after the meeting. The Popular Party lost the elections Sunday to Prime...Zapatero's Socialist Party, after which Popular Party officials praised Rajoy's job but would...

Article: Spanish election winner Zapatero promises more dialogue in next government
AP Worldstream;  March 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......153 for the conservative opposition Popular Party headed by Mariano Rajoy. The victory...talk of a possible new pact with the Popular Party to fight terrorism similar to one that...acrimoniously in the last legislature as the Popular Party opposed parliament's backing for talks...

Article: Thousands in Spain Protest ETA Sentence
AP Online;  March 10, 2007 ;     367 words ......come as part of preparations by the Popular Party for a major demonstration in Madrid on Saturday. The Popular Party claims the government has betrayed...inmates while in power and accuses the Popular Party of breaking a tradition of supporting...

Article: Spanish PM Defends House Arrest Decision
AP Online;  March 7, 2007 ;     466 words ......while in power. Zapatero accused the Popular Party of hypocrisy and said that while the...Socialist party member two years later. The Popular Party has reacted furiously to the government...having ceded to terrorists' blackmail," Popular Party Senate leader Pio Garcia Escudero told...

Article: Ruling Socialists hold slim polls lead a week before Spanish general elections
AP Worldstream;  March 2, 2008 ;     384 words ......lead over the conservative opposition Popular Party a week before Spain's general election...percent turned out to vote and the Popular Party won. Zapatero has been urging voters...this campaign, no poll has placed the Popular Party ahead of the Socialists. In the case...

Article: Spain's conservatives concede defeat in general election
AP Worldstream;  March 9, 2008 ;     60 words ......ruling Socialists. I congratulate the Socialist party, Popular Party spokesman Pio Garcia Escudero has told a news conference...Madrid. It appears (their) victory is clear. He says Popular Party was pleased because _ despite its defeat _ it has...

Article: Social Democratic Party, Spain
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History;      10 words ...Social Democratic Party, Spain, see Socialist Workers' Party of Spain

Article: Spain: Conservatives Eye Headscarf Ban
AP Online;  February 8, 2008 ;     351 words ......focused on immigration. The center-right Popular Party said it is against symbols that denote...the conservatives. But this week the Popular Party unexpectedly shifted the spotlight...Islamic headscarf proposal shows the Popular Party is scornful of immigrants. Spain has...