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	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zapatero was born in Valladolid to an affluent family with a long history of socialist politics.
		Zapatero and many technicians as well as a huge swathe of Spanish citizens blamed the People's Party government's management during the accident, especially their decision to order the tanker to move away from the coast in the early stages of the crisis, a decision that proved disastrous.
		The opposition PP blames Zapatero's cabinet for the much increased illegal immigration, for having impulsed a regularization process soon after it came to office which granted a work permit for a massive amount of immigrants in Spain which were in an irregular situation until that moment (PP claims this affected 700,000 irregular immigrants).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zapatero (2780 words)

	Spain's Zapatero Emerges as a Bold New Foreign Policy Factor in Latin America
		Zapatero’s heated efforts to reverse the summit’s waning diplomatic importance indicates an intent on his part to find a venue to strut Spain’s stuff as the best possible external partner for the region.
		Zapatero is showering attention on his new Latin American comrades, not to demonstrate his devotion to Spain’s colonist heritage, but to serve a broadly held perception in Spain of Latin America’s real value: the summit furnishes the best ambience for Spain to advance its regional diplomatic strategy.
		Zapatero has stated that the promotion of democracy and human rights around the world is one of his country’s main foreign policy priorities, but his actions regarding one of the western hemisphere’s most persistent diplomatic issues hasn’t exactly demonstrated his commitment to constructive regional engagement in all situations.
	www.coha.org /NEW_PRESS_RELEASES/New_Press_Releases_2005/05.105_Spain's_Zapatero_Emerges_as_a_Bold_Foreign_Policy_Factor_in_Latin_America.html (2721 words)

	Spain's Zapatero, a man of peace for a wounded country - 15 Mar 2004 - Terrorism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rodriguez Zapatero, who until Thursday's bombing was considered an outsider for Spain's top job, had angered many in his own party with his lack of aggression in the months after he took the leadership in 2000 following a heavy electoral defeat.
		Zapatero realised he had politics in his blood aged 16 when he heard the will of his socialist grandfather, an army colonel executed by a fascist firing squad in the Spanish Civil War.
		But critics say Zapatero lacks the killer instinct and point to his previous failure while opposition leader to capitalise on a string of unpopular moves by the Popular Party (PP), including a bungled labour reform, an oil spill and the war in Iraq.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3554809&thesection=news&thesubsection=world (803 words)

	Zapatero
		Zestien jaar oud was José Luis Rodrigues Zapatero (geboren in 1960), toen hij besloot politicus te worden.
		De rasechte politicus Zapatero was de kroonprins van oud-premier Gonzales en volgde deze in 2000 op als partijleider.
		Een van de eerste beslissingen die Zapatero nam, was de terugtrekking van de Spaanse vredesmacht uit Irak.
	www.spanjemetgevoel.nl /html/geschiedenis/zapatero.htm (347 words)

	Policy Network - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		With the conservative party in power holding an absolute majority and the PSOE experiencing an internal crisis, the victory of Zapatero allowed the party to rapidly renew its cadres, its political sensibility and eventually its expectations towards the next national elections.
		The current victory of Zapatero has filled with hope the hearts and minds of all the Spaniards looking forward to a new style of politics: A new style, where the parliament regains its active role through political dialogue and where all political sensibilities are listened to and respected.
		Zapatero’s victory is a reminder that politics does make a difference.
	www.policy-network.net /php/article.php?aid=228&sid=8 (318 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: Sep. 27, 2004 -- The Zen Of Zapatero - 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Zapatero's brand of "citizen's socialism" may be just a slogan — the Tao of political expedience — or it may be a way to impart a democratic glow to a foreign and domestic policy agenda that's long been dear to his Socialist Party (PSOE).
		Zapatero called those countries "the heart of Europe" and inverted U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's famous jibe by saying "old Europe is like new." A week earlier, during a visit to Tunisia, he called on all other coalition countries to pull their forces out of Iraq.
		Zapatero told TIME he "respects the views" of those who believe "that when the Spanish people voted for me they voted out of fear," but he contends such views reveal "a lack of knowledge of the Spanish people.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901040927-699333,00.html (964 words)

	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero - Biografie WHO'S WHO. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Zapatero wurde 1988 zum Provinzsekretär der PSOE in der Provinz León gewählt.
		Zapatero wurde im Juli 2000 zum Generalsekretär der PSOE gewählt, die er in der Folge personell und programmatisch reformierte, um sie in der Opposition wieder zu einer handlungsfähigen Kraft zu machen und an die Regierung zu führen.
		Zapatero positionierte sich in der Folge deutlich auf der Seite der Kriegsgegner, wodurch seine Oppositionspartei an Bedeutung gewann.
	www.rasscass.com /templ/te_bio.php?PID=2016&RID=1 (551 words)

	The Raw Story \| Adding Zapatero quotes
		Zapatero announced in June that the government was launching peace talks with ETA, which has been blamed for more than 800 deaths in its campaign for a sovereign Basque state since 1968.
		Zapatero announced that preliminary contacts were planned for the coming weeks, according to the interview quoted by Spanish media.
		The daily El Mundo said the Basque branch of Zapatero's Socialist Party, the region's governing moderate Basque nationalists and Batasuna were considering the possibility of a preliminary agreement on the forum to unblock the situation.
	rawstory.com /news/2006/Adding_Zapatero_quotes_09072006.html (283 words)

	haksöz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		İspanya Başbakanı Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, sorunun çözümü için AB'nin bir çalışma başlatacağını söyledi.
		Türkiye'ye olan desteğini yineleyen Zapatero, aralık ayındaki zirvede müzakerelerin sürmesi taraftarı olacaklarını açıkladı.
		Zapatero şöyle devam etti: "AB şunu bilmeli ki, Birlik geleceğe yönelik önemli aktör olmak istiyorsa kültürler arası farklılıktan korkmamalı.
	www.haksoz.net /print.php?sid=4004 (192 words)

	Spain is set to pull out of Iraq - The Boston Globe
		Zapatero also vowed to "get back in touch with Europe," saying he would lead the country back into the European diplomatic fold along with France and Germany, both of which adamantly opposed the war.
		Zapatero had argued that the Iraq war undercut the war on terror and fractured the international coalition needed to fight terrorism, far from making the world a safer place, as Washington and London contended.
		Zapatero also has said he has no intention of removing Spanish troops from Afghanistan.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/03/16/spain_is_set_to_pull_out_of_iraq (1106 words)

	CNN.com - Zapatero sworn in as Spain PM - Apr 17, 2004
		Zapatero, 43, placed his right hand on the constitution and recited the one-line oath at the Zarzuela Palace, the king's residence outside Madrid.
		Zapatero was an opponent of the U.S.-led war in Iraq that was supported by Aznar.
		Zapatero's Socialists won 164 of the 350 seats in Parliament in the March elections but fell short of an outright majority of 176.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/04/17/spain.zapatero/index.html (521 words)

	New Spanish PM Zapatero stands by balanced budgets and growth
		On budgetary and fiscal policy, Zapatero will follow largely in the footsteps of predecessor Jose Maria Aznar, whose conservative administration was this year targeting a fourth straight year of zero public sector deficits while reducing unemployment from 23 to 11 percent during eight years in power.
		Zapatero, who won an unexpected March 14 general election victory over Popular Party candidate Mariano Rajoy, Aznar's designated choice of successor, promised his government would have a "firm commitment" to "budgetary stability as well as "balanced and sustained growth".
		Zapatero dubbed sustained growth "the main challenge for the Spanish economy" as he seeks to boost productivity and savings, underpinning his economic agenda with liberal social policies which include greater job protection for a country where some one in three workers have temporary contracts.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040415164208.ql4fi5ek.html (659 words)

	AlterNet: Zapatero Steps Up
		Zapatero says the initiative is intended to ﬁnally put into practice the civil rights that the 1978 charter had promised.
		Zapatero rose to prominence as memories of Franco began to recede.
		In a telling, embittered move that came early in Zapatero’s administration, the Popular Party -- although it had won a majority in the house -- refused to allocate, as convention dictated, some of its seats on the governing congressional boards to the minority parties, and was thus forced to relinquish the presidency of the senate.
	www.alternet.org /story/21803 (3496 words)

	JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO
		Rodriguez Zapatero's grandfather, Captain Juan Rodríguez, was shot in León in 1936 after refusing to support the decision of Franco and other generals to launch a military attack against Spain's legitimate republican Government.
		Zapatero became General Secretary of the Socialist Federation of León and later served on the PSOE Federal Committee.
		On 14th March 2004 Zapatero led the PSOE party to victory in the Spanish elections and in April, he was elected President.
	www.euroresidentes.com /euroresiuk/Spanish_Government/Jose_Luis_Rodriguez_Zapatero.htm (426 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Zapatero takes oath of office as Spain's prime minister
		Zapatero stood before a small table holding the constitution, a crucifix and a centuries-old copy of the Bible, opened to a chapter of the Old Testament's Book of Numbers that deals with oaths.
		Zapatero's first cabinet meeting is scheduled for Monday, and the Spanish newspaper ABC reported that his foreign minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos, will travel to Washington on Tuesday to meet with Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.
		Zapatero's party fell short of a majority in the election –; it won 164 of the 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies, 12 short of a majority.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040417-0722-spain-politics.html (538 words)

	Biografia de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
		Zapatero fue en aquella ocasión el candidato de la llamada «Nueva Vía» (encabezada, entre otros, por Pepe Blanco, Jesús Caldera, Trinidad Jiménez, Jordi Sevilla, Antonio Cuevas y Juan Fernando López Aguilar), y compitió por la secretaría general con José Bono, Matilde Fernández y Rosa Díez.
		En octubre de 2002, Rodríguez Zapatero fue designado candidato de su partido a la presidencia del gobierno en las elecciones generales de 14 de marzo de 2004.
		Zapatero ha reiterado su intención de gobernar con un talante abierto, tranquilo, conciliador, respetuoso; y «talante» se ha convertido en la palabra clave de su presidencia, aireada por la oposición con cierta sorna.
	www.biografiasyvidas.com /biografia/r/rodriguez_zapatero.htm (1022 words)

	Zapatero stirs anger of Morocco - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		But Zapatero's trip also appeared designed to bolster his credentials as a firm defender of the Spanish state and its territorial integrity, which have come under attack at home with his handling of demands for more autonomy from such regions as Catalonia.
		Conservative critics have accused Zapatero and his center-left Socialist Party of being too deferential to the Catalan demands, a posture they say could set the stage for a serious weakening of the Spanish state.
		Under Zapatero, Spain has joined with Morocco in several endeavors, including sending a joint peacekeeping force to Haiti in 2004, controlling the flow of migrants crossing illegally into Spain, combating Islamic terrorist groups and helping Moroccan officials establish closer ties with the European Union.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/01/31/news/spain.php (784 words)

	Wort des Tages vom 09.07.2006: Zapatero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Zapatero reagierte nicht weniger aggressiv und unterstützte Ende Juni mit Staatsgeldern den Kongress einer Schwulenorganisation.
		Zapatero weiß jedoch die Mehrheit der Bevölkerung hinter sich.
		Zuvor hatte der Papst Ministerpräsident Jos Luis Rodríguez Zapatero getroffen, dessen Legalisierung der Eheschließung von Homosexuellen der Vatikan scharf kritisiert.
	wortschatz.uni-leipzig.de /wort-des-tages/2006/07/09/Zapatero.html (469 words)

	Spain Vows Eternal Vigilance In War On Bulls \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		Zapatero said the government has no estimate of the number of bulls currently living in Spain, due to the animals' stealthy nature.
		Zapatero has established a cabinet-level Department of Bovine Security and a color-coded system that will alert the general public to the likelihood of an animal rampage.
		Zapatero said that, while some citizens expressed displeasure with the additional security checkpoints in public and private pastures across the nation, the precautions are "an unfortunate necessity in these troubled times."
	www.theonion.com /content/node/30771 (864 words)

	USATODAY.com - Zapatero wants to alter war on terror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Zapatero's position directly challenges the Bush administration's military-intensive approach to the war on terrorism.
		Zapatero's remarks came on the eve of a European Union conference of security ministers in Madrid to discuss strategies for combating terrorism and three days before a memorial service in Madrid to be attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
		The key action, stated by Zapatero immediately after his election victory, was not the deployment of troops but the decision to bring them home.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-21-spain-terror-war_x.htm (792 words)

	Zapatero announces ETA talks - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		Zapatero has offered only vague descriptions of what the government will discuss with ETA during the talks, which officials have refused to describe as negotiations, preferring to call it dialogue.
		Critics of Zapatero said the group was so weakened by police crackdowns that it would have expired on its own if Zapatero had not decided in May 2005 to offer talks in exchange for a cease-fire.
		Zapatero's decision to offer talks, nevertheless, was widely praised when the group responded with a permanent cease-fire in March.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/06/29/news/basque.php (847 words)

	Zapatero's dangerous diplomacy
		What alarmed EU chancelleries was the true sequence of events: When Zapatero unexpectedly won the elections in spring of 2004, Cuban diplomats hurriedly approached trusted members of the new Spanish government and asked them to eliminate some sanctions that, though symbolic, were eroding the morale of Cuba's ruling structure.
		Zapatero agreed, and his new foreign minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos, began an intense campaign in favor of Fidel Castro -- although that ignoble objective hid behind the alleged ineffectiveness of the sanctions, which were having exactly the opposite effect.
		Nevertheless, the feeling that lingered in European political circles was that Zapatero's Spain, despite the quality of its diplomats (who are not at all happy with the orders that they get from Madrid), is not a trustworthy country when it comes to principles and that is not even coherent when defining its objectives.
	www.firmaspress.com /481.htm (579 words)

	Zapatero concede a Telecinco su primera entrevista en televisión tras el anuncio de tregua de ETA \| elmundo.es
		Zapatero concede a Telecinco su primera entrevista en televisión tras el anuncio de tregua de ETA
		Zapatero se someterá a las preguntas del director de Informativos de Telecinco, Pedro Piqueras, que se estrena como entrevistador en su nueva cadena.
		Zapatero fue entrevistado por Iñaki Gabilondo y estuvo centrada en la reforma del Estatuto de Cataluña.
	www.elmundo.es /elmundo/2006/03/28/comunicacion/1143542241.html (268 words)

	Zapatero elude condenar la acción contra la Cope \| elmundo.es
		Zapatero le ha llamado "exagerado" y ha aludido a la presunción de que todo diputado defiende los derechos de los ciudadanos.
		El líder del PP alertó a Zapatero de su deber de condenar esa acción, "porque es su obligación como presidente del Gobierno garantizar la libertad y que no haya coacción a que los ciudadanos puedan ejercer libremente sus derechos".
		Ante esta acometida, Zapatero respondió subrayando la evidencia de que todo diputado está obligado a defender los derechos de los ciudadanos.
	www.elmundo.es /elmundo/2005/11/30/espana/1133368098.html (445 words)

	Wort des Tages vom 05.07.2006: Zapatero
		In der Kathedrale von Valencia fand eine Trauerfeier statt, an der auch König Juan Carlos, Königin Sophia und Ministerpräsident Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero teil.
		Auch König Juan Carlos und Ministerpräsident José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero nahmen daran teil.
		Auch König Juan Carlos, Königin Sofía und Ministerpräsident José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero nahmen daran teil.
	wortschatz.uni-leipzig.de /wort-des-tages/2006/07/05/Zapatero.html (243 words)

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