Word: fuerza
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...your article on Spain [March 24], you say that the neofascist movement Fuerza Nueva received 350,000 votes, or "a mere .02%," in the national election last year. If true, it would mean that the Spanish electorate consisted of 1.75 billion people, or substantially more people than in the People's Republic of China. Are there really that many Spaniards...
...ominous symptom of malaise is the growing visibility of a neofascist movement called the Fuerza Nueva (New Force). The party, led by a wealthy Madrid lawyer named Bias Piñar, 62, attracts alienated youth from some of Madrid's best families, who mix with a cadre of thugs and shadowy political operatives adept at exploiting a residual streak of nostalgia for the Franco era. Fuerza Nueva captured 350,000 votes-a mere .02%-in last year's national election. But the ultrarightists attract disproportionate attention with fiery street rallies and attacks, with iron bars and bicycle chains...