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...designed to divide Spain's main parties in their shared approach to terrorism and to try to draw Catalonia into the Basque conflict. The announcement is politically embarrassing for Maragall, because it followed a recent secret meeting between the leader of his governing partner, Josep Lluís Carod-Rovira of the Republican Left party, and two ETA leaders in Perpignan, France. (ETA has killed more than 800 people throughout Spain over the past three decades, more than 50 of them in Catalonia.) Carod-Rovira denies negotiating for a cease-fire - or anything else - but was forced to resign...
...current member and a former executive board member of RAZA, Rovira says at study breaks sponsored by Fuerza Quisqueyana he could count on finding Caribbean food and listening to salsa instead of the Tejano music and enchiladas RAZA served...
...Even with Fuerza, it's hard to incorporate other cultures, but it's another avenue for Latino students," says Rovira, who is a Crimson executive. "Caribbean countries and Latin American countries eat foods that are more similar to each other...
...Rovira both point to groups like their own and the Cuban American Undergraduate Student Association (CAUSA), the Harvard Brazilian Organization, the Harvard Organization of Latin Americans (targeted toward international students) and Concilio Latino, a University-wide umbrella organization as alternatives to RAZA...
...Alatorre and Rovira both say that not every Latino undergraduate is looking for the same things they were. For students looking for a larger group to join, or an opportunity to meet different cultures, RAZA may be the best option...