Podemos co-founder resigns prompting crisis

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Series Details 01.05.15
Publication Date 01/05/2015
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One of the founders of Spain's anti-austerity Podemos party unexpectedly resigned on the 30 April 2015, plunging the new party into its first major crisis ahead of key elections later in 2015.

Juan Carlos Monedero, the party's number three and a former adviser to late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, said he was quitting over ideological differences.

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ESO: Background information: Podemos, a new type of resistance http://www.europeansources.info/record/podemos-a-new-type-of-resistance/
El País, 30.04.15: Podemos co-founder resigns from leadership of anti-austerity party http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/04/30/inenglish/1430413868_884315.html
El País, 01.05.15: Iglesias trusts that top aide’s departure will not take votes away from Podemos http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/05/01/inenglish/1430479804_346180.html
Euronews, 01.05.15: Spain’s Podemos tackles first major crisis after co-founder Monedero resigns http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/01/spain-s-podemos-tackles-first-major-crisis-after-co-founder-monedero-resigns/
EUObserver, 01.05.15: Podemos party co-founder resigns https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/128544

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