RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "Many people are still afraid of us. But one day we will become an integral part of the politics of this country," predicted Pablo Iglesias when he founded his left-wing party Podemos ("We can") in a Madrid theatre six years ago.
He was right; his movement has arrived at the forefront of Spanish politics. Iglesias, long dismissed as an ‘enfant-terrible’ by the old-established parties, was elected vice prime minister of Spain in early January.
1 The anger of youth
Iglesias began his political career with the Spanish communist youth movement, later . . .
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