[extropy-chat] Zapatero on embryonic stem cell research

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Wed Mar 17 19:35:16 UTC 2004


Translated from El Mundo, February 13, 2004: Socialist Party leader Jose
Luis Rodriguez Zapatero stated today that beginning March 14, 2004, [note:
Zapatero was elected on March 14 as the next Spanish Prime Minister] "Spain
will be again on the leading edge" and warned that he "will not tolerate
that anyone impose their beliefs to push back our country", in relation to
the embryonic stem cell research results published yesterday on Science.
[from CNN, February 12, 2004: South Korean researchers reported Thursday
they have created human embryos through cloning and extracted embryonic stem
cells, the universal cells that scientists expect will result in
breakthroughs in medical research...].
Answering the government's criticism of the cloning of 30 human embryos
persormed by a team of South Korean scientists, Rodriguez Zapatero stated
that "the Right have turned their back to people and to scientific
progress".
On Zapatero:
>From the New Zealand Herald, on the new Spanish PM: Jose Luis Rodriguez
Zapatero brought the Socialists from the political wilderness to a
spectacular polls victory on Sunday and will now need his cool head and calm
temper to unite Spain after its worst bomb attack. 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. But
his tendency to compromise may prove a valuable asset as he looks to form a
government with left-wing allies or regional parties.
Zapatero has stuck to a policy of "calm change" instead of rupture with old
school socialism. Unlike many of his fiery countrymen, Zapatero is famed for
his coolness and colleagues say they have never seen him angry.
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