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Rigoberta Menchu received approximately 3% of the total vote in this month's Presidential elections. Luis Figueroa of Carpe Diem [ES] writes about the charges of racism that accounted for this low percentage.
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Eduardo,
I don’t think that Luis is so much writing about the charges, as he is questioning whether there may be any substance to them. Reading his post, he seems skeptical.