America Vera Zavala (born January 16, 1976, in

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) is a

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and political

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an-

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vian descent. She is a member of the Left Party. She is active in the "

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" and was also one of the founders of the Swedish section of ATTAC in 2001. Vera-Zavala was born on 16 January 1976 in

. She is the daughter of Chilean film director Luis R. Vera and his Peruvian wife Maria Rosario Zavala. Her family moved to

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when she was young and she grew up in the suburb of

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north of

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. In 1993 she became a member of the Young Left, the youth wing of the Left Party. She lived in

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for four years, working as an assistant at the Left Party's

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office from 1995–1999. She also served as vice chairperson for the Young Left from 1999–2002. Vera-Zavala has written on

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and

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. She has co-authored a debate book together with the Swedish writer

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Publications

*(2001) ''Global rättvisa är möjlig'' ("Global Justice is Possible") / co-author:

, Skarpnäck: Pocky/Tranan, . *(2003) ''Deltagande demokrati : en resa till Latinamerika och tillbaka på jakt efter demokratins framtid'' ("Participatory Democracy : A Travel to Latin America and Back on the Lookout for the Future of Democracy"), Stockholm: Agora, . *(2003) ''Democracy in the era of globalisation: power and counter-power with special reference to participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre'',

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: Department of Economic History, ISSN 1401-2391; 2003:1 *(2006) ''Ett annat Sverige är möjligt'' ("Another Sweden is Possible") / co-author:

, Stockholm: Pocky,

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America Vera Zavala
official website and blog 1976 births Living people Swedish people of Chilean descent Swedish people of Peruvian descent Left Party (Sweden) politicians Swedish communists Swedish political writers Swedish women non-fiction writers Swedish women bloggers Communist women writers 21st-century Swedish women politicians Swedish politicians of Chilean descent Romanian emigrants to Sweden {{Sweden-politician-stub