America Vera Zavala (born January 16, 1976, in Romania) is a Swedish politician and political writer of

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an- Peruvian 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 Riksteatern: America Vera-Zavala
accessed on April 26, 2010 Vera-Zavala was born in Romania. She is the daughter of Chilean film director Luis R. Vera and his Peruvian wife Maria Rosario Zavala. Her family moved to Sweden when she was young and she grew up in the suburb of

Åkersberga Åkersberga is a locality and the seat of Österåker Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 28,033 inhabitants in 2010. History In 1901 a railway station named ''Berga'' was opened on this rural spot some 30 km from Stockholm. Some s ...

north of Stockholm. In 1993 she became a member of the Young Left, the youth wing of the Left Party, where she also served as vice chairperson for some time. She lived in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

for four years, working as an assistant at the Left Party's European Parliament office. Vera-Zavala has written on participatory democracy and globalisation. She has co-authored two books together with the Swedish writer

Johan Norberg Johan Norberg (; born 27 August 1973) is a Swedish author and historian of ideas, devoted to promoting economic globalization and what he describes as classical liberal positions. He is arguably most known as the author of '' In Defense of Glob ...

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'',

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance during ...

: 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 bloggers Swedish women bloggers Communist women writers 21st-century Swedish women politicians Swedish politicians of Chilean descent {{Sweden-politician-stub