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"contiendas" in English
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"contiendas" in English
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contiendas(also: riñas)
Como el Alto Representante ha dicho, ya no existe un proceso de paz en Oriente Medio sino - como publicaba una revista neoyorquina hace unas semanas - una contienda sangrienta.
As the High Representative said, we do not have a Middle East peace process any more but - to use a phrase from a New York magazine a few weeks ago - a bloody feud.
contender(also: concurrir, competir, contrapuntear, rivalizar)
contender(also: disputarse)
contender en unas elecciones
to fight an election
. Reafirmamos nuestra solidaridad con el pueblo chipriota en su lucha contra la ocupación militar por parte de Turquía y su contienda a favor de la unificación de su país.
We reaffirm our ongoing solidarity with the Cypriot people in their fight against military occupation by Turkey and in their struggle for their country to be reunified.
Existe el riesgo de que la prohibición de que los diputados reformistas contiendan en las elecciones propicie un elevado índice de abstención, en particular entre los jóvenes.
There is the risk that the banning of reform-minded MPs from fighting the elections will result in a huge abstention rate, particularly among young people.
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han convertido las aulas en un frente de contiendas políticas
they have turned the classrooms into political battlegrounds
La participación, que fue superior al 50%, no tiene nada que envidiar a otras contiendas electorales en el mundo.
The turnout, greater than 50%, compares favourably with other electoral contests around the world.
En ocasiones -o incluso con cierta frecuencia- ello da lugar a largas contiendas, a veces de carácter judicial.
This sometimes - relatively often even - leads to protracted disputes and sometimes actual litigation.
Savary para justificar el fundamento jurídico, que es necesario para evitar posibles contiendas jurídicas.
In my view, Mr Savary's arguments concerning the legal basis - which is necessary because we may otherwise be facing legal battles - are sound.
No hace falta mucha imaginación para darse cuenta de las repercusiones que la independencia de esta provincia serbia podría tener en otras contiendas étnicas de otras zonas de Europa y del mundo.
Not much imagination is required to see how independence for this Serbian province could impact on ethnic feuds in other parts of Europe and the world.
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