All three would have faced a strong challenge from Herty Lewites, a popular former mayor of Managua who led a reformist group of former Sandinistas.

ECONOMIST: Nicaragua

At the mid-February 1994 Plenum of the pro-democratic "Russia's Choice" party, a group of activists asked reformist ex-Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar to promote the quickest possible introduction of constitutional monarchy.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Some see a leftist group girding itself to battle a right-wing reformist People's Party (PP) government, led by Mariano Rajoy, that is likely to win power in the next election.

ECONOMIST: Spain's indignants