Irene Khan, the Secretary General of Amnesty International, in an interview with Spain’s El Pa??s while commenting on the destressing state of human rights internationally highlighted to example of Spain and President Zapatero. She said that, unlike President Bush and the U.S, President Zapatero of Spain was not guilty of using the politics of […]
E.T.A. the Basque separatist organization, set off a car bomb in the northeast of Madrid this morning. Spanish police report that the car bomb contained between 18-20 kilos of explosives (40-45 pounds). As is the rule with all ETA bombings since the 1970s, an anonymous caller alerted police with sufficient time, such that all buildings […]
Time magazine, in the May 23rd, 2005 edition, selected Spanish film director, Pedro Almodovar’s film Hable con ella as the best film of the decade. The Time film critic had suggested that he believed Hable con ella was the best film of the year for 2002. Almodovar was nominated for Best Director for Hable con […]
Spain is a constitutional monarchy very similar to Great Britain. There is a parliament, a president, and regional representation, while the King’s role is one as an ambassador and the personification of the nation. Of course the King has been single-handedly responsible on at least three occasions for saving democracy in Spain (he orchestrated the […]
Another very popular political cartoonist who publishes a daily in El Pa??s is “El Roto”. Today’s El Roto is a reaction to US unilateralism?Äîthat tendency to “go it alone” despite world opinion. Spaniards struggle to understand how the US can “go it alone” when we live in an increasingly small world.
Let urbanization go […]