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The conservative Partido Popular wants to ensure instruction in Castillian

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

El País reports that the Partido Popular in Spain (the party descended from the Franco Fascist regime) has introduced legislation which would require all schools to offer all subjects at all levels in Castillian (known by the wider world as “Spanish”) as well as the local official language of all provinces.

Though not widely known or […]

Spanish Elections

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Hugo Chavez and El Rey Juan Carlos

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

The results are in: Madrileños are faster than New Yorkers

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

El País Turns 30

Thursday, May 4th, 2006