For a Catholic nation as Spain, Easter is a pretty serious period. The symbols of the church and the state are an irreplaceable icons of the folklore of the night. Madrileños expressing awe and waiting for the human-carried floats. And this was one of the prizes for their eyes. A huge flag and a full…
Month: March 2008
Torture is for countries ruled by desperate fools
This was posted in March 2008. One of the best pieces of news to come out of President-elect Barak Obama is that he will close down the Guantanamo detention center. …As President George W. Bush’s administration attempts without luck to brush aside the colossal blunder in Iraq and how it poisoned and weakened the United…
Final result: Spain’s Socialists win general elections
Not varying much from what polls showed before the March 9 general elections, the Socialists (PSOE) led by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero have got the nod from voters to rule for another four years. With 99.99% of the votes counted, the PSOE won 169 deputies (164 in 2004) versus 153 deputies (148) by the opposition…
Everything appears quiet on the Spanish electoral front
Some 35 million Spaniards are eligible to vote today with the shadow of terrorism looming after suspected ETA separatists murdered a Socialist councilor Isaías Carrasco, 42, of Mondragón in the Basque Country. That follows a horrific attack four years ago on March 11 of the Madrid train bombings that dramatically changed the election result against…
Round 2: Zapatero beats Rajoy in election debate
After losing last Monday’s debate against Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE) leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, opposition Popular Party (PP) head Mariano Rajoy did a poor job in convincing Spaniards Monday in the last of two debates to vote for his party. Spain will hold generation elections on March 9. Two polls right after the debate…