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Debunking some separatist myths about Catalonia

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Separatist leader Lluís Companys (born 1882) was first sentenced to 30 years in prison on June 6th, 1935 for staging a coup d'état against...
Arts

Animal Farm first published 75 years ago

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On August 17th, 1945 George Orwell (1903-1950) had his second best known work, the timeless allegorical fable Animal Farm, first published in London by...
Politics

Fake Spanish “Nationalists”

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In China, Korea, Japan and even Taiwan, the term “Nationalist” describes people defined as such in the traditional sense of the word. In Western...
African history

Antonio Salazar, Portugal’s last defender of its glorious past

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Antonio Salazar’s death basically marked the end of a centuries-old era in Portuguese history.
European history

July 1945: Franco fixes the rights, liberties and duties of Spaniards

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Instead of a Constitution, from 1945 until after Franco’s death, the Fuero de los Españoles fixed the rights, liberties and duties of all Spaniards.
Spanish politics

Spanish just one of the 300 languages spoken in Catalonia?

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As Catalonian separatists never tire of denigrating the Spanish language, Mariàngela Vilallonga just made another amazing statement.
European history

Otto Skorzeny: liberator of Mussolini and Mossad agent

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Vienna-born Otto Skorzeny, who died in Madrid 45 years ago, was an enigmatic daredevil who served various masters.
European history

Pan-Iberian extremists caused first terrorism victim in Spain

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60 years ago, a hardly-known leftist terrorist group killed a girl in Spain and went on to hijack a Portuguese cruiser.
Features

55 Days in Peking, a historical epic filmed in Spain

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55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American movie starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven. It dramatizes the siege of the Legation...
Culture

70 years ago, Mexican president suggested language cooperation

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In 1950, Mexican president Miguel Alemán laid the foundation stone for language cooperation in the Spanish-speaking world.
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