Spanish Civil War

Arts

75 years ago, García Lorca’s last play premiered in Argentina

Flying Dutchman - September 8, 2020

Poet, playwright and theater director Federico (del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús) García Lorca (1898-1936) is widely considered one of the most important figures of...

Arts

Animal Farm first published 75 years ago

Flying Dutchman - August 23, 2020

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...

African history

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

Flying Dutchman - July 27, 2020

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

Flying Dutchman - July 18, 2020

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.

Culture

70 years ago, Mexican president suggested language cooperation

Flying Dutchman - June 14, 2020

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

European history

The definitive disbandment of ETA: adieu to separatist murderers

Flying Dutchman - May 3, 2020

After almost 60 years, the Basque terrorist organization ETA finally stopped operating in 2018.

European history

May 2nd, 1945: Berlin, hour zero

Flying Dutchman - May 2, 2020

Berlin´s surrender on May 2nd, 1945 and my long stay in Valencia are somehow related.

Economy

Bleak prospects for Spain

Flying Dutchman - April 30, 2020

There's a chance that communist dreams will soon come true in Spain, finishing off an already badly hurt economy.

European history

The death of Mussolini and the end of fascism in Europe

Flying Dutchman - April 28, 2020

Benito Mussolini, a former Socialist and the father of Fascism, founded an ideology which is often misinterpreted by his political opponents.

My personal experiences

A Fallas visit ruined by the coronavirus

Flying Dutchman - April 13, 2020

At the end, my friends didn't come and the money for the hotel is most probably lost.

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