Spaniards Ring in New Year of More Austerity by Katell Abiven MADRID — Luis Zorrilla wants to celebrate the New Year and forget, at least for a day, Spain‘s economic crisis and government spending cuts that have triggered the “indignant” protest movement. Protestors from the 15-M movement gather during the New Year’s celebrations in Madrid, [...]
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Camp Sol: Spain‘s “Indignant” Give Lessons in True Democracy By María Carrión – June 3rd, 2011 Posted on Common Dreams MADRID, Spain — The crowd of three thousand sat patiently on the hard pavement of the plaza as the fourth hour of the popular assembly came and went. The issue was whether Camp Sol, a protest [...]
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Portugal limps into election that could tilt EU further to the right Poll suggests beleaguered economy weighed down by onerous €78bn bailout will be the latest surrendered by a leftwing leader Share Giles Tremlett guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 June 2011 15.41 BST Article history Portugal’s Socialist prime minister José Sócrates faces losing Sunday’s election after [...]
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Trigger happy murderers in NATO are basically the new cancer on the block in the Middle East. These European invading barbarians know nothing but killing as far as the troops are concerned. Fresh from glory of several thousand years in the killing fields of Europe by air land and sea these new SS Regiments havea true obedience [...]
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Citing the doctrine of universal jurisdiction, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón has used the Spanish courts to investigate cases of torture, war crimes and other offenses around the world. In 1998, he ordered the arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, a move that led to Pinochet’s arrest and detention in Britain. In 2003, Garzón indicted [...]
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