Archive for the 'Spain' Category

 

To make the people smile again

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

The BBC World Service has a radio play, To make the people smile again, the story of a young George Wheeler who went to fight in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. It includes interviews with some of the remaining Spanish, British and American survivors. You can listen to it here.
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Fascism, Hugo Chávez and the King of Spain

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

The King of Spain, Juán Carlos I de Borbón y Borbón, recently told Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela to, in no uncertain terms, shut up, after the latter called the former Spanish Prime Minister, José María Aznar, a fascist. Now, I am no fan of Aznar, but Chávez’s comments are not just mistaken but actually [...]