Us and them: Catalonia and the problem with separatism | FT
‘It’s ludicrous to file millions of people — of different genders, ages, classes and passions — under just one category’ Source: Us and them: Catalonia and the problem with separatism
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Chappatte on Catalonia
Indépendance de la Catalogne – © Chappatte dans Le Temps, Suisse > https://t.co/YzqbWUcIDO pic.twitter.com/BDrpOsJrFn — Dessins de Chappatte (@chappatte) October 27, 2017
Anglocondescension | EL PAÍS
We are sorry to have disappointed you. But maybe we Spaniards have grown up and no longer need to be lectured Source: Anglocondescension | In English | EL PAÍS Original in Spanish: https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/11/01/opinion/1509540815_830256.html
Guy Verhofstadt on imprisonment of Catalan separatists
While socialists were in power, Rajoy blocked a deal PSOE was working on with the Catalans. When he came to power, he studiously ignored the Catalan issue, letting things happen, then he let more things […]
A Federal Spain in a Federal Europe by Guy Verhofstadt – Project Syndicate
In politics, there is no shame in compromise. Quite the contrary: When a choice must be made between a constructive bargain and ideological purity, it is always better to choose the path of unity, however […]
What Catalonia’s media dearly needs is neutral voices | World news | The Guardian
Madrid has promised regional elections but the vote cannot be held fairly in a toxic media environment Source: What Catalonia’s media dearly needs is neutral voices | World news | The Guardian
Violence in Catalonia needed closer scrutiny in age of fake news | World news | The Guardian
A failure to check pictures of those supposedly hurt in recent independence demonstrations did journalism no favours Source: Violence in Catalonia needed closer scrutiny in age of fake news | World news | The Guardian
How fake news helped shape the Catalonia independence vote | The Washington Post
Source: How fake news helped shape the Catalonia independence vote – The Washington Post
Explainer: What you need to know about Catalan independence |Wikitribune Beta
Source: Explainer: What you need to know about Catalan independence – Wikitribune Beta
Fire in Benitachell
Accelerated video of a forest fire in Benitachell. 5 September 2016.
La histeria fiscal se extiende por las ciudades turísticas|El País
Otra tasa no resuelve decenios de imprevisión municipal. Y como desde los años 60 la gestión del turismo ha sido entre mala y pésima, los ayuntamientos (incluyendo el de Madrid, que pretende imponer una tasa […]
Conexión Hoare: el hombre que compró a la cúpula militar y evitó que España entrase en la II Guerra Mundial
Nos remontamos a 1940 para conocer al embajador británico en España, Samuel Hoare, de la mano de Alberto de Frutos, redactor jefe de la revista ‘Historia de Iberia Vieja’. Compró la cúpula militar para evitar […]