spain incidents

https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/13/bullfighter-gravely-ill-after-being-gored-in-groin-for-second-time-10909302/ If he survives, maybe he should find a different line of work.

I'm a bit surprised at the harshness of Madrid's crackdown on the Catalan referendum due on 1st October. This heavy handed action by Madrid is likely to encourage a Yes vote, asssuming the referendum goes ahead in any form. Police rounding up separatists carrrying guns and bombs is quite in...

Firstly, I have not see the programme personally; secondly I'm not entirely sure if R&P is the correct sub-forum for this but it'll do for the moment. BBC documentary 'This World: Spain’s Stolen Babies' exposes 50-year scandal of baby trafficking by the Catholic church in Spain. Up to 300,000...

27/05/2011 Amazing non-violent resistance from Spanish youth. Warning: Contains disturbing, graphic police violence. fiW-NesA-YM

An organization of young voters released a commercial in Spain recently, encouraging people to get out and vote; the ad's catchphrase is "Voting is a pleasure": Article (and video - you know you want to watch it now) here. Complete ad (possibly NSFW) here.

Saw this linked off Instapundit. You may recall the flap about the Spanish study indicating that country's green jobs program was a failure in actually providing jobs. The study ( http://www.juandemariana.org/pdf/090327-employment-public-aid-renewable.pdf ) was authored by Dr. Gabriel Calzada...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37887352/ns/world_news-europe Twelve young people were run over by a train at a Barcelona train station.

What an interesting turn of events. Linky

http://slate.msn.com//id/2097138/ ...full article

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3500452.stm They threatened they'd start bombing again, I suppose all we can hope for is that this won’t be a prelude back to the 70s scale of terrorist murders.