Word: guez
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...Putting El Caudillo to Rest "Farewell To Franco" offered a simplistic view of Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime in Spain [Nov. 21]. The only reason that Franco is in the spotlight again is the current government's obsession with the Civil War. Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero seems to be consumed by what happened 70 years ago. He wants to demonstrate that there were good guys and bad guys in our Civil War and that the so-called spirit of transition to democracy of the 1970s, in which the Spanish people preferred to look together...
...Civil War and Francoism Commission, which among other tasks will advise the government on whether and how it should alter the Valley of the Fallen, has so far been silent. The Commission was set up by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in July 2004 to consider appropriate ways to remember victims of both the Civil War and Franco's dictatorship. It has twice postponed releasing its recommendations. "In the course of the Commission's work, more and more questions have arisen," says Ana Salado, spokeswoman for Deputy Prime Minister María Teresa Fernández...
...changes - and some of the country's 17 autonomous regions perform them on the public health service - but little Leonor won't require the surgeon's knife to become Queen after her Dad. Just the lawyer's pen. The Socialist government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero wants to erase the sexism from Article 57 (to apply post-Felipe), the conservative opposition Popular Party (PP) won't object, and polls show that - republicans apart - most Spaniards would welcome a Queen. But what if, one fine day, a future Queen Leonor announced she wanted to marry...
...Thursday, only one got through and six died, some crushed by the crowd and some reportedly shot by Moroccan police. The local governor said police had used "legitimate defense" in the face of a violent assault. Spain's conservative opposition blames Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, claiming that the "regularization" of some 700,000 illegal immigrants earlier this year encouraged others. Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Rabat had agreed to forcibly repatriate some of the immigrants currently in Melilla. Critics of the new accord say foisting the problem on Morocco is no solution. "They...
...will jet to Singapore for a last-minute charm offensive before opening the G-8 summit meeting in Scotland. The French team will screen a short film about Paris directed by filmmaker Luc Besson, and Spain's Queen Sofía and Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero will be on hand to lobby for Madrid. The winning city - you can count on it - will hold a press conference and pop champagne to extol the benefits of hosting the Games. Back home, jubilant citizens will party in the streets. Everyone will claim that the Games will have...