Word: renteria
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...class has moved away from the ETA, and Basques in general have wearied of the struggle, the terrorists have come to draw most of their support-and recruits-from the dismal industrial suburbs that dot the narrow Basque mountain valleys some 20 to 25 miles inland. One such is Renteria (pop. 18,000), which adjoins the old Spanish summer royal residence of San Sebastian. A river running through town has the sickly sweet stench of dumped industrial wastes. A pall of chemical smoke from paper, plastics and cement factories hangs over the area on all but the windiest days...
Residents of Renteria speak often of a raid in 1976 when scores of police, searching for terrorists, smashed shop windows, urinated in elevators and looted stores. Says the mayor of Renteria, Xabin Olaizola: "ETA will not disappear until there are profound guarantees of rights for the Basque people. It is better to take the gamble of having ETA. It is the guarantee that we can keep fighting for our rights...