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...years before finally receiving clearance to leave. Balmori’s grandfather had a similar experience in which he was forced to do manual labor before the communist regime would grant him a visa. At age 14, Balmori’s father was able to escape to Spain and spent several months in an orphanage before meeting his uncle in the United States in 1967. While Velo’ father was able to leave Cuba, his mother was not. His father had to work with seven different governments in order to get his wife into Panama and then into...
...political economy are quickly changing. The Spanish economic miracle of the last decade, much like America’s, has been rooted in a real estate bubble that started to burst before the one in the U.S. monopolized headlines around the world. Partly because of this, credit conditions in Spain are among the worst in Europe, and the country is particularly vulnerable to the global economic downturn that everyone is expecting. Bad economic performance is a self-fulfilling prophecy. According to the Bank of Spain, consumer confidence is lower than it’s been since the last housing crisis...
...American troops are scheduled to be in Afghanistan, the most in more than six years of combat. Beyond highlighting the resilience of the U.S. military, it also showcases the increasing irrelevance of NATO, which is supposed to be leading the fight. Some key alliance members--France, Germany, Italy and Spain--are refusing to send troops to battle the Taliban or placing "caveats" limiting their deployment to peaceful regions and missions. "Someone needs to read the riot act to NATO," says Anthony Zinni, a retired U.S. general who oversaw U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan from 1997 to 2000. "They...
Second, the 27-country E.U., which is bitterly divided over Kosovo, lacks an overarching defense or security vision. After Kosovo declared independence, Britain, France and other countries offered recognition, while Spain, Romania, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Slovakia refused to do so. Keeping peace in Kosovo will require European nations to put their citizens at risk. Unfortunately, the stated desire of many European countries to reduce their commitments to the nato effort in Afghanistan does little to bolster confidence in Europe's eagerness to maintain international security...
...divorce, just making it more accessible." Like him, sociologist Inés Alberdi sees little grounds for concern over the divorce boom. "The number of divorces may have climbed, but the number of separations has decreased by almost the same amount," she says. "Before, when it came to divorce, Spain had very strange practices. Now we're more like other countries in Europe...