Word: tertulias
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Franco has been too wise to try to stop Spaniards from talking. "Free speech is abundant," says a confirmed Francophobe, "and it is a right we exercise to the fullest." One of Spain's most cherished institutions, in fact, is the tertulia, an informal club of a dozen or so men who gather around the same marble-topped table in the same cafe every week and, over endless cups of cafes solos and glasses of water, tear the regime apart. Such traditional hangouts as Madrid's Café Gijón will have a dozen or more tertulias...
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