Photo by James Padolsey on Unsplash By courtesy of the press office at the Spanish Embassy in Washington Speech delivered by the Spanish Ambassador, Pedro de Morenés. 27/06/2018 INAUGURATION RECEPTION – SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL Your Excellency the President of Armenia, Your Excellency the Minister of Culture of Armenia Your Excellency the Ambassador of Armenia, Honorable President of the […]
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Why does the myth about the Statute persist
Photo by Sabine van Straaten on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. ‘¿Por qué persiste el bulo del Estatut?’ David Mejía. The Objective. 21st June 2018 Of all the false myths that have appeared along the Catalonia independence process, the one of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia is undoubtedly the most resilient. Unlike others -be it the famous […]
European Arrest Warrant
Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: “Euroorden”. Rafael Arenas García. Crónica Global 19th June 2018 I’m under the impression that there’s some confusion about how the European Arrest Warrant(EAW) and not only among talking heads or pundits but among politicians in office. Some days ago the Spanish Minister of Justice was asked about the EAWs issued […]
Game of Thrones: Sánchez, Torra and the King
Photo by Floris Jan-roelof on Unsplash Orginally published in Spanish: “A la luz del farol”. Ignacio Varela. El Confidencial 22th June 2018 Lifting supervision of the regional government’s spending without demanding any guarantees. Announcing that the politicians who have been imprisoned will be sent to Catalan prisons, run by their own accomplices. Anticipating a willingness to withdraw the appeals against […]
Spanish new Government and Catalonia: a truce needed and some dangerous temptations.
Foto: Michał Parzuchowski | Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: “El nuevo gobierno y Cataluña: tregua necesaria y tentaciones peligrosas”. Ignacio Varela. El Confidencial 11th June 2018 Pedro Sánchez should not make any relevant decision regarding Catalonia without the previous knowledge of – at least – PP and Ciudadanos. The State is going to face new challenges. Lucía Méndez reminds […]
What a bluff reveals
Photo by Adrien Robert on Unsplash Orginally published in Spanish: “A la luz del farol”. Alberto Penadés. Eldiario.es 12th June 2018 Is the Catalonia independence process reaching for hegemony or is it acting as a vanguard looking for a decisive victory? Bluffing in this situation… is it deception or self-deception? Who believes, or has believed during these […]
Secret behind a door
Photo by Filip Kominik on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: “Secreto tras la puerta”. Manuel Arias Maldonado.El Mundo. 16th June 2018 During the 40s and 50s, psychoanalysis theories dripped into mass culture. As can be seen in movies from the period, the idea that subjects “repress” crucial events in their biography became popular. Thus, the […]
Reversal print
Photo by David Paschke on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: “Positivado”. Rafa Latorre. El Mundo. 19th June 2018 El Roto has drawn a very reasonable cartoon and this has gotten him into trouble. It shows a couple wearing a traditional Catalan hat or barretina and holding a huge yellow ribbon. One of them is saying, […]
Daniel Gascón: “Nationalism needs poets”
Photo by Elena Alfaro Originally published in Spanish: “Daniel Gascón: el nacionalismo necesita poetas”. Borja Bauzá.The Objective. 15th June 2018 Daniel Gascón (Zaragoza, 1981) is an essayist, screenwriter and writer, and runs the Spanish edition of the prestigious Letras Libres magazine. He has also translated Christopher Hitchens and Mark Lilla; the former was one of the […]
The redeeming regional minister
Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash Originally published in Catalan: «La consellera redemptora». Jordi Llovet. El País. 9th June 2018 Hosanna, sing all the nations and the hierarchy of angels in heaven. Hosanna to the Catalans of the earth and hosanna in the highest heaven. Thus sings the whole universe now that Laura Borràs has been appointed regional […]