From the last century, History has been re-written on Spain for the so called nationalists. But, opposite to what has happened on the rest of the European countries, the nationalists were not written about Spain’s history. The nationalists were from Spanish regions, such as Cataluña (Catalonia), Vascongadas (the Basque County), Galicia, Andalucía and others.  Each one of the nationalists wrote its own history.
Let’s walk through the different nationalisms on different posts. On this first post, I will review the Basque nationalism. Sabino Arana was the so-called father of the “Basque …

En estos tiempos de bruma en el PP, otra mala noticia hay hoy relativa al PP: la decisión de abandonar los puestos de gestión en el partido de D. Ángel Acebes.
En su trayectoria, desde su posición de alcalde de Ávila, hasta la actualidad, el Sr. Acebes ha tenido que lidiar con buenos y gordos miuras. Especialmente importante fue la gestión, magnífica en cuanto a honestidad, de los acontecimientos derivados del ataque terrorista del 11-M a los trenes de Atocha, El Pozo y Santa Eugenia. Fue la violación de la jornada …

Today is a sad day. Just a few days ago, Mr. Zaplana, the ex-leader of the PP (Partido Popular) on the Spanish Parliament, announced that he retired from the politics, joining Telefónica, assessing this company on the European Union Commission. Now, it is Mr. Acebes, Secretary General of the PP, announcing he is not opting to any of the posts on the next congress of the party.
Again, this is a sad new. Mr. Acebes has a very good background on the Spanish politics. From his position as Major on the …

Everytime I have the opportunity to watch British TV, I am very pleased to hear the care the journalists have to choose and manage the words. They are very concerned about using the rights words on the right context.
But this is not the way when it comes to talk about one of the biggest Spanish problems: ETA. Everytime I listen to the news, and they talk about ETA, they use the wrong words: Basque separatist group. This is not true at all. What ETA is is a terrorist band, a …