An article in the London Telegraph tells of the arrest of this man, Ibon Gogeascoechea, in Cahan, Normandy (France).
Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
Sunday, February 28, 2010
ETA leader arrested in France
ETA leader Ibon Gogeascoechea has been arrested in northern France Photo: AP
One of the most incomprehensible struggles is the Basque radicals and their quest; what their quest is remains elusive for me to understand. This guy is a fairly young man; 30s? He is the next generation of leadership of this separatist movement, that has been fighting the fight for decades. 1959, an article states. Fifty years.
An article in the London Telegraph tells of the arrest of this man, Ibon Gogeascoechea, in Cahan, Normandy (France).
An article in the London Telegraph tells of the arrest of this man, Ibon Gogeascoechea, in Cahan, Normandy (France).
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Federico García Lorca
EL MISTERIO DE LORCA. Un grupo de trabajadores exhuma una fosa común, donde se cree están los restos del aclamado poeta y dramaturgo español Federico García Lorca, que fue ejecutado durante la Guerra Civil Español
La familia del poeta ha mostrado su oposición a exhumar sus restos y a que se den a conocer los resultados de las investigaciones (Foto: Archivo EL UNIVERSAL )
España exhuma supuesta tumba de García Lorca
El trabajo se realizará en una remota colina cerca de la ciudad andaluza de Granada, al sur del país, donde los hombres fueron ejecutados por miembros de una milicia leal al general Francisco Franco
AP
El Universal
Alfacar, España Miércoles 28 de octubre de 2009
10:03 Un grupo de trabajadores se preparaba el miércoles para exhumar la fosa común donde se cree están los restos del aclamado poeta y dramaturgo Federico García Lorca, en un hito en la campaña de España por abordar el legado de la guerra civil de 1936.
No está claro si los restos del escritor llegarán a identificarse porque su familia se opone a la exhumación. La meta es encontrar e identificar los restos de varios hombres que, como García Lorca, fueron ejecutados los primeros días de la guerra y enterrados con él.
El trabajo se realizará en una remota colina cerca de la ciudad andaluza de Granada, al sur del país, donde los hombres fueron ejecutados por miembros de una milicia leal al general Francisco Franco.
La guerra, que aún divide a los españoles, enfrentó a las fuerzas de derecha encabezadas por Franco que se alzaron contra un gobierno republicano de izquierda surgido de las urnas y eventualmente prevalecieron, instalando una dictadura que duró hasta la muerte de Franco en 1975. El conflicto y subsiguientes penurias dejaron un balance estimado de medio millón de muertos.
Ambas partes cometieron atrocidades contra civiles, pero el gobierno de Franco es conocido por haber ordenado una minuciosa cuenta de civiles ejecutados por milicianos republicanos y les dio verdaderos entierros. El juez español Baltasar Garzón dice las fuerzas de Franco nunca rindieron cuentas por 114 mil civiles asesinados.
El caso de García Lorca es uno de los más conocidos por ser éste el más aclamado poeta español del siglo XX.
Un grupo llamado Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica ha trabajado desde finales de la década de 1990 para ayudar a los españoles a ubicar las tumbas de sus seres queridos que desaparecieron durante la guerra. Hasta ahora, el grupo dice haber identificado a unas mil 700 personas.
La fosa se exhumará a petición de familiares de los hombres que se cree fueron enterrados junto al poeta: Francisco Galadí, Joaquín Arcollas y el torero Dióscoro Galindo. El trabajo podría tomar meses.
Expertos forenses y otros especialistas esperaban comenzar a excavar el miércoles por la tarde, dijo Javier Giraldez, un vocero del departamento de justicia de Andalusía, región que incluye Granada.
La familia de García Lorca se ha opuesto a la exhumación, argumentando que el escritor no debe ser distinguido cuando tanta gente murió en las manos de las fuerzas de Franco. Dicen que prefieren que sus restos permanezcan intactos. Pero la familia dijo este mes que eventualmente proporcionaría muestras de ADN para ayudar a identificarlo.
Friday, September 11, 2009
¿POR QUÉ NO... BROMEAN?
"Se ha dejado barba, como Fidel", saludó el presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, al rey Juan Carlos, en el Palacio de la Zarzuela, en Madrid. Lejos parece haber quedado el episodio de noviembre de 2007 cuando el monarca exigió al mandatario venezolano guardar silencio | Ver nota
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
La comunidad hispana acoge con beneplácito la nominación de Sotomayor
Spanish media outlet has the headline: Hispanic community welcomed the nomination of Sotomayor.
La comunidad hispana de Nueva York celebró hoy la designación para el Tribunal Supremo de EE.UU. de la jueza Sonia Sotomayor, una mujer de origen puertorriqueño que creció en El Bronx y ha ocupado altos cargos en la judicatura de este estado.
La comunidad hispana de Nueva York celebró hoy la designación para el Tribunal Supremo de EE.UU. de la jueza Sonia Sotomayor, una mujer de origen puertorriqueño que creció en El Bronx y ha ocupado altos cargos en la judicatura de este estado.
"Hoy es un día de celebración para la comunidad boricua (puertorriqueña), para El Bronx, un condado del que siempre se habla mal, un día histórico tan grande, en que el primer presidente afroamericano nombra al primer latino al Supremo", dijo hoy a Efe el congresista José Serrano.
"Su nombramiento significa para nosotros lo que para los afroamericanos significó el nombramiento de Thurgood Marshall al Supremo", indicó Serrano.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Push in Spain to Limit Reach of the Courts
Judge Baltasar Garzón, left, has opened an inquiry into complaints of torture filed by four former Guantánamo detainees
Spain’s crusading judges could lose their power to investigate human rights violations that occur anywhere in the world after Spanish lawmakers called for restrictions of the judiciary’s reach.
Lawmakers approved a nonbinding proposal late Tuesday urging the Socialist government to change a law — currently the most far-reaching in Europe — that enables investigators to probe alleged human rights crimes regardless of where they are committed or where the defendants live.
It has long seemed out of bounds, to me, that a Spanish judge can reach into another nation's sovereign borders.
Spanish lawyers have gained a reputation for activism in recent years by using the principle of universal jurisdiction to pursue cases against suspected human rights violators overseas, most famously the former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
Of course I was glad to see Pinochet nabbed, but it still seemed absurd that a Spanish judge's power reached so far.
However, the Guantánamo case and one filed against Israeli officials this year created a diplomatic headache for the government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and prompted calls for a change in the law.
That is not justice, but politics.
Israel complained in January after the National Court decided to investigate seven current or former Israeli officials over an air attack in Gaza that killed a top Hamas militant in 2002 but also 14 other people, including 9 children.
That seems was anti-Israeli more than anything else.
“The cases brought in Spain are a way of persuading or forcing the courts of others countries to deal with the crimes they are not dealing with at home,” Reed Brody, an international law specialist for Human Rights Watch in Brussels, said by telephone on Wednesday. “For instance, the cases brought in Spain against Americans may help persuade the Obama administration to try the cases where they belong. ”
That judgment assumes it is correct in saying there are cases, and not political convictions. And, more, it assumes, presumes, the speaker has the right to "persuade or force" others to conform to what he judges to be right.
Spain’s crusading judges could lose their power to investigate human rights violations that occur anywhere in the world after Spanish lawmakers called for restrictions of the judiciary’s reach.
Lawmakers approved a nonbinding proposal late Tuesday urging the Socialist government to change a law — currently the most far-reaching in Europe — that enables investigators to probe alleged human rights crimes regardless of where they are committed or where the defendants live.
It has long seemed out of bounds, to me, that a Spanish judge can reach into another nation's sovereign borders.
Spanish lawyers have gained a reputation for activism in recent years by using the principle of universal jurisdiction to pursue cases against suspected human rights violators overseas, most famously the former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
Of course I was glad to see Pinochet nabbed, but it still seemed absurd that a Spanish judge's power reached so far.
However, the Guantánamo case and one filed against Israeli officials this year created a diplomatic headache for the government of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and prompted calls for a change in the law.
That is not justice, but politics.
Israel complained in January after the National Court decided to investigate seven current or former Israeli officials over an air attack in Gaza that killed a top Hamas militant in 2002 but also 14 other people, including 9 children.
That seems was anti-Israeli more than anything else.
“The cases brought in Spain are a way of persuading or forcing the courts of others countries to deal with the crimes they are not dealing with at home,” Reed Brody, an international law specialist for Human Rights Watch in Brussels, said by telephone on Wednesday. “For instance, the cases brought in Spain against Americans may help persuade the Obama administration to try the cases where they belong. ”
That judgment assumes it is correct in saying there are cases, and not political convictions. And, more, it assumes, presumes, the speaker has the right to "persuade or force" others to conform to what he judges to be right.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
"¿Por qué no te callas?"
This item goes back to 10 November 2007. King Juan Carlos of Spain tells Hugo Chávez to shut up. Chávez had been haranguing about former Spanish President José María Aznar, calling him a fascist. Having had enough, the King blurted to Chávez "why don't you shut up?" What caused an additional stir is that the King used the familiar te, rather than the more formal se.
They would make up later, in July of 2008.
They would make up later, in July of 2008.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Spain's Bullet Train
Spain's system of 218-mile-an-hour bullet trains, the AVE -- meaning 'bird' in Spanish -- has increased mobility for many residents, though critics say it has come at the expense of less-glamorous forms of transportation.
To sell his vision of a high-speed train network to the American public, President Barack Obama this week cited Spain, a country most people don't associate with futuristic bullet trains.
To sell his vision of a high-speed train network to the American public, President Barack Obama this week cited Spain, a country most people don't associate with futuristic bullet trains.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Obama: Thaw U.S.-Cuba Relations
President Obama and President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Friday.
President Obama's International Relations and Charm offensive continues. Right-wingers surely are apoplectic, and urging their cohorts to buy guns before the Socialist bans 'em.
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and President Raúl Castro of Cuba on Thursday at a meeting of leftist governments in Venezuela on Thursday.
President Obama, seeking to thaw long-frozen relations with Cuba, told a gathering of Western Hemisphere leaders on Friday that “the United States seeks a new beginning with Cuba,” and that he was willing to have his administration engage the Castro government on a wide array of issues.
Part of his 100-day offensive.
Mr. Obama’s remarks, during the opening ceremony at the Summit of the Americas, are the clearest signal in decades that the United States is willing to change direction in its dealings with Cuba. They capped a dizzying series of developments this week, including surprisingly warm words between Raúl Castro, Cuba’s leader, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Hillary is part and parcel of the international strategy.
Other leaders here said that in watching Mr. Obama extend his hand to Cuba, they felt they were witnessing a historic shift. And in another twist, Cuba’s strongest ally at the summit, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, no fan of the United States, was photographed at the meeting giving Mr. Obama a hearty handclasp and a broad smile.
It really is a historic moment. What a wonder to see.
On Cuba, the president’s words were as notable for what he said as for what he did not say. He did not scold or berate the Cuban government for holding political prisoners, as his predecessor, George W. Bush, often did.
Half a century of a failed policy is, thankfully, beginning to come to an end.
But he also did not say that he was willing to support Cuba’s membership in the Organization of American States, or lifting the 47-year-old trade embargo against Cuba, as some hemisphere leaders here want him to do.
Slowly, steadily, moving ahead. As so many other matters, this can not, and should not, be rushed.
Earlier this week Brazilian officials signaled in Rio de Janeiro that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, potentially flanked by the Colombian president, Álvaro Uribe, would raise the issue of accepting Cuba into the Organization of American States at the summit meeting. Cuba’s “absence is an anomaly and he is waiting for this situation to be corrected,” Marco Aurélio Garcia, Mr. da Silva’s foreign policy adviser, told reporters.
Shewd; Uribe can not be faulted with being soft on Communism by even the right wing in the US. It is very encouraging to see how pragmatic President Uribe can be.
ElUniversal.com, a Venezuelan media outlet, has this in its website:
Bogotá's El Tiempo shows this piture on its website.
6:30 p.m.
El Pais from Uruguay has only a minor article. Madrid's El Pais has more, includhing this picture:
It does have an interesting picture:
Raul Castro, le leader cubain, entouré de Hugo Chavez, président venezuelien, de Manuel Zelaya, président du Honduras, et de Fernando Lugo, président du Paraguay.
Fotogalería Obama en la Cumbre de las Américas
President Obama's International Relations and Charm offensive continues. Right-wingers surely are apoplectic, and urging their cohorts to buy guns before the Socialist bans 'em.President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and President Raúl Castro of Cuba on Thursday at a meeting of leftist governments in Venezuela on Thursday.
President Obama, seeking to thaw long-frozen relations with Cuba, told a gathering of Western Hemisphere leaders on Friday that “the United States seeks a new beginning with Cuba,” and that he was willing to have his administration engage the Castro government on a wide array of issues.
Part of his 100-day offensive.
Mr. Obama’s remarks, during the opening ceremony at the Summit of the Americas, are the clearest signal in decades that the United States is willing to change direction in its dealings with Cuba. They capped a dizzying series of developments this week, including surprisingly warm words between Raúl Castro, Cuba’s leader, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Hillary is part and parcel of the international strategy.
Other leaders here said that in watching Mr. Obama extend his hand to Cuba, they felt they were witnessing a historic shift. And in another twist, Cuba’s strongest ally at the summit, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, no fan of the United States, was photographed at the meeting giving Mr. Obama a hearty handclasp and a broad smile.
It really is a historic moment. What a wonder to see.
On Cuba, the president’s words were as notable for what he said as for what he did not say. He did not scold or berate the Cuban government for holding political prisoners, as his predecessor, George W. Bush, often did.
Half a century of a failed policy is, thankfully, beginning to come to an end.
But he also did not say that he was willing to support Cuba’s membership in the Organization of American States, or lifting the 47-year-old trade embargo against Cuba, as some hemisphere leaders here want him to do.
Slowly, steadily, moving ahead. As so many other matters, this can not, and should not, be rushed.
Earlier this week Brazilian officials signaled in Rio de Janeiro that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, potentially flanked by the Colombian president, Álvaro Uribe, would raise the issue of accepting Cuba into the Organization of American States at the summit meeting. Cuba’s “absence is an anomaly and he is waiting for this situation to be corrected,” Marco Aurélio Garcia, Mr. da Silva’s foreign policy adviser, told reporters.
Shewd; Uribe can not be faulted with being soft on Communism by even the right wing in the US. It is very encouraging to see how pragmatic President Uribe can be.
ElUniversal.com, a Venezuelan media outlet, has this in its website:
Chávez le dice a Obama "quiero ser tu amigo"
05:41 PM. Internacional La Quinta cumbre de las Américas comenzó esta tarde en Puerto España, capital de Trinidad y Tobago, con la presencia de 34 mandatarios del continente.- Internacional Obama busca diálogo productivo con Cuba
- Internacional Presidenta argentina pide a Obama que levante embargo contra Cuba
- Internacional Ortega "avergonzado" por ausencias de Cuba y Puerto Rico en Cumbre
Bogotá's El Tiempo shows this piture on its website.Histórico apretón de manos entre Chávez y Obama en instalación de Cumbre de las Américas
Historic handshake between Chávez and Obama at the beginning of the Americas Summit.El Pais from Uruguay has only a minor article. Madrid's El Pais has more, includhing this picture:
Obama ofrece a Cuba una nueva relación
Fotogalería- Cuba centra todas las miradas
- Chávez impulsa la reinserción política de La Habana
- Una década de desencuentros
- Cuba, dispuesta al diálogo, pero no al 'intercambio' de gestos
Les deux ex-rivales pourraient se retrouver pour un meeting près de Nantes le 27 mai.
Not that it matters what it is about; notice the word meeting. So much for Frank pride, non?It does have an interesting picture:
Raul Castro, le leader cubain, entouré de Hugo Chavez, président venezuelien, de Manuel Zelaya, président du Honduras, et de Fernando Lugo, président du Paraguay.
Fotogalería Obama en la Cumbre de las Américas
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Humble? Silvio?
The best political leader in Europe and the world 
Silvio Berlusconi, on himself
First he complimented Barack Obama's "tan", then he played hide and seek with the German leader. He has even annoyed the Queen by being too loud.
Now Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has held up the start of a key Nato summit - by talking for too long on his mobile phone.
In his defence, Mr Berlusconi was talking to Turkey's prime minister in a bid to resolve a row at the summit.
But Germany's leader was kept waiting on the red carpet for several minutes.
Angela Merkel had just led Nato leaders from Germany across a bridge straddling the River Rhine to meet President Nicolas Sarkozy coming from Strasbourg on the French side.
Mr Berlusconi joined the group shortly afterwards.
Mrs Merkel looked bemused as the Italian's call dragged on and finally opted to start the event's opening ceremony without the Italian.
It emerged later that Mr Berlusconi had been speaking to his Turkish counterpart in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an attempt to persuade Turkey to drop its opposition to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as Nato's new chief.
In the event, Turkey did concede, with Mr Erdogan saying it had been swayed by US President Barack Obama's assurances.
What can possibly be added? SIlvio takes care of it all.
Mr Berlusconi's previous practical jokes at formal gatherings include making the Italian horned cuckold gesture behind a Spanish minister during a group photo of EU leaders in 2002.The billionaire media mogul then sparked a minor diplomatic incident in 2005 by suggesting he had used "playboy tactics" to woo Finnish President Tarja Halonen in order to ensure her backing for Italy to host the European Food Safety Authority.
Friday, November 7, 2008
I wanna go to Washington, too
Story headline in London Times online: Europe’s leaders are divided in scramble for seat with Obama.
Bickering over which countries will attend this month’s Washington financial summit – and a chance to meet Barack Obama – sidetracked Europe’s leaders at their emergency meeting on the economic crisis.
The main concern of José Luis RodrÍguez Zapatero, the Spanish Prime Minister, was whether he could get a seat at the gathering of G20 countries on November 15 despite one of his ministers being told by Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, that they would not be invited.
Mr Zapatero is desperate to rehabilitate Spain’s relations with the US after falling out with the Bush Administration over the Iraq war.
There was more evidence of Obama one-upmanship when it emerged that Gordon Brown had a ten-minute telephone call with the President-elect while President Sarkozy was then reported by the French media to have had a more impressive 30 minutes.
Not all European leaders were falling over themselves to cosy up to Mr Obama. Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, was unrepentant in the face of criticism for calling the President-elect “young, handsome and even tanned”. Mr Berlusconi described as “imbeciles” those who questioned his remark and said that it would not damage relations. “Did you see how I was welcomed by President Bush? The same thing will happen with the new Administration,” he said.
Yesterday’s meeting of the 27 EU leaders in Brussels ended with a diluted agreement to reform the International Monetary Fund and similarly weakened proposals for improved oversight of financial markets.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Juan Carlos and Hugo make up
Presidente Chavez visited Rey Juan Carlos in Mallorca.
"¿Por qué no vamos a la playa?"
"¿Por qué no vamos a la playa?"
En tono cordial, Hugo Chávez ha comparado el calor de la isla con el Caribe y le ha espetado al rey: "¿Por qué no vamos a la playa?".
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Another bicycle ride
After watching the final game of Euro 2008 (Spain defeated Germany 1-0), after buying a few groceries in Han Yang Market, and after waiting for a thunderstorm to end, I went out for a bike ride. It was muggy.Starting off at Northern and 149th Street, I went north on 149, turned east on Willets Point Boulevard, weaved around a bit, and wound up by Utopia and the Cross Island, about 2.5 miles.
Getting on the Greenway that runs along Little Neck Bay, beginning by the Throgs Neck Bridge, I pedaled past Fort Totten, and continued south, parallel to the CIP. The wind was against my face, and made riding difficult. That stage was about 2 miles long.
Crossing over the CIP on the 28th Avenue foot bridge, I rode the last 2.5 miles back home.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Corto (shorty)
Felipe seems to be shorter than everyone. Here he is with El Rey Juan Carlos de Borbon.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Peace of Amiens
Beginning to read "Gladstone" by Roy Jenkins. Peace of Amiens mentioned.
Signed in 1802, the Peace of Amiens marked the end of the French Revolutionary War. For the British, it brought respite from conflict abroad. As part of the peace treaty, Britain, isolated from her allies, agreed to return recent territorial conquests to France, Spain and Holland. These terms were heavily resented and the British, worried about Napoleon’s plans, refused to withdraw from Malta.
Also mentioned is the Battle of Coruña (Corunna)
Signed in 1802, the Peace of Amiens marked the end of the French Revolutionary War. For the British, it brought respite from conflict abroad. As part of the peace treaty, Britain, isolated from her allies, agreed to return recent territorial conquests to France, Spain and Holland. These terms were heavily resented and the British, worried about Napoleon’s plans, refused to withdraw from Malta.
Also mentioned is the Battle of Coruña (Corunna)
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
El País features American music
This way: the Queen of Black music
HOY EN GENTE
La reina de la música negra
Beyoncé es la más premiada en la gala de la cadena Black Enterteiment Television
Monday, March 31, 2008
Stonehenge
It seemed a magical place when we were there in 2000. Now there are excavations going on.
BBC's story:
El País has a story: El cuándo y el porqué de Stonehenge
BBC's story:
Excavation at Stonehenge aims to solve its riddles
El País has a story: El cuándo y el porqué de Stonehenge
El cuándo y el porqué de Stonehenge
Se inician las primeras excavaciones en 40 años para determinar la fecha precisa de creación del monumento
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Argentina agricultural strike
This story, of course, gets zero coverage in the US media. The venerable New York Times has nothing. In fact, in the World section of NYTimes.com there is a Times Topics: Find News By Country section with a drop-down list of countries. Choosing Argentina brings these gems: the last story in the category is dated December 14, 2007, in which La Presidenta faults the US for meddling in Latin AMerican affairs; next is this gem: in macho Argentina, a new beacon for Gay tourists, dated December 3, 2007 -- and then one about Queen Cristina from September! Geez!
El País, Madrid leftist rag, does cover Argentina well -- well, it covers it, and it does have a story about the agri-strike. The strike, now 17 days old, will last until at least Wednesday.
El País, Madrid leftist rag, does cover Argentina well -- well, it covers it, and it does have a story about the agri-strike. The strike, now 17 days old, will last until at least Wednesday.
La presidenta de Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, saluda al presidente de las Confederaciones Rurales, Mario Llambías, durante una reunión el viernes- EFE
Navarro = Memphis
In La Vanguardia of Barcelona, the headline Los Grizzlies de Navarro derrotan a unos Lakers desnortados sin Gasol
History Beginning in 1995 as the Vancouver Grizzlies through today’s Memphis Grizzlies franchise.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Chelsea's predicament en Español
El País, Madrid's leftist newspaper, has an article about Una pregunta incómoda - An uncomfortable question.
The lefty paper is so damned chauvinistic, it actually makes me feel for Clinton junior. Get this example of lefty Spanish journalism: Chelsea Clinton, muy implicada en la campaña de su madre para alzarse con la candidatura demócrata a la Casa Blanca, ha demostrado que sabe sacar las uñas para responder a preguntas que considera indiscretas, como ha podido comprobar un estudiante que le preguntó sobre el asunto Lewinsky, que años atrás tanto quebraderos de cabeza dio a su padre, Bill Clinton, y que a punto estuvo de acabar con su carrera política.
My translation: Chelsea, very involved in her mother's campaign to raise herself to the Democratic candidacy for the White House, has shown that she knows how to take out/show her nails/claws to answer questions she considers indiscreet, as proven by a student who asked her about the Lewinsky matter, which years back gave her father, Bill Clinton, headaches, and almost ended his political career.
Nails? Claws? This is the newspaper that calls women chicas, as in chicks, girls, and not mujeres, as in women. Ay-ya-ya-ya-yay!
The lefty paper is so damned chauvinistic, it actually makes me feel for Clinton junior. Get this example of lefty Spanish journalism: Chelsea Clinton, muy implicada en la campaña de su madre para alzarse con la candidatura demócrata a la Casa Blanca, ha demostrado que sabe sacar las uñas para responder a preguntas que considera indiscretas, como ha podido comprobar un estudiante que le preguntó sobre el asunto Lewinsky, que años atrás tanto quebraderos de cabeza dio a su padre, Bill Clinton, y que a punto estuvo de acabar con su carrera política.
My translation: Chelsea, very involved in her mother's campaign to raise herself to the Democratic candidacy for the White House, has shown that she knows how to take out/show her nails/claws to answer questions she considers indiscreet, as proven by a student who asked her about the Lewinsky matter, which years back gave her father, Bill Clinton, headaches, and almost ended his political career.
Nails? Claws? This is the newspaper that calls women chicas, as in chicks, girls, and not mujeres, as in women. Ay-ya-ya-ya-yay!
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