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Spain’s Judge Garzón faces suspension —after opening Bush-era war crimes probe

Spain's Judge Garzón faces suspension —after opening Bush-era war crimes probe

28 February 2010
Authorities in Spain have launched proceedings to suspend the notorious investigating magistrate Baltasar Garzón. The ostensible reason for the move is his investigation into the fate of 114,000 people who disappeared during the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. The public prosecutor’s office says Garzón had no authority to conduct the investigation because of a 1977 amnesty law. But Garzón says the disappearances must be considered crimes against humanity, and therefore not covered by any (...)

Spanish Foreign Minister Urges European Union to Improve Relations with Cuba

Havana (Cuba) | 16 February 2010
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said on Monday in Madrid that the European Union’s policy toward Cuba is “hardly satisfactory” and urged this regional organization to open a debate that aims at improving relations with the Caribbean island.

Double apologies for FBI technology gone awry

Double apologies for FBI technology gone awry

18 January 2010
The digitally altered image of an older and greying Bin Laden (left in the photo) was meant to show how the world’s most wanted terrorist might now look without his trademark turban and long beard.
But it created an unexpected stir in Madrid when Gaspar Llamazares, the former leader of Spain’s United Left communist party and the caucus’s current spokesperson in the parliament, recognised strong elements of himself in the image and complained to the US.
The FBI claimed to have used "cutting (...)

March 11, 2004 in Madrid: Was it really an Islamist attack?

by Mathieu Miquel

March 11, 2004 in Madrid: Was it really an Islamist attack?

28 November 2009
A series of bombings plunged Madrid into mourning five years ago. The Spanish legal system concluded that this operation, attributed first to ETA and then to Al Qaeda, was Islamist inspired, though not linked with international networks. The Spanish press, led by the newspaper El Mundo, today is calling into question that conclusion, which was of obvious political character. As in the cases of the September 11th attacks in the U.S., or those in Bali, Casablanca and London, we will take a look at an analysis of the issue.

Latin America questions US bases in Colombia

Latin America questions US bases in Colombia

3 August 2009
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Michelle Bachelet of Chile
Brazil, Chile and Spain have challenged a US decision to use and expand military bases in Colombia, saying they fear heightened tensions in Latin America.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Michelle Bachelet of Chile said in Sao Paulo they would put the issue before an August 10 meeting of the South American Defense Council in Ecuador.
Spain’s foreign minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos, and his (...)

Spain reins in crusading judges

Spain reins in crusading judges

28 June 2009
File picture taken 27 September 1999 shows anti-Pinochet people protesting outside the foreign ministry in Madrid calling for the former Chilean leader’s extradition to Spain. Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón was the first judge to face the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998, requesting his extradition as he was in London, charged for genocide, terrorism and torture.
By Steve Kingstone
"This change will be helpful to the Spanish government": Irit Kohn, Israeli lawyer.
For (...)

US Moves to Thwart Spain’s Military Equipment Sale to Venezuela

by Simone Baribeau

US Moves to Thwart Spain's Military Equipment Sale to Venezuela

Caracas (Venezuela) | 30 November 2005
In the most recent manifestation of the rift between Washington and Caracas, United States officials reiterated their objection to a Spanish defense contractor’s planned sale of at least 10 military transportation aircraft and 8 patrol boats to Venezuela.

Time for Reconciliation

Secularism in Spain

Paris (France) | 29 September 2004
Turning the page of the civil war and Franco’s dictatorship for good, Zapatero’s Spain wants its institutions to be more secular. The governmental project plans to abolish the fiscal privileges of the Catholic Church and eliminate the catechism from school programs. In Spain, the secular project is aimed at ensuring freedom of conscience to face a majority faith and not, as it has been seen in France recently, to struggle against the expression of personal convictions.

9/11: New Evidences

Spanish Reporters Affirm no Aircraft Crashed into the Pentagon

by Sandro Cruz

Spanish Reporters Affirm no Aircraft Crashed into the Pentagon

13 September 2004
Two best sellers published in Spain affirmed the official version of the tragic September 11, 2001 attacks given by the American authorities were false and manipulated. The Spanish press and public opinion have accepted and welcomed these investigations.

Imprisonment of an Al-Jazeera journalist

The Arab press in the firing line

The Arab press in the firing line

Doha (Qatar) | 15 September 2003
The leading war correspondent of Al-Jazeera, Tayseer Aluni, was arrested on 8 September 2003 in Spain. The judge Baltazar Garzón accuses him of being "an eminent member of Al Qaida", according to information supplied by Israeli and US intelligence services. The reports by Tayseer Aluni on the losses and damages suffered by the civil population in Afghanistan, then in Iraq, brought the wrath of the Pentagon on hi head. A delegation from the Voltaire Network for the Freedom of expression went to the editorial group of Al-Jazeera to show its support for Aluni.

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