by Ailey Costantino | Oct 9, 2024 | Brown University
On December 17, 2013, Santiago Abascal established the Spanish political organization Vox, which the New York Times describes as “nationalism at its finest” (Source). The organization is notorious for its anti-immigration and anti-Muslim platform, as well as its...
by Luis Antón Méndez | Sep 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Time and votes simultaneously unveiled themselves in the recent July 2023 elections as Spain looked on a highway to a political block. With traditional socialist PSOE unwilling to reach agreements with its conservative counterpart, PP, support from separatists seems...
by Aiden Cardozo | Nov 28, 2022 | Boston University
The rise of populist far-right parties in Europe threatens the continent’s democracies. These parties are dangerous not only because they threaten the political status quo but also because they employ dehumanizing rhetoric towards oppositional candidates which leads...
by Konner Lee | Nov 27, 2022 | Boston University
VOX, a right-wing populism party in Spain, is renowned for its denial of global warming. Experts believe this is the reason for its political success as the party was established in 2013 with the aim of protecting the nation’s social harmony from the...
by EKARAOGLU17@KU.EDU.TR | Jan 9, 2022 | Koç University
Spain insists that the Francoist era is long gone and buried. Despite the broad recognition of the harm endured under the nacional-sindicalista, Spain is again haunted by the shadow of totalitarianism. With the last Catalonia’s referendum, protests, and...
