by María Odériz | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
Last Wednesday Spain reached 1 million Covid-19 cases and the numbers are steadily rising. With official government sources admitting that the real data might be even higher -around 3.5 million cases- and the country immersed in a second wave, the...
by Allyse Pratt | Oct 20, 2020 | Williams College
Under what circumstances does a region have a right to secede from its nation? To what degree can a nation democratically go to keep its regions from seceding? Spain and its famous region to the northeast, Catalonia, have been engaged in this political debate for...
by Aliza Oppenheim | May 7, 2019 | University of Chicago
The winner of Spain’s recent general election claims that his party “sent a message to the world that it’s possible to win against regression and authoritarianism.” Spain’s election was held on April 28th, after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called for new elections...
by Ej Broker | Apr 13, 2019 | Rollins College
This post is written in response to two articles in the April 13 print edition of The Economist, both under the Leaders section: ‘Israel’s election, Bibi the conjuror’ and ‘Elections in Indonesia, The wrong way to win.’ A Pandemic It’s becoming quite clear that...
by Taylor Williams | Apr 4, 2019 | Saint Louis University
Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador is the current president of Mexico, elected in 2018 as part of the National Regeneration Movement party. In attempts to facilitate the national recognition and subsequent condemnation of Spain of their violent conquests against Mexico, the...
