The country’s hard-won welfare state system is in reverse gear, with rights and social justice being handed back to charities, as was the case in pre-constitutional Spain.
J. Luis Martín
Licenciado en Relaciones Internacionales y Periodismo por la American University of Paris. Realizó estudios de posgrado en la London School of Economics. Es fundador y director de Truman Factor.
México-EEUU: ¿los tiempos están cambiando?
Sólo el 35% de los mexicanos estarían dispuestos a emigrar a EE.UU. aunque tuvieran la posibilidad de hacerlo.
“Cyprus may be forced out of the euro and this would be dangerous” -Michalis Attalides
Interview with Michalis Attalides.
«La política de los estados debe ser contracíclica a lo que hacen los mercados» –Daniel Lacalle
Entrevista a Daniel Lacalle, gestor de fondos de inversión y autor de “Nosotros los mercados: qué son, cómo funcionan y por qué resultan imprescindibles”.
«ONGs: herramientas decisivas para provocar cambios sociales» – Samuel Galler
Entrevista a Samuel Galler, alumno del prestigioso programa Rhodes especializado en Desarrollo Internacional.
“NGOs will be critical as tools for empowering individuals to spark social change” –Samuel Galler
Interview with Samuel Galler, a Rhodes Scholar and rising figure in the study of International Development.
Washington’s European Cliff
The concern today, especially for Washington, is to keep the European utopia alive for as long as possible.
Why Spain is edging to the brink
Spaniards are now rejecting the cynical confiscatory policies that aim to bailout an insolvent system managed by morally-insolvent politicians.
“Civilized societies should recognize that healthcare is a government responsibility” –Richard J. Roberts
Interview with Richard J. Roberts (1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine).
«Las sociedades civilizadas deberían reconocer que la salud es responsabilidad del estado» –Richard J. Roberts
Entrevista Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1993) Richard J. Roberts.
Esperanza Aguirre abandons Rajoy’s ship as political storm nears
Esperanza Aguirre’s announcement last Monday that she will step down as leader of Madrid’s regional government comes at a delicate time for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
As The Euro Tumbles, Spaniards Look to Gold
As the crisis deepens, there is still a window of opportunity for Spaniards to turn to gold as a means to protect their wealth against the risks of increased foreign exchange volatility, forced re-denomination, or even a total currency collapse.
77.9 per cent of Spanish voters have little or no confidence in Rajoy: poll
CIS poll confirms PM’s rapidly deteriorating popularity.
Spain: Are Rajoy’s Broken Campaign Promises Delegitimizing His Government?
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s systematic adoption of policies that are in complete breach of the promises which took him to power only a few months ago are casting doubts on the legitimacy of his political leadership.
Why social tension in Spain does not boil over
As national economic indicators continue to confirm an even more painful future with record-high unemployment and unabated economic stagnation, one can only ask how much longer such stability will last.
Another European summit, another “beggars at the feast” spectacle?
It is time to stop thinking in terms of impossible rescues and “compacts,” and demand that our European leaders adopt a more responsible conduct at their upcoming summit rather than sitting down to their customary European “beggars at the feast” spectacle.
Greek window of opportunity
This election result should be understood as the Greek citizens’ last effort to deliver the democratically-backed “pro-euro” political leadership that Brussels and Berlin have so adamantly demanded.
Spain: Mexico is watching
Mexico is right to keep an attentive eye on the banking crisis unraveling in Spain.
Mexico, 1994; Spain, 2012: Find The Similarities in the Pictures
As it happened in Mexico 18 years ago, Spain’s banking system’s woes seem to be setting up the stage for a self-fulfilling prophecy of Mayan proportions.
Bankia: Responsibility Matters
Among the many questions raised by Bankia’s nationalization in extremis, there is one that cannot go unanswered: who is responsible?
