Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Madrid for a “March of Dignity” to demand better wages
Spain articles on Democracy Chronicles
News about the struggle for better democracy in Spain. According to Freedom House, Spain is an electoral democracy and "people have the right to organize in political parties and other competitive groups of their choice". Regionalism is very strong in Spain. Also check out our section on World Democracy and our articles on Europe.
Ghosts of History in Controversy Over Grave of Spanish Dictator Franco
Spain’s opposition parties voted to move the remains of dictator Franco out of a state-funded mausoleum
Some Justice for an African Dachau?
Wikileaks cables provide a peek into the American view of Equatorial Guinea’s government in recent years: of the terrible corruption, unseemly ruling family, and general embarrassment to know.
This Society Has Got to Go and Why Shouldn’t It?
The representative democracy has evolved from human development but is not the goal. In fact, at the moment, it is blocking it. It has been transformed into a representative power, a shackle holding us back.
Study Finds Voters Fit Into Four Basic Personality Types
Optimistic, Pessimistic, Trusting and Envious, people make collective decisions based on which of these personality types they fit into
A Bit Less Uncertainty For Fractured Spanish Politics
Light at the end of the tunnel for fractured Spanish politics as two parties announce coalition
What Now For Troubled European Democracy?
A look at a few nations that personify the increasingly troubled European democracy project
A Look at the Unusually Competitive Spanish Elections
Podemos and Ciudadanos Parties are set to upend conventional order in latest Spanish elections
Spain’s Podemos Party Losing Popular Support
Continuation of nation’s economic problems are causing trouble for reformist Podemos Party in Spain
The Curse of the X Sound
Julio César Guerrero offers some recollections of a different topic, but nevertheless these are fascinating to language lovers and history buffs. Soon too, he will fill us in with the back story of the months of planning for the Caravana43