Cartoonist Eray Özbek on Argentina’s request for the extradition of 20 Franco-era officials from Spain.
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The abdication of King Juan Carlos and his infamous hunting trip leave some Spaniards to question the monarchy.
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“The Freedom Chat” transcript of Venezuelan journalist Andrea Daza Tapia is now available at Sampsonia Way Magazine. Several common threads connect Venezuelan writers that are featured in the magazine this week, such as their ability to influence movements from outside their country of origin or within it.
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In this Exile Hangout, writer-in-residence Israel Centeno engages Venezuelan authors Liliana Lara, Juan Carlos Chirinos, and Juan Carlos Mendez Guedez. They reveal the realities of living overseas as Venezuelan writers and they expand upon what it means to truly live “in exile” within and outside their country of origin.
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In the third installment of Sampsonia Way’s “The Freedom Chat”, journalist Andrea Daza Tapia shines a light on the media blackouts in Venezuela, reaffirms the power of social media, and she details the detriments incurred from the conflation of roles between media professionals and politicians.
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Spain’s government recent approval of a restrictive abortion law is seen by activists and women’s groups as turning back the clock on rights acquired by women in Spain almost 30 year ago. Cartoon by Gianfranco Uber (Italy).
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In part II of a series on the future of Spain’s literary market, Horacio Castellanos Moya discusses the role of corporations and small, independent publishers.
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