
Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero came to power in 2004 when Spain was riding high, its economy surging. He rode the wave to push through an aggressive social agenda, legalizing gay marriage and promoting gender equality. Today, he governs a country with 18 percent unemployment, the highest in the euro zone, largely because of the...
GHOSTS OF SPAIN Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past. By Giles Tremlett. 386 pp. Walker & Company. $26.95. AT the Corte Inglés bookstore in downtown Madrid, the divisions in Spanish society can be found spread out across the new-releases tables and propped up in the window displays. In the last few years, Spanish publishing houses have been...
José Maria Aznar (født 25. februar 1953 i Madrid) var Spaniens ministerpræsident fra 1996 frem til han den 17. april 2004 blev afløst af José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.