Robert Latona

Professor Zapatero’s Required Reading

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 - by Robert Latona

Robert Latona explores the strange affinities -- and disunities -- between Jorge Luis Borges and Spain's Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

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Madrid’s March 11 Sentence: Case Wide Closed

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 - by Robert Latona

Twenty-one of 28 suspects in the 2004 Madrid train bombings were found guilty today by a Spanish court, but the suspected mastermind was absolved on all charges. Because a case is not closed in Spain until the courts have determined the person or persons ultimately responsible for a crime's commission, Robert Latona wonders whether justice has been served.

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Waiting for It to Happen

Friday, May 18th, 2007 - by Robert Latona


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Spain's Prime Minister Zapatero hopes that by playing nice with Basque separatists ETA he can bring their 40 years of terror to an end, and seduce them to the negotiating table. In the process, he has become a virtual hostage to the terrorist group in the expectation that they won't strike again anytime soon. But will they? by Robert Latona

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