Adolfo Suarez, Spain's first post-Franco dictatorship elected prime minister, has died

Started by Janet, Mon 24 Mar 2014, 14:54

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Janet

Mon 24 Mar 2014, 14:54
Adolfo Suarez died over the weekend, the first elected prime minister of the democracy after the end of the Franco dictatorship in 1975. I was interviewed earlier for Radio Sur Adeje, and if anyone is interested in who he was, and his importance, you can have a listen HERE. Just click, then download, and then go forward to 9  minutes.

El Profesor

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Mon 24 Mar 2014, 20:06
Am I alone in thinking of him as a suave manipulator who stitched up the people of Spain so well that they are only now beginning to realize?

Let's hope they are ready for another "transition" soon or this country (modern?) is going right down the drain.

Perikles

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Mon 24 Mar 2014, 20:22
Quote from: Prof on Mon 24 Mar 2014, 20:06
Am I alone in thinking of him as a suave manipulator who stitched up the people of Spain so well that they are only now beginning to realize?

It's all relative - would you have preferred Franco?

Guanche

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Mon 24 Mar 2014, 20:22
Quote from: Prof on Mon 24 Mar 2014, 20:06
Am I alone in thinking of him as a suave manipulator who stitched up the people of Spain so well that they are only now beginning to realize?

Let's hope they are ready for another "transition" soon or this country (modern?) is going right down the drain.

Well........ the first thing I said to the wife was 'So he's the one who we have to thank' I got a very short reply! I think there is a lot of nostalgia associated with this chap. But in a way I can understand that. This chap was the first in a brave new world for Spain. He represented everything for everyone and in that brilliant light its hard to see the truth. Of course time forgives a great deal.

El Profesor

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Mon 24 Mar 2014, 22:34
Quote from: Periklēs on Mon 24 Mar 2014, 20:22
It's all relative - would you have preferred Franco?
That's how he did it.

Perikles

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Tue 25 Mar 2014, 19:17
Quote from: Janet on Tue 25 Mar 2014, 18:58
I offer THIS without comment ...

A SPANISH POLITICAN WHO RESIGNED Jesus H Christ, I didn't know that any of them were capable of that.

Myrtle Hogan-Lance

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Tue 25 Mar 2014, 21:44
I wish I had known about him.  I think maybe I should take my hat off to him.
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