SPAN 2350 Chapter Notes - Chapter all: Catalan Language, Gormaz, Sephardi Jews
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British: emilio silva journalist, looking for grandfather, dug up graves and dna tests to identify victims -> wanted dignity and justice for the dead a. i. Graves are a reminder of transformation la transicion from dictatorship to democracy. Tertulias popular tv and radio debate programs. Islamist radicals 2004 train bombing killing 191 people -> spaniards threw out a. Conservative people"s party -> spain is always changing, making journalism easy. Jose maria aznar right wing prime minister in 1930s. El pacto del ovido the pact of forgetting. Tapando verguenzas covering up embarrassments: not just fear/shame. Secretos a voces (1: small village in castille, poyales del hoyo december 1936 killing of 3 women pilar, Believes christian reconquista from moors most glorious moments of. Lack of historical monarchy desmemoria historica. Franco"s presence made it impossible to talk freely, let alone dig up graves because of fear. People"s party boycott a parliamentary homage to franco"s victims.