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Basque Separatists Declare Halt to Violence

Oct 20, 2011 13:49

By JOHN F. BURNS ( Read more... )

murder, france, spain, crime, civil rights, activism, politics

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nictea October 20 2011, 20:28:57 UTC

I really really really want to believe it's true, that they won't kill or extort anymore...I remember when I was little, they kidnapped and shot Miguel Ángel Blanco and I was on holiday right next to the Basque country, how people felt those days. When a couple of years later they set off a bomb 10 minutes away from my house, and that feeling when you are with friends from the Basque country, that there are some things they're afraid to talk about in public. It's nice to think that there won't be anything to be afraid of anymore...and it's also weird (A *good* weird, mind) to think that a lot of people won't have to look for a bomb under their car every morning.

I feel happy, and scared and so very hopeful, and...I don't know. I'm so happy to think this might be the end, though no mentions of whether they'll give up thir weapons and as usual, not a word about their victims.

/csb

My CSB chantalzola October 20 2011, 20:35:41 UTC

Absolutely fascinating. May I ask where you live? I've been to Sao Paulo, but I think that's the only Basque part of Spain I've been to. I was running away from Salamanca and on my own (and 16) and had taken my mom's credit card (yeeeeah) and was staying in a really posh hotel. I started speaking Spanish and they stopped me and told me it's better that I speak English than Spanish. That was the beginning of a very interesting three days. I've been really interested in Basque culture and history ever since. I don't know as much about it as I would like though. I don't know all of the details, etc. I'll have to read more about the Basque Separatist Movement. I didn't know how violent it was =( I was in Sao Paulo in 1998 or 1999. Don't remember the exact year.

Re: My CSB freeze_i_say October 20 2011, 20:46:27 UTC

maybe you'll find this book interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galindez

Re: My CSB chantalzola October 20 2011, 20:48:57 UTC

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

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freeze_i_say October 20 2011, 20:31:42 UTC

interesting thanks for sharing. I was thinking about Manuel Vasquez Montalban's Galindez today.

chantalzola October 20 2011, 20:36:32 UTC

You're welcome! I wonder if this will play out like how the IRA situation did, or if... well, not.

freeze_i_say October 20 2011, 20:41:55 UTC

hopefully the recession will force both sides to compromise.

chantalzola October 20 2011, 20:42:16 UTC

Ditto.

x_butterfly19_x October 20 2011, 20:38:10 UTC

Interesting article, ty :)
Yay, good news.

koken23 October 20 2011, 21:06:03 UTC

On paper, this is great news. In the real world...it could go either way. I'm willing to bet that at least some supporters of the Basque homeland movement aren't down with ETA's disarmament, and who knows what splinter groups like that might do.

romp October 21 2011, 06:52:11 UTC

Thanks for the posting. My Basque experience is limited to sheep herders in the US and the vaguest knowledge of a "fight for independence" in the 1980s.