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To: South Hawthorne

Probably no Franco statues in Barcelona. It’s in Catalonia which was anarcho-communist-whatever during the Spanish Civil War and is bitterly opposed to the Franco legacy to this day.


29 posted on 08/17/2017 9:12:17 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: elcid1970
Probably no Franco statues in Barcelona. It’s in Catalonia which was anarcho-communist-whatever during the Spanish Civil War and is bitterly opposed to the Franco legacy to this day.

That's putting it lightly.

31 posted on 08/17/2017 9:12:59 AM PDT by dfwgator
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El Periodico newspaper reports two armed men are holed up in a bar following the van attack.

It also reported gunfire near La Boqueria market.

TV3 reporting that the two armed men entered a Turkish restaurant.


32 posted on 08/17/2017 9:15:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: elcid1970

They may not care for Franco, but thanks to him, the city wasn’t occupied by the Nazis during WWII.


34 posted on 08/17/2017 9:17:10 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: elcid1970

Vote coming up for Catalan independence (2018?).


67 posted on 08/17/2017 10:26:21 AM PDT by firebrand
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