Thanks Chris. The “pacto de olvido” (literally: the agreement to forget) is not
formal. But because the transition to democracy was not violent following
Franco’s death and because most of the power elite remained in power until they
too died off, there was never any purge, nor any truth and reconciliation
commission a la South Africa etc. It was one of the few good things done by the
otherwise incompetent Zapatero government (2004-2011) that they started
investigating things a bit, searching for mass graves from the Civil War and so
on. The current reactionary PP government has tried to put a lid on things
again.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On 07 Sep 2014, at 08:33, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That's prolific, Nathan!
>
> I have to say that I liked the idyllic scene the best, not only because of
> the the lovely feminine shape but because the composition of shapes and
> colours was rather good.
>
> Is the "pacto de olvido" a formal one, or just that people try not to talk
> about it?
>
> And it's good to see the markets. My mother lives not far from Olhão in the
> Algarve where the markets look great.
>
> Chris
>
> On 6 Sep 14, at 18:02, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> My weekly blog for last week begins with a sunset along the motorway on our
>> way home from Madrid on Sunday the 24th and ends with a long bicycle ride on
>> Sunday the 31st. In-between there are pets liberated from prison, people
>> frolicking on the beach, some food porn, and some hungover fiesta goers. In
>> other words, a typical summer week in Alicante:
>>
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=1256
>>
>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>
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