The article I read on wkipedia when I searched "pacto de olvido" earlier
lead me to believe that it was official as of 1977. This isn't the case,
Nathan?
On Sep 7, 2014 3:03 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> On 07 Sep 2014, at 08:33, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > That's prolific, Nathan!
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> > 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.
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> > Is the "pacto de olvido" a formal one, or just that people try not to
> talk about it?
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> > And it's good to see the markets. My mother lives not far from Olhão in
> the Algarve where the markets look great.
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> > Chris
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> > On 6 Sep 14, at 18:02, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> 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:
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> >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=1256
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> >> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
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