ETA,an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna,was an armed Basque nationalist and far-left separatist organization in the Basque Country between 1959 and 2018,with its goal being independence for the region. The group was founded in 1959 during the era of Francoist Spain,and later evolved from a pacifist group promoting traditional Basque culture to a violent paramilitary group. It engaged in a campaign of bombings,assassinations,and kidnappings throughout Spain and especially the Southern Basque Country against the regime,which was highly centralised and hostile to the expression of non-Castilian minority identities. ETA was the main group within the Basque National Liberation Movement and was the most important Basque participant in the Basque conflict.
The 2004 Madrid train bombings were a series of coordinated,nearly simultaneous bombings against the Cercanías commuter train system of Madrid,Spain,on the morning of 11 March 2004—three days before Spain's general elections. The explosions killed 193 people and injured around 2,050. The bombings constituted the deadliest terrorist attack carried out in the history of Spain and the deadliest in Europe since 1988. The attacks were carried out by individuals who opposed Spanish involvement in the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.
Ignacio JordàGonzález,better known as Nacho Vidal,is a Spanish pornographic actor and director.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran is an Iranian political organization based in France and Albania and was founded by Massoud Rajavi and Abolhassan Banisadr. The organization is a political coalition calling to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran. The coalition is made up of different Iranian dissident groups,with its main member being the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK). It is currently led by Maryam Rajavi.
Maryam Rajavi is an Iranian dissident politician and the leader of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK),an organization advocating the overthrow of the Iranian government,and president-elect of its National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). She is married to Massoud Rajavi,who is the co-leader of MEK.
Massoud Rajavi was an Iranian politician and revolutionary who became the leader of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) in 1979. In 1985,he married Maryam Rajavi,who became the co-leader of the MEK. After leaving Iran in 1981,he resided in France and Iraq. He disappeared shortly before the 2003 invasion of Iraq and it is not known whether he is still alive. This has left Maryam Rajavi as the public face of the MEK.
Kazem Radjavi was an Iranian university professor known for his work as a human rights advocate. He was also the elder brother of Iranian Mujahedin leader Massoud Rajavi. When,in 1971,Massoud Rajavi was arrested and sentenced to death,Kazem Rajavi managed to prevent the execution by forming an international campaign and changing the verdict to life imprisonment.
On 30 December 2006,a van bomb exploded in the Terminal 4 parking area at the Madrid–Barajas Airport in Spain,killing two and injuring 52. On 9 January 2007,the Basque nationalist and separatist organisation ETA claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack,one of the most powerful carried out by ETA,damaged the airport terminal and destroyed the entire parking structure. The bombing ended a nine-month ceasefire declared by the armed organisation and prompted the government to halt plans for negotiations with the organisation. Despite the attack,ETA claimed that the ceasefire was still in place and regretted the death of civilians. The organisation eventually announced the end of the ceasefire in June 2007.
Libertas Spain is the name given to the activities of Declan Ganley's Libertas.eu in Spain. Unlike Libertas in other countries,Libertas Spain was not a political party in its own right. Instead,candidates with no national party affiliation and candidates from Citizens –Party of the Citizenry,Partido Social Demócrata and Unión del Pueblo Salmantino contended the 2009 European Parliament elections in Spain under a common list branded with the Libertas identity. The candidates retained their membership of their national parties and the national parties retained their legal identity.
Vox is a national conservative political party in Spain. Founded in 2013,it is currently led by party president Santiago Abascal,vice presidents Jorge Buxadé,Javier Ortega Smith,Reyes Romero,and secretary-general Ignacio Garriga. Vox had been identified as right-wing and as far-right.
Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla is a Spanish politician and president of the Andalusian branch of the People's Party. Since 18 January 2019,he has been the President of the Government of Andalusia. He represented the Cantabria constituency in the Spanish Congress of Deputies from 2000 to 2004 and the Málaga constituency from 2007 to 2011. He has also been a member of the Senate of Spain and Parliament of Andalusia.
Santiago Abascal Conde is a Spanish politician and since September 2014 the leader of the right-wing political party Vox. Abascal is a member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid since 2019. Before the creation of Vox,Abascal was long a member of the People's Party,served as legislator in the Basque Parliament,founded the Spanish nationalist Foundation for the Defense of the Spanish Nation and exerted the role of director of publicly funded entities of the Community of Madrid.
Marxist–Leninist Party is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Spain,officially registered since 2014.
Events in the year 2018 in Spain.
Manuel Indiano Azaustre was a Spanish politician murdered at the hands of ETA on 29 August 2000.
Iván Espinosa de los Monteros y de Simón is a Spanish real estate developer and former politician who served as Member of the Congress of Deputies for the Madrid constituency from 2019 to 2023.
Events in the year 2023 in Spain.
"Let Txapote vote for you" is a political slogan that was popular among the political right and far-right in Spain during the months prior to the 2023 general elections. It was commonly used against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and mentions the ETA terrorist Francisco Javier García Gaztelu.
Francisco Javier García Gaztelu,alias "Txapote",is a Basque separatist militant who is responsible for the assassination of several Basque politicians. He is also known by the aliases Perretxiko,Jon,Xabier,and Otsagi,among others. He was part of the "hard wing" of ETA and never showed any sign of repentance for his actions or condemned those of the group.
Maria JoséRodríguez de Millán Parro,better known as Pepa Millán,is a Spanish lawyer,columnist and politician. She is a member of parliament for Madrid and spokesperson for Vox in the Congress of Deputies since July 2023.
