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Colón, Carlos
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Catalan nationalists dismantle a Spanish symbol
Catalan nationalists have dismantled an advertising board in the shape of a black bull in order to "humiliate" and destroy this well known Spanish symbol. In a press release, an organisation called 'The black Flag' protests against this 'Horned Spanish filth', which according to it, sullies the 'sacred' mountain of Montserrat, in Catalonia. "Fanatics always end up finding a Buddha to blow-up", deplores Carlos Colón. "The Islamist fanatics blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas [Afghanistan 2001] - World Heritage - to prevent the worshiping of 'false idols'. Nationalist fanaticism is a modern substitute for religious fanaticism. It acts by making sacred the union of territory, race and culture. ... Unfortunately for us, Spain is the last place in Europe to experience this type of fanaticism."
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Is critical thinking under threat in the Spanish press ?
The Popular Party (PP, conservative) has triggered a lively polemic in Spain by deciding a boycott of the press group Prisa (that the daily 'El Pais' belongs to), as long as its director general, Jesus Polanco, does not take back something he said, assimilating this opposition party with 'Francoism'. Polanco's statement has also been criticised by people working for Prisa, notably the columnist Hermann Tertsch, who has decided to leave 'El Pais'. Carlos Colón considers very grave the fact that "this journalist is having to leave a paper that he has developed so much. He brought that intelligence and critical independence that has characterised 'El Pais' ever since it was created and that have allowed it to become the best national daily ... . The 'with or against me' motto is an infection that is continuing to spread throughout Spanish life."
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