A big anti-Zapatero demonstration in Spain

Urged by the Spanish far-right, several thousands of people demonstrated in Spain on Saturday, March 10th, to protest against the partial emancipation of the Basque prisoner José Ignacio de Juana Chaos. The Portuguese journalist Alberto Gonçalves makes an implicit plea for the resignation of the Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. "The reason for the demonstration, as we know, is the decision taken by Zapatero to free an ETA psychopath on hunger strike. But this is a symbolic reason, given the fact that submission to terrorism is a sort of trademark for the current government, created under the fear and misunderstandings around March 11th. This Sunday, another March 11th, the victims of the terrorist attacks three years ago were honoured with a glass monument and the presence of 'Mr' Zapatero, apparently dazed by the barbarism that pushed the Spanish to elect him. Although a bit late, the best tribute to the victims would be for the Spanish to recognise and rectify this mistake. As we saw on Saturday, we are not so far off from this."

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