Diplomacy with a story
Napoleon’s ambassador tells his version of 2nd of May Uprising in Madrid
On May 2, 1808, the rumor that the royal family intended to leave Madrid to meet with Carlos IV in...
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The Holy Week in Baroque Madrid told by a French aristocrat
In April 1679, the Countess Madame d'Aulnoy, a French aristocrat who wrote fairy tales, got to know first hand the...
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An American diplomat in the Sevillian Holy Week of the 19th century
The life of American diplomat, historian and journalist Stephen Bonsal (1865-1951) was more related to Cuba than to Spain, as...
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17th century Madrid’s Holy Week in the eyes of a Muslim Ambassador
In 1690, the Moroccan Sultan Muley Ismail sent to Madrid his personal secretary, Abd al-Wahhab al Gassani, from Fez and...
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Albares: “It is never too late for dialogue, but de-escalation can only come from Russia”
Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares assured yesterday that Spain, the EU and NATO are ready to "invest all political capital"...
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History of ‘Sinterklaas’, the Dutch Santa Claus who brings gifts from Spain
Christmas presents in the Netherlands come neither from the Orient nor from Lapland. They come from Spain and their protagonist...
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Saudi Arabian Embassy ‘swallowed’ an ABC daily oil joke in 1979
Before the fake news became fashionable all over the world, in Spain and in many other places it was already...
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History of the Christmas market in Madrid’s Plaza Mayor
The Madrid's Plaza Mayor has hosted for more than a century and a half one of the most popular Christmas...
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The Nativity Scene: a Neapolitan tradition which Carlos III brought to Spain
Tradition says that the Christmas tradition of representing the scenes of the Nativity of Jesus with figures was introduced in...
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Emilio Cassinello, Spain’s former consul to New York, relives the 9/11 tragedy
Emilio Cassinello, one of Spain’s most prestigious diplomats and experts in international policy, lived the craziness of the attacks on
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