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About Richard Torné

Richard Torné is a freelance writer and regular contributor for the magazine Everything Spain.

Articles by Richard Torné

Friday 12th March

Spain's 3/11: democracy after atrocity

Richard Torné, 12 March 2004
The death of 200 people in Spain’s worst-ever terrorist attack is a landmark in the country’s politics as well as its modern history. After three days of national mourning and the 14 March general elections, the new government will face the task of articulating a coherent political programme in a time of national trauma.
Tuesday 3rd June

Spanish lessons: a reply to Pere Vilanova

Richard Torné, 3 June 2003
Despite huge public dissent over its support for war in Iraq, Spain’s ruling Popular Party suffered only marginal damage in the country’s municipal elections. The most severe lesson of the results is the failure of the Spanish left to understand the changes that are transforming Spanish society, and to match the right’s reinvention with its own.
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