the institutions and people of catalonia since the decree of the military dictator francisco franco abolishing the government of qatar lonia. spain s prime minister mariano rajoy was likely expecting a strong rebuke from barcelona and triggering article one fifty five of spain s constitution he has turned to what he considers a measure of last resort in the growing political crisis between madrid and barcelona. the autonomy and self governance of colonial will not be suspended it will remove the people that miss government outside the law and the constitution. self governance will not end it will be recovered for the sake of its legality and for the coexistence of all catalans not just those who are pro independence. plan foresees catalan affairs coming under madrid s direction regional elections would be held within six months that can only
arab one in the south, a sunni arab one in the middle, and ethnic kurds in the north. it was never a happy or stable union. it saw coup after coup until saddam hussein, a sunni muslim and a military dictator, came to power. he forced the sects to live together whether they liked it or not. and for years saddam had american support. washington was happy to let him keep the lid on iraq s fractured melting pot. but that all ended when saddam invaded kuwait in 1990. the first president bush crushed his army. and the second drove him from power and occupied iraq. for the first time in decades, iraqis got to participate in a free election, and the shiites, who are the majority sect, one by a landslide. backed by the americans, the shiites were now in power for
secretary mark sykes sat down with his french counterpart to carve up the middle east. the country they drew up, the one we call modern iraq, includes what were previously three separate provinces, a shia arab one in the south, a sunni arab one in the middle, and ethnic kurds in the north. it was never a happy or stable union. it saw coup after coup until saddam hussein, a sunni muslim and a military dictator, came to power. he forced the sects to live together whether they liked it or not. and for years saddam had american support. washington was happy to let him keep the lid on iraq s fractured melting pot. but that all ended when saddam invaded kuwait in 1990. the first president bush crushed his army. and the second drove him from power and occupied iraq. for the first time in decades, iraqis got to participate in a free election, and the shiites, who are the majority sect, one
the country they drew up, the one we call modern iraq, includes what were previously three separate provinces, a shia arab one in the south, a sunni arab one in the middle, and ethnic kurds in the north. it was never a happy or stable union. it saw coup after coup until saddam hussein, a sunni muslim and a military dictator, came to power. he forced the sects to live together whether they liked it or not. and for years saddam had american support. washington was happy to let him keep the lid on iraq s fractured melting pot. but that all ended when saddam invaded kuwait in 1990. the first president bush crushed his army. and the second drove him from power and occupied iraq. for the first time in decades, iraqis got to participate in a free election, and the shiites,
freely, the closing of catholic schools and religious schools, the repression and imprisonments. i remember the bay of pigs. i was here alone as part of the peter pan exodus when my parents were still in cuba during the missile crisis. to me my youth was marked in many ways by fidel castro s taking over our country and turning it into a brutal military dictator. when you look at his legacy, it s a legacy of a lot of very negative things, i believe. i don t know that it equates in any way with anything positive that might have come about as a result of his rule in cuba. by the way, it s not only those of us that are cuban americans that live in the united states. we re the only ones that are free to express that. but when cnn reports that the people in cuba are mourning, i m sure there are people in cuba that are mourning, and i m sure his family is mourning. but i promise you there s an awful lot of cubans who would love to tell to your air that they re rejoicing today for the