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It was Corinna Larsen, a Monaco-based business consultant known for her relationship with Spainâs former monarch Juan Carlos I, who first talked in public about marriage. In statements to the BBC in August of last year, she asserted that her father told her in 2009 that Juan Carlos had asked him for her hand. âHe called me up and said the king had come to see him and told him he was very much in love with me, and intended to marry me,â she said in that interview. âHe also told my father he couldnât do it straight away, it might take some time. He wanted my father to know he was very serious about me.â
Active-duty Spanish soldiers chant fascist songs in online videos
In recent days, numerous videos have emerged of Spanish soldiers singing fascist or neo-Nazi songs, while making the fascist salute.
This underscores the criminal role of the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government, which downplayed fascist sentiment in the army after WhatsApp chats emerged of top retired officers calling for mass murder and the restoration of fascist rule. Podemos officials dismissed them as harmless rants from a few retired officers nostalgic for the 1939-1978 fascist regime of General Francisco Franco. It is clear, however, that these chats speak for broader pro-fascist sentiment in the army.
Spain’s ruling PSOE, Podemos use “anti-disinformation” tool for internet spying
More details have emerged on the censorship apparatus operated by Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government. A new cyber-monitoring tool, known as ELISA, has been rolled out across the country, which will scour the internet for supposed instances of “disinformation” and report them to Spain’s central government for further action.
Podemos party leader Pablo Iglesias speaks as Spain s caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looks on after signing an agreement at the parliament in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul White)
According to the daily
El País, which is closely linked to the PSOE, ELISA began by monitoring only a few dozen web pages. However, its surveillance operation has now expanded to around 350 sites. It has been described as a “Digital Observatory,” designed to “facilitate the monitoring of open sources, as well as the profiling of media and