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| Puerto Rico
Colonialism and the Death PenaltyThe Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 approved by the United States provides for the application of the death penalty in a series of newly defined federal crimes. In Puerto Rico, this law has provoked a wide debate: a discussion which combines the issue of capital punishment with questions arising from the specific colonial status of Puerto Rico. -> read article... |
| Poland
The strange death of SolidarnoscThe results of the Polish parliamentary elections of September 23, 2001 have profoundly restructured the country’s political landscape. Polish observers are generally agreed that what has happened amounts to a genuine earthquake, albeit a limited one, in three respects. -> read article... |
| Euskadi
Spanish state steps up repression of radical basque youthOn March 6th Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon ordered the arrests under the anti-terrorist law of 15 leaders of the Socialist-Independentist Basque youth organisation Haika. They were all charged with belonging to the Basque armed organisation ETA. -> read article... |
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