Villarejo: The rise and fall of the Spanish state’s secret fixer
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#2Villarejo is nowadays nothing more than a bluffer. Chances are he paid for this piece.
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#3Never expected to read the name "Villarejo" on HackerNews
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#4This is Spain, corruption at all levels. A failed state.
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#5This is Spain, corruption at all levels. A failed state.
Spain is a country with huge problems. But it is not a failed state. You should try Venezuela if you want to get the flavour of failure. In any case, Spain is very corrupt, including Catalonia (where I live), but many other EU countries are corrupt too. I think about France and all the corruption cases about weapons procurement contracts (Taiwan frigates, etc.). We can also think about the US ...
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#6Never expected to read the name "Villarejo" on HackerNews
Same here.
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#7This is Spain, corruption at all levels. A failed state.
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#8Interesting to imagine an ex-king in disgrace qnd exile from a European country. Having been born under Elizabeth II and having her hang on so long, I can't imagine a similar circumstance for the Commonwealth.
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#9Interesting to imagine an ex-king in disgrace qnd exile from a European country. Having been born under Elizabeth II and having her hang on so long, I can't imagine a similar circumstance for the Commonwealth.
Did you forget about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII? That’s not that long ago (he was an uncle of Elizabeth II, wasn’t he?)
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#10This is Spain, corruption at all levels. A failed state.
Spain is a country with huge problems. But it is not a failed state. You should try Venezuela if you want to get the flavour of failure. In any case, Spain is very corrupt, including Catalonia (where I live), but many other EU countries are corrupt too. I think about France and all the corruption cases about weapons procurement contracts (Taiwan frigates, etc.). We can also think about the US ...
> Spain is a country with huge problems
Any sources or further reading?