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Partido Andalucista party throws in the towel and dissolves

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The only nationalist political party in Andalucia, the PA (Partido Andalucista) has voted to dissolve itself after its disastrous showings in the last regional elections. At its annual congress held yesterday in Torremolinos, the PA voted, with 243 votes in favour to 57 against and 10 abstentions to throw in the towel. The last word came from its founder, Alejandro Rojas-Marcos who ended his party’s 40 year history with the words “the PA is no Continue reading Partido Andalucista party throws in the towel and dissolves→

Local politics in Arboleas and the Arboleas forum

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I’m not much of a man for forums -too busy- but I was recently made aware of some interesting developments on the biggest of our local English language forums, arboleas.co.uk. All of the busiest forums seem to be up in the Almanzora valley – read Lenox’s interesting post about the different ones here. What with being retired, and being under the threat of demolition, the Brits of the Almanzora Valley have a lot of time Continue reading Local politics in Arboleas and the Arboleas forum→

Illegal builds and political corruption

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The Mayor of Zurgena, Candido, et al, seems to be blaming the PSOE for his recent problems with law, blaming them for a “witch hunt” due to the fact that “he belongs to another political party which has the temerity to win local elections”. The local Guardia Civil agents arrested for passing confidential information about police patrols to drug smugglers are saying that they are being persecuted for “shopping a corrupt police Sargent, back in Continue reading Illegal builds and political corruption→