A week after a bomb exploded in northern Madrid, ETA strikes again, this time in its own region. Another bomb exploded in front of Prime Minister Luis Zapatero’s Socialist Headquarters in the town of Lazkao on early Monday morning. No one was injured by the blast but severe damage to the building was the result of the bomb. The objective of the attack is to scare off Socialists and their idea of uniting the Basque Country with the rest of Spain. The Basque Socialist Party is gaining more and more popularity in the region and could possibly remove the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) from parliament. Zapatero was recently in the region promoting the Socialist Party before elections on March 1st. ETA does not want either party to win and is still showing their anger about the banning of the two parties closest to ETA, Askatasuna and D3M.
These attacks will continue to happen within the next few weeks up until the elections. These attacks have not injured nor killed anyone but with future attacks very possible you have to think just how many more attacks until some is killed. Luckily these bombs have been aimed more at making political statements protesting Zapatero and his Socialist Party. But with having killed more that 825 people over the past 50 years ETA will most likely strengthen these attacks and threaten the lives of fellow Spaniards. With each new day comes a possible new attack from ETA and the possibility of killing innocent compatriots.
On a much lighter note, Congratulations to Penélope Cruz on winning her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the film Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Not only was it her first Acadamy Award but it was also the first time a Spanish actress won the award. The always beautiful Ms. Cruz was both surprised and grateful for the award but was well deserving of best supporting actress. This comes one year after her boyfried Javier Bardem won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in No Country For Old Men. Felicidades Penélope.
Photo Emilio Flores for The New York Times; The Weinstein Company
1 comment:
I'm going to ignore all of the talks about the ETA and just say this:
Penelope Cruz blew my mind in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The scene with her and the cigarette against the fence is pure sex.
That is all.
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