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Exiles: Spain is dead

20 years ago, nothing happened when the Historical Memory Law recognised the right to nationality for descendants of Spaniards. Now it does.

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Exiles: Spain is dead

Federico García Lorca no es mencionado, Iba Cernuda walked down a London alleyway with a shadow following him. The Sevillian poet had just arrived in exile, a rootless world full of letters to write and memories to mourn. He had left behind his bleeding and ruined homeland, wondering what one man can do against the madness of all.

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