US EditionNato Referendum in Spain: 40 Years of the Consultation that Divided the Country
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Diario de Cádiz
In a context of the Cold War, the Spaniards spoke out in favor of staying in the Atlantic Alliance
Forty years after the victory of yes to NATO in referendum, it does not rise in volume and intensity to the left of the PSOE. For decades a cause with little protagonism, today is a prominent part of the discourse of numerous parties, from IU to Podemos passing through left nationalists, among which is the idea that Donald Trump's contempt for his partners creates the conditions conducive to growing rejection of the Atlantic Alliance, or at leas…
It marks the 40th anniversary of the referendum that endorsed the continuity of Spain in the Atlantic Alliance and that was preceded by a sophisticated campaign of persuasion, including censorship of TVE content, by the government of Felipe González Read
The Minister of Consumer Affairs, Social Rights and Agenda 2030, Pablo Bustinduy, has stressed that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a "functional instrument for the interests of the American empire" and has argued that the "priority strategic interest" for Spain should be "to influence the autonomy" of the country and the European Union in order to "have its own voice".
The vote on Spain's future in NATO, four decades ago, is inseparable from the pacifist upheaval that Europe will experience in the 1980s with the warming of the Cold War.Main Topics: AntimilitarismRead full article
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