The pact as a whole is not “official”. There was an amnesty law in 1977 but
that is only a small part. The “pact” as a whole refers to the lack of public
discussion, publicly funded research etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pact_of_forgetting
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA
On 07 Sep 2014, at 23:42, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The article I read on wkipedia when I searched "pacto de olvido" earlier
> lead me to believe that it was official as of 1977. This isn't the case,
> Nathan?
> On Sep 7, 2014 3:03 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Thanks Chris. The “pacto de olvido” (literally: the agreement to forget)
>> is not formal. But because the transition to democracy was not violent
>> following Franco’s death and because most of the power elite remained in
>> power until they too died off, there was never any purge, nor any truth and
>> reconciliation commission a la South Africa etc. It was one of the few good
>> things done by the otherwise incompetent Zapatero government (2004-2011)
>> that they started investigating things a bit, searching for mass graves
>> from the Civil War and so on. The current reactionary PP government has
>> tried to put a lid on things again.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>>
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
>>
>> YNWA
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>> On 07 Sep 2014, at 08:33, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> That's prolific, Nathan!
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>>> I have to say that I liked the idyllic scene the best, not only because
>> of the the lovely feminine shape but because the composition of shapes and
>> colours was rather good.
>>>
>>> Is the "pacto de olvido" a formal one, or just that people try not to
>> talk about it?
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>>> And it's good to see the markets. My mother lives not far from Olhão in
>> the Algarve where the markets look great.
>>>
>>> Chris
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>>> On 6 Sep 14, at 18:02, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> My weekly blog for last week begins with a sunset along the motorway on
>> our way home from Madrid on Sunday the 24th and ends with a long bicycle
>> ride on Sunday the 31st. In-between there are pets liberated from prison,
>> people frolicking on the beach, some food porn, and some hungover fiesta
>> goers. In other words, a typical summer week in Alicante:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=1256
>>>>
>>>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>>>
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