The Valley of the Fallen

Source: http://www.elpais.com/fotografia/english/The/Valley/of/the/Fallen/elpdiaeng/20110608elpeng_3/Ien/

In today´s lesson we have dedicated  some minutes to comment on yesterday´s news about the Valley of the Fallen and the conclusions of the report of the commission in charge of studying what to do with this controversial monument. Here you have some links, just in case you want to have more information about the monument, the people buried there and what the commission proposes to do with it.

- A short report about the Valley of the Fallen, with basic information about this place: 

http://www.globetrips.com/travelblog/2011/04/the-valley-of-the-fallen-a-controversial-monument/

- Two articles in English about the report presented by the commission yesterday: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15941687

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Government/says/Franco/s/body/should/be/exhumed/elpepueng/20111129elpeng_7/Ten

- And this is the news in Spanish: 

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Gobierno/funciones/propone/exhumar/Franco/quiere/Iglesia/elpepiesp/20111130elpepinac_15/Tes

Breaking and good news: the end of terrorism in Spain

Source: El País, 22/03/2006

After more than forty years of violence, the terrorist organization ETA has communicated the definitive end of their "armed activity". At 19:00 Gara, a Basque independentist newspaper, has published ETA´s statement. All the media were waiting for this announcement, which could mean the beginning of the end of bombings, murders and threats. Although experience advises prudence, many people will sleep better tonight. 

Here you have the statement in English: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15395157

And this is a brief history of ETA: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11183574

Record prices due to overfishing

Some days ago two Japanese sushi restaurants paid almost 300,000 € for a bluefin tuna (red tuna) of 342 kilos. This was the highest price ever paid for a fish in the world. Overfishing has almost exhausted wild red tuna and there is a real danger of extinction of this species. This is why red tuna is so expensive. Last November, the ICCTA (International Commision for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna) decided to reduce fishing catches of red tuna in 4%, so this fish can recover, but this is not enough for the ecologists.

Here you have more information about the record price for a bluefin tuna in Japan: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12117010

Ecologists´campaign for the reduction of tuna catches: 

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/oceans/tuna/