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Le Monde on the Cartier-Bresson film

May 19, 2010
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Pierre Assouline, biographer of Henri Cartier-Bresson, reflects in his blog at Le Monde on the importance of Juan Salas' discovery of a long-lost Spanish Civil War film (clip here):

It is hard to watch these silent images without being reminded of Cartier-Bresson's great regret: to have...
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Garzón is going to The Hague

May 18, 2010
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Garzón is going to The Hague

The self-chosen "political exile" to The Hague of investigative magistrate Baltasar Garzón has been unexpectedly approved by Spain's General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ)--albeit not as a formal leave of absence (excedencia). Garzón had requested a seven-month leave to serve as special advisor on crimes against humanity to the Chief Prosecutor of the...
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Harper’s on Garzón

May 18, 2010
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Scott Horton writes:

In the end, it is not Garzón but rather the judicial oversight body that emerges with its reputation in a tatters. Moreover, the entire affair serves to put the spotlight just where it belongs. The assumption that the horrors of Spain’s fascist past must remain forever covered...
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LA Times: “Spain is going to have to probe the past”

May 17, 2010
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A Los Angeles Times editorial: From the beginning, the case against Garzon has seemed to be motivated by political and personal vendettas, and the timing of these decisions is no exception. The vehemence with which Garzon’s inquiry was rejected is not surprising given the bloody history of the period, yet the legal action...
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Interview about Garzón with a Judge Magistrate of Spain’s National Court

May 17, 2010
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José Ricardo de Prada: (Translated from El País, May 16, 2010:) "I’ve gone from anger on Friday, to desolation. I am deeply demoralized, not just in terms of myself, but in terms of my profession, which has been pretty much my whole life over these last 25 years. This goes way...
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Widespread astonishment and indignation at Garzón’s suspension

May 16, 2010
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The Spanish and international media are filled with editorials, op-eds, and interviews criticizing the suspension of investigative magistrate Baltasar Garzón. An editorial in Le Monde, for instance, states that case reveals the institutions of democratic Spain to be "dysfunctional" and "sick", and that the "strategy of forgetting has not worked": "The Garzón...
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London Times on Cartier-Bresson film

May 15, 2010
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Graham Keeley reports:

It is remarkable for the way in which Cartier-Bresson managed to get away from the censors and document the daily life of volunteers of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, who fought for the Republican Government against General Franco’s Nationalist forces.

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International coverage of Garzón suspension

May 15, 2010
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CNN, The Guardian, NY Times.
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Judicial Council keeps Garzón in limbo

May 14, 2010
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Spain's Consejo General del Poder Judicial, or General Council of the Judiciary, has postponed its decision on Baltasar Garzón's request for a seven-month leave of absence to work for the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC while it awaits several additional reports, after suspending him this morning--a decision that threw the country Read more »

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Spain in turmoil over Garzón suspension

May 14, 2010
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As the Consejo General del Poder Judicial meets to decide on Garzón's request for a seven-month leave of absence to work at the ICC, indignation about the Council's decision, this morning, to suspend the groundbreaking investigative magistrate, is spreading rapidly, with prominent jurists and intellectuals from Spain and elsewhere speaking out, and grassroot...
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