UCS: Final Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Felipe Gonzalez - Answer- was prime minister of Spain during the reign of the PSOE Hippercon Bomba - Answer- ETA people put a bomb in a super market in Barcelona, 25 people were killed. Aimed at civilians, before they never used to kill civilians, this happened because of GAL Socialist involved in corruption - Answer- things like bribery, extortion, lying under oath, nepotism, cronyism, lobbying, embezzlement PP - Answer- founded in 1989 under the leadership of Jose Maria Aznar, has ideological roots in Fracoism PP during their 2 terms? - Answer- most important achievement was macro-economics. Jose Maria Aznar - Answer- hated in Spain for involving Spain in the iraq war and for the madrid bombings, he lied about many of the attacks and the spanniards cannot forget. He was the prime minister or Spain. during his first term he did good. turned PP into a catch all party and less repulsive. Spanish nationalism: - Answer- party that has a strong sense of pride for being inclusive, trying to be as inclusive as possible. Hermeticism: - Answer- problem not to be very open about ideological discussions. Miguel Angel Blanco - Answer- kidnapped and murdered by the ETA, he was a politician in the PP. this happened because they wanted to transfer ETA prisoners to basque country prisons. Jose Antonio Ortega Lara - Answer- police found him, was kidnapped for 532 days and survived, was a spanish prison officer, professor and law graduate. Lame duck - Answer- period in which nobody does much, this happens right before,in between the day of the election and inaguration day. 2nd term of aznar - Answer- 2nd term was the term of lame duck. he didnt do anything because he felt he wouldn't be accounted for anything because he wasnt going to be running anymore. 2002 - Answer- euro becomes the currency of Spain Alfredo Urdaci - Answer- was hired by aznar to try and manipulate the media during the nine o clock news. during this time aznar manipulated the media and the flow of information a