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...leaders for a 25-minute talk in Washington, it marked the first time since at least 1492 (when Spain expelled its Jews) that a Spanish head of state had met with a Jewish delegation of any nationality (the week before, Sofia similarly shattered precedent by attending services at a Madrid synagogue...
Free-For-AII. In political Madrid there is a sense of great expectation on the part of left, right and center politicians alike. Reports TIME Madrid Bureau Chief Gavin Scott: "The old guard of political hacks who owed their positions to the Generalissimo lament his absence, of course. But even within the regime he left behind there is a prevailing opinion that Spain needs to press forward politically-and the process is becoming an exciting free...
...opposition parties will really have while even anti-Communists believe that the Communist Party-which might command only 10% of the votes-should be legalized, although the government argues that it is "too soon." "This 'constitutional reform' is nothing more than a cynical joke," says a Madrid-based member of the 126-person Communist Central Committee. Joaquin Ruiz-Gimenez, a distinguished constitutional lawyer, complains that the government is simply handing down reforms without letting other parties participate in the process. Yet even this, he does admit, is a beginning...
...Mallorca, skiing in Granada, toying with his Nikons and snipping ceremonial ribbons. Today he is at the center of the political vortex and shows a clear and subtle understanding of the conflicting currents. The stream of ministerial cars passing through the gates of Zarzuela Palace, his residence northwest of Madrid, indicates that the King has clout where it counts. Significantly, Juan Carlos is using that clout to receive not only ministers but opposition leaders like Ruiz-Gimenez and 35-year-old Socialist Leader Felipe Gonzalez, who have not been heard before...
...town's main street. In Asturias, the royal couple put on miners' attire and spent 90 minutes inspecting a coal mine. Last week, in an extraordinary act for a Spanish Queen, Sofia smashed a 500-year-old tradition by attending Jewish religious services in a Madrid synagogue...