Spain’s ‘Watergate’ erupts ahead of election

Podemos among targets of political spying, theft and smears as ‘state sewers’ stay active April 13th, 2019. Published by The Irish Times. The hacking of a security camera outside the home of a leading leftist politician is the latest episode to cast light on a...

Trial of Catalan ‘rebels’ fraught with political baggage

Twelve independence leaders to be tried by Spanish supreme court February 2, 2019. Published by The Irish Times. Spain’s foreign ministry announced this week it was preparing to launch a campaign that would explain to the world, with total transparency, the details,...

Spanish democracy goes on trial

Published by The New Republic. By the time Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez go on trial on February 12 they will have been in jail nearly 500 days. The grassroots organizers for Catalonian independence will be tried by Spain’s Supreme Court on charges of rebellion...