Trump Wants Spain to Build a Wall Across the Sahara Desert

Since Spain only occupies a small part of the border, the wall would need to be built through many different countries.

John Vibes
By John Vibes
border wall

Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell recently revealed that Donald Trump suggested that the government of Spain build a wall across the Sahara desert to prevent immigrants from traveling into the country. During one meeting, a Spanish diplomat reportedly pointed out that the Sahara desert was over 3,000 miles long, to which Trump replied, “The

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Spain Cancels Saudi Arms Sale Over Yemen War Crime Concerns

Madrid plans to pay back the $10m it has already received as part of the deal.

The Anti-Media
By The Anti-Media
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Though the United States and the United Kingdom receive the most widespread criticism for supplying weapons to the Saudi government, which has been condemned for causing thousands of civilian deaths in Yemen, other Western governments are also complicit. In 2015, the Spanish government sold the Kingdom 400 bombs in exchange for $10.6 million and

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As Post-Colonial Migrants Cross the Mediterranean, Europe Says “Go Home” in Every Language

There is no escaping the fact that the “throw them back to Libya” attitude, fostered by governments and upheld by a considerable segment of the population, is prevailing.

Ramona Wadi
By Ramona Wadi
Two activists sit on top of the 60-meter (197-feet) monument Christopher Columbus tower after placing a vest with the words "Open Arms" on the statue in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 4, 2018. Activists in Barcelona have dressed in an orange life-vest a statue of 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus to turn attention to the loss of life of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. Emilio Morenatti | AP

MALTA -- (Report) The standoff in June between Malta and Italy over the fate of over 600 migrants on board the Aquarius -- a rescue boat operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) -- made headline news for the wrong reasons. As both countries prioritized populist rhetoric, with Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and Maltese Prime Minister

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Ecuador Cuts Wikileaks’ Julian Assange’s Internet Over Social Media Posts

The move came after Assange criticized Germany’s detention of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont.

Gonzalo Solano
By Gonzalo Solano
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, gestures as he speaks to the media and members of the public from a balcony at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been taking refuge to avoid extradiction to Sweden. His WikiLeaks Party is in the running to win Senate seats in Australia, according to polls. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's government said Wednesday it has cut off WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's internet connection at the nation's London embassy after his recent activity on social media decrying the arrest of a Catalan separatist politician. In a statement, officials said Assange's recent posts "put at risk" the good relations

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Catalan Leaders Face Possible Charges Of Rebellion, Sedition

Jaume Cuevillas, a lawyer representing former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, said the threat of charging his client with rebellion is “nonsense.”

teleSUR
By teleSUR
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont walks after his arrival inside the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Catalonia's parliament on Friday will resume debating its response to the Spanish government's plans to strip away its regional powers to halt it pushing toward independence.(AP Photo/ Emilio Morenatti)

Spain's Attorney General Jose Manuel Maza announced that top Catalan officials, including ousted President Carles Puigdemont, will be prosecuted for sedition following parliament's declaration of independence Friday, as Puigdemont traveled to Belgium where he is expected to make a statement later today. While Manuel Maza requested that they all

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Catalonia Parliament Votes Independence, Spain Vows To Crush ‘Rebellion’

“We constitute the Catalan Republic, as an independent and sovereign country, under the rule of law,” read the preamble to the resolution.

ZeroHedge.com
By ZeroHedge.com
Protesters with Catalan flags take part in a rally in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Catalonia's parliament on Friday will resume debating its response to the Spanish government's plans to strip away its regional powers to halt it pushing toward independence.(AP Photo/ Emilio Morenatti)

It's Official. The Catalan Parliament has just voted for independence. 70 'Yes' (needed 68), 10 'No', 2 blank. As AP reports, Catalan separatist lawmakers passed a motion to establish a new republic independent of Spain, as the opposition boycotts the vote: We constitute the Catalan Republic, as an independent and sovereign country, under

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