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The politics of memory

September 17, 2008 - 4:51 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Mike Sylwester
2008-09-18 05:23:51

Spain became rich by digging gold and silver out of the Americas during the 1500s but then wasted most of its wealth fighting economically, politically and militarily against the Protestant Reformation throughout Europe. Eventually Spain became one of the poorest and least influential countries of Western Europe.