Spain

Spain
Capital city	Madrid
Location	Europe
Leader	Prime Minister of Spain
Type	nation state
Interest of	Charles Powell (Integrity Initiative)
Member of	European Defence Union, European Union, Eurozone, G-20, Global Counter Terrorism Forum, International Criminal Court, International Energy Agency, NATO, OECD, UN
Subpage	•Spain/Ambassador •Spain/Deep state •Spain/Deputy Prime Minister •Spain/Foreign Minister •Spain/Leader of the Opposition •Spain/Member of the Congress of Deputies •Spain/Member of the Senate •Spain/Military •Spain/Minister •Spain/Ministry of Defense •Spain/President •Spain/Prime Minister •Spain/Stay behind

Spain is a European nation state.

Recent developments

In 2018 Spain’s third largest city, Valencia, announced that it would boycott “apartheid” Israel.

History

Operation Gladio was active in Spain.

2004 Madrid train bombings

Full article: 2004 Madrid train bombings

On the 11th of March 2004, 10 bombs were set of on trains in the nation's capital, Madrid, just days before the election. The commercially-controlled media quickly blamed the attack on Al Qaeda. The Spanish population refused to support to rally behind the sitting government and "stick with the party that had talked the toughest against terrorism".

Cannabis legality

Cannabis use is legal in private areas and decriminalized in public areas.

Arms Production

Spain was the #7 nation worldwide as regards arms exports from 2012-2016.

 

Events carried out

Event	Location	Description
2011 Attacks on Libya	Libya	"Perhaps one of the most egregious examples of US military aggression and lawlessness in recent memory", carried out under a pretext of "humanitarian intervention".
Evacuation from Afghanistan	Afghanistan	The evacuation of foreigners from Afghanistan, one of the largest airlifts in history

 

An example

Page name	Description
Spanish autonomous community	The first sub-national level of political and administrative division in Spain

 

Related Quotation

Page	Quote	Author	Date
Fatima Lahnait	“Spain remains a target for Islamist extremists. Moreover, like other European countries, it is now facing an increasing radicalisation phenomenon that may lead to violent extremism and home-grown Islamist terrorism.”	Fatima Lahnait	2018

 

Events

Event	Description
1991 Madrid Conference	A "peace conference" where speakers included George H. W. Bush -who the Mossad planned to assassinate.
2004 Madrid train bombings	A Spanish equivalent of 7/7, targetting civilians and blamed on Al Qaeda
2017 Barcelona attacks	Attackers were police informants and under intense surveillance. Happened at a convenient time for the Spanish government.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine/Premature death	Premature deaths of mostly Russian businessman during and around when the Russian invasion commenced. There may be Ukrainian and others as well. As the list grows, it appears the men are being targeted in dozens of western countries as well.
Assassination of the Marquesses of Urquijo	Murder of prominent Spanish bank owners in 1980
Bilderberg/1989	37th Bilderberg meeting, 110 guests
Bilderberg/2010	The 122 guests met in the Hotel Dolce Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.
Bilderberg/2024	The 70th Bilderberg Meeting
Le Cercle/2007 (Madrid)	A little known Cercle meeting
Scala case
Spanish civil war

 

Groups Headquartered Here

Group	Start	End	Description
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs	1973		Spanish think tank that hosted to the Integrity Initiative Spanish Cluster
CEU San Pablo University	1993		Private Catholic university
Cesid	14 July 1977	2002	Spanish intelligence agency closely tied to the PSOE government of Felipe González.
Club de Madrid	2001
El País	4 May 1976		A Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain.
General Military Academy	1882		Responsible for the initial training for officers of the Spanish Army, and for the officers of the Civil Guard.
IE Business School	1973		Business school in Madrid, Spain.
National Intelligence Centre	6 May 2002		The Spanish combined foreign and domestic intelligence agency.
Pontifical University of Salamanca	1940		Private Catholic university based in Salamanca, Spain.
Ramon Llull University	1990		A Christian-inspired university
Santiago de Compostela University	1495 JL		One of Spain's top universities
Spain/Military
Universidad de Valladolid	1241 JL		One of the oldest universities in the world; bastion against Franco.
University of Barcelona	3 November 1450 JL		The biggest university in Catalonia and one of the biggest in Spain
University of Deusto	1886		Spanish private university in the Basque country owned by the Society of Jesus.
University of Málaga	1972		Spanish university founded in 1972
University of Seville	1551 JL		The third Spanish university in number of students and the first in Andalusia.
University of Zaragoza	1542 JL		One of the oldest universities in Spain,

 

Citizens of Spain on Wikispooks

Title	Born	Died	Description
Julio Abreu	1940	2023	Professional meeting organizer who witnessed the 1988 Bilderberg, then was organizer of the 1989 Bilderberg.
Esperanza Aguirre	3 January 1952		President of Madrid who resigned after her right hand man was imprisoned
José Manuel Albares	22 March 1972		Spanish diplomat and Foreign Minister. Bilderberg 2022.
César Alierta	5 May 1945	10 January 2024	Double Bilderberger Spanish businessman
Joaquín Almunia	17 June 1948		Spanish politician, European Commissioner for 10 years, 6 Bilderbergs
Guillem Anglada-Escudé	1979		Catalan astronomer; Friends of Europe/Young European Leaders 2018
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón	10 June 1971		Deputy Prime Minister of Spain until the day she attended the 2018 Bilderberg
Inocencio F. Arias	20 April 1940		Spanish diplomat who was Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Inés Arrimadas	3 July 1981		Catalonian nationalist politician, lawyer, Bilderberger
José María Aznar	25 February 1953		Prime Minister of Spain 1996-2004, "If Israel goes down, we all go down", various deep state connections
Quique Badia-Masoni			Spanish journalist member of the Integrity Initiative and the Institute for Statecraft.
Miguel Ángel Ballesteros	1953		Appointed as director of the Spanish Department of Homeland Security after the Integrity Initiative's Operation Moncloa.
Enrique Baron	27 March 1944		Spanish politician, economist, and lawyer. Attended Bilderberg/1988 as president of the European Movement, and became President of the European Parliament in 1989.
José Baselga	3 July 1959	21 March 2021	Chief cancer researcher at AstraZeneca dies at 61 of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, possibly an effect of the Covid jab.
Pedro Baños	1960		A Spanish soldier and academic scheduled to become Director of the Spanish Department of Homeland Security but who was passed over after influence was applied by the Integrity Initiative.
Alfredo Sánchez Bella	2 October 1916	24 April 1999	Spanish spook and possible deep politician
Josep Borrell	24 April 1947		Spanish Euro-politician in the forefront of a censorship drive. Attended his first Bilderberg in 2023
Ana Botín	4 October 1960		Head of Santander Group, who claimed that COVID-19 Vaccines are “the most effective 2021 economic policy.”
Guido Brunner	27 May 1930	2 December 1997	Attended the 1980 Bilderberg as European Commissioner for Energy Research and Science
Nadia Calviño	3 October 1968		President of the European Investment Bank. Bilderberg/2024.
Jaime Caruana	14 March 1952		Governor of the Bank of Spain for 6 years, BIS General Manager for over 8 years.
Pablo Casado	1 February 1981		Spanish Bilderberger politician
Ildefonso Castro	4 May 1964		Spanish diplomat who attended the 2024 Bilderberg
Juan Luis Cebrián	30 October 1944		Spanish media mogul with a heavy Bilderberg habit.
Sol Daurella Comadrán	1966		Attended the 2024 Bilderberg meeting as chair of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.
Mario Conde	14 September 1948
Pablo Hernández de Cos	20 January 1971		Spanish central banker
María Dolores de Cospedal	13 December 1965		Spanish politician
José Creuheras	1957		Spanish corporate media executive.
Carlos Cuerpo	26 September 1980		Spanish politician who attended Bilderberg/2024 as minister for the economy.
Miguel Cuyaubé	8 June 1951		Attended the 2009 Bilderberg as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Guillermo de la Dehesa	9 July 1941		Politician, then Goldman Sachs/International Advisors, Group of Thirty, Double Bilderberg
Carlos March Delgado	1940		Spanish banker and heir to the March family fortune. Grandson of Juan March. Chairman of the Spanish Group of the Trilateral Commission
Joaquin Duato			The new CEO of Johnson & Johnson
Albert Rivera Díaz	15 November 1979		Spanish politician
José Entrecanales	1 January 1963		Billionaire Spanish businessman
Oscar Fanjul	1949		Chilean economist with US deep state connections. Goldman Sachs, CFR, 1990 Bilderberg
Rodrigo de Rato Figaredo	18 March 1949		Bilderberg 1992, 1994, 2005 and 2007, embezzler, money laundering, IMF managing director, Panama Papers
Federico Trillo Figueroa	23 May 1952		Spanish diplomat and politician, Opus Dei.
Francisco Franco	4 December 1892	20 November 1975
José Manuel García-Margallo	13 August 1944		Attended the 2014 Bilderberg as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Bélen Garijo	30 July 1960		CEO of Big Pharma corporation Merck. Attended 2023 Bilderberg meeting.
Miguel Sebastián Gascón	13 May 1957		Mooted for several top positions in the new PSOE government around 2005.
Felipe Gonzalez	5 March 1942		Attended the 1989 Bilderberg in Spain as Prime Minister of Spain
Aline Griffith	22 May 1923	11 December 2017	US born Spanish spook who was a regular attender at Le Cercle in the 1980s.
Alfredo Grimaldos	1956	4 December 2020
Bernardino León Gross	20 October 1964		Spanish diplomat specializing in the Arab world who attended all Bilderbergs from 2006 to 2011
Ignasi Guardans
Luis de Guindos	16 January 1960		Double Bilderberg Vice President of the European Central Bank
Juan María Nin Génova	1953		"Prestigious Spanish banker with great international influence". 5 Bilderbergs
... further results

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End
Spanish-American War	21 April 1898	13 August 1898

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Framing Russian meddling in the Catalan question	report	October 2017	Integrity Initiative/Cluster/Spain	An example of Projection by the Integrity Initiative. The Moncloa operation shows that the group itself has been involved in subverting the Spanish political process. This document accuses Russia of involvment in the Catalonia independence question.
Document:I Am Obliged to Reconsider My Support for the European Union	Article	3 October 2017	Craig Murray	Today, and with a greater sadness than you can imagine, I withdraw my support for membership of the European Union
Document:Integrity Initiative Weekly Report 9th to 15th July 2018	report	15 July 2018	Euan Grant

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