La Pelota vasca. La piel contra la piedra
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as crew members
and on the bridge.

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The Basques feel comfortable
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as long as the government of Spain
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respects their customs,
their rights,

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their general assemblies,
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their autonomous institutions.
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There is a close relationship
between Carlism,

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which represents religious
and political traditionalism,

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and the world of the Basque
peasants and clergy.

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At times there was even
a kind of "Basque Arcadia",

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a series of beliefs
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with which they defended themselves
against control by Madrid.

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Spain is attempting
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to impose certain institutions,
certain laws here

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in the interests of that unity.
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After the II Carlist War (1876)
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Vizcaya, Guipuzcoa,
Alava and Navarre

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lost their "fueros"
(ancient laws)

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Let us repeat time and again
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those words which are ours.
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They must not be forgotten,
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they must not be lost,
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like the tracks
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which the tiny claws
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of the birds
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leave in the snow.
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That's what Carlism is,
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and in some cases
it has derived

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into the third Carlist war,
as some say.

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It's ETA's war with another series
of different components.

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Where are you, my love?
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I cannot see you.
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I have heard no news of you.
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Where have you gone?
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At the heart of the present
Basque problem is the frustration


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