:58:01
Let us repeat time and again
:58:03
those words which are ours.
:58:06
They must not be forgotten,
:58:09
they must not be lost,
:58:12
like the tracks
:58:14
which the tiny claws
:58:17
of the birds
:58:20
leave in the snow.
:58:23
That's what Carlism is,
:58:26
and in some cases
it has derived
:58:29
into the third Carlist war,
as some say.
:58:32
It's ETA's war with another series
of different components.
:58:36
Where are you, my love?
:58:42
I cannot see you.
:58:47
I have heard no news of you.
:58:52
Where have you gone?
:58:59
At the heart of the present
Basque problem is the frustration
:59:03
caused by the abolition
of the "fueros" in 1875-76
:59:07
and, above all,
the 40 years of Francoism.
:59:10
In order to understand
the Basque Country today,
:59:13
you must bear in mind the economic
and social transformation after 1880
:59:19
mainly due to the iron mines
in Vizcaya
:59:23
which are no longer in existence.
:59:25
The profits were truly incredible.
:59:29
I can't think of any similar case
of such intense growth
:59:32
anywhere else in Europe
at that time.
:59:35
There were up to 20,000 people
working in the mines.
:59:38
Iron and steel foundries
were set up,
:59:40
along with shipyards
and a merchant navy.
:59:43
More than 35% of the population
of Vizcaya, for example,
:59:46
were not born in Vizcaya.
:59:50
The Euskadi Socialist Party
:59:51
dates from the end
of the 19th century,
:59:53
as part of PSOE, the Spanish
Socialist Workers' Party.
:59:59
Basque Nationalism appeared,
and not by chance in my opinion,