Today is the 50th anniversary of the defense partnership between the U.S. and Spain signed in 1953. The event was celebrated in Rota which continues to be an important base for the Mediterrenean fleet. The base at Rota was completed on April 14, 1958. Apparently, it now longer supports the submarine fleet which it did when I was there in 1978.

Prime Minister Aznar was in Miami where he condemned Castro's Cuba and called for it to move towards a democratic system similar to Spain.

Google announced the opening of an office in Madrid and the availability of the Google Toolbar 2.0 in Spanish. Also www.google.es, the search engine in Spanish. Google has several partners in Spain, including ya.com and elmundo.es

Fotos of Spain

These photographs of Spain at Lycos' "Comunidad Virtual" are getting me a little homesick.

Semana is an interesting publication originating from Colombia - not to be confused with Spain's Semana mag.