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As the capital city of Spain, Madrid is a bustling modern
city with a glorious and tumultuous past.
Madrid is centrally located in Spain on the high plains accounting for
its mild winters and warm dry summers.
Spain is a democratic constitutional monarchy, with a monarch as head of
state and a president as the head of the government. The political system has a two parliament
system with representatives elected from multiple parties. Spain’s judiciary committee runs independently
of the legislative and executive branches.
King Juan Carlos I has been instrumental in leading and
keeping Spain a democracy for over 30 years.
On February 23, 1981 security forces tried to seize control and
implement a military run government but King Juan Carlos I used his influence
with the military to maintain the peace and put down the bloodless coup.
From 1982 through 1995 the Spanish Socialist Workers Party controlled both the Congress of Deputies
and the Senate, and made great strides in developing social laws and programs
in the health, work, and education areas that were lacking before their
control. With the leadership of the
Spanish Socialist Workers Party, Spain became a respected world leader and was
able to join both NATO and the European Community.
In 1996 the
Peoples Party gained control of the government and led Spain into an economic
boom. During their reign the Peoples
Party implemented privatization of much of Spain industry developed plans to
increase competition which lead Spain to an economic boom like they had never
seen before. The Peoples Party leader
Jose Maria Aznar was a supporter of transatlantic relations, primarily with the
United States and felt obliged to have Spain participate in the war on
terrorism, which lead to the Peoples Parties eventual downfall. After the March 11, 2004 terrorist bombing in
Madrid the Peoples Party was swept out of office and replaced once again by the
Spanish Socialist Workers Party.
Since the 2004
elections the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party, Jose Luis
Rodríquez Zapatero has been instrumental in setting up Spain’s first government
to be lead by and equal number of men an women.
Proving that, Madrid the capital of Spain, is poised to be a world
leader in the near future.
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