What fascists do to defenders of justice

A warning to any international lawyers who try and address history’s wrongs. You will pay a price, usually by those most closely associated with the original sin: The crowd gathered outside Madrid’s national court was loud and angry. “The world has been turned upside down,” they cried. “The fascists are judging the judge!” Some carried…

The future is dire

The governor of the Bank of Spain on Sunday issued a bleak assessment of the economic crisis, warning that the world faced a “total” financial meltdown unseen since the Great Depression.