many changes both on political and economic front which actually change the working conditions for all the companies in different industries including Telefonica which was a state owned typical monopoly company in national telecommunication sector in Spain. Some of the political changes are as under: The government privatized the company. There were many deregulation happened in the Spanish Telecommunication Market. Some of the changes in the economic front which resulted due to the changes done
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against the government to fight for equality‚ but ended up causing a greater problem‚ a civil war for Spain. The church was stripped from economic and temporal power‚ leaving a loss of Spanish identity to the citizens struggling through the issues of property‚ religion‚ and tradition. Tension between anticlericalism and Catholicism became noticed‚ and caused riots and disorder through the country of Spain. The separation of the church and State(religion)‚ combined with the distribution of land for equality(economics)
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sailed for thirty-seven days. Even then without a calendar it must have been challenging keeping track of how long you had been out to sea. Columbus continued to sail on stopping at many islands and claiming each one for Spain. After about three months he set sail back to Spain through some horrible storms. A radio would have been an asset during these storms to better prepare themselves for what was ahead of them. Through all of his travels and stops along the way at different islands‚ Columbus
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The Villalobos Expedition For thirteen years the Treaty of Zaragoza was signed‚ Spain respected the provision of this treaty and set no expedition to Asia. But from 1538 to 1541‚ King Charles I Of Spain entered into an agreement with Pedro de Alvarado‚ his viceroy in Mexico‚ regarding the fitting out of colonial expeditions to the Far East. An expedition was fitted out in Mexico upon orders of the king. It consisted of six ships and 200 men. Appointed its commander was Ruy Lopez de Villalobos‚ brother-in-law
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The countries that led most of the exploration of South and Central America were Spain and Portugal. They have introduced many changes to the new conquered territory. It all begins with the search for better access to new routes of trade with Asia. At the European explorations‚ countries like Spain and Portugal were the pioneers in the discovery and conquest of new lands. Portugal and Spain during their voyages accidentally came upon the western hemisphere; then soon started to exploit the new land
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Spain The country in numbers. Area: 504.750km² or 194.884 miles². This includes the Belarus‚ and Canary Islands. Population: 47‚203‚000 Capital: Madrid- 6‚213‚000 Main cities: Barcelona-5‚315‚000‚ Valencia-832‚000‚ Sevilla‚ and Zaragoza. Currency: Euro Languages: Spanish (Castilian)‚ Catalan‚ Gellego‚ Valenciano‚ euskera. Spanish celebrities: Miguel de Cervantes‚ writer. (1547-1616) Pedro Almodóvar‚ movie director. (1949- ) Rosa Montero‚ writer and reporter. (1951- ) Fernando Alonso
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voyage. He went to Portugal‚ England‚ and France to ask for help. In spite of everything Portugal rejected Columbus’ plan twice and England and France were not interested in the topic. In 1486 Columbus decided to try to get Spain to fund the expedition. When he went to spain he talked to the spanish Monarchs‚ King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella‚ who said they would think about the idea. After stalling for many years on the subject the spanish Monarchs finally changed their mind in 1492. Queen
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With the conquest of Mexico and the establishment of colonial New Spain came widespread change. The conquistadors‚ the newly established Spanish government‚ and the Church flipped the social order upside-down and established new structures in every aspect of the natives’ lives. Those who‚ in the old order‚ were wealthy and well-respected struggled to survive while the lower class fell even farther. Under the new system people of all classes and rankswhether well-respected‚ royal‚ or poorhad
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Introduction (source: Wikipedia) The 2008–2010 Spanish financial crisis is part of the world economic crisis of 2008. In Spain‚ the crisis was generated by long term loans (commonly issued for 40 years)‚ the building market crash which included the bankruptcy of major companies‚ and a particularly severe increase in unemployment‚ which rose to 13.9% in February 2009. Spain continued the path of economic growth when the ruling party changed in 2004‚ keeping robust GDP growth during the first term
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Pyrenees). Everyone should visit the pyrenees mountain range during their life. This magnificent place can be found between Spain and France. It creates a physical line between the two countries. The Pyrenees mountain range is a beautiful place for people of all ages. There are many things you can do while vacationing in the Pyrenees. You can go to the Running of the Bulls on the Spain side‚ or‚ on the France side‚ the Tour de France. It is even possible for you to go to both during a week long trip to
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