No habrá nadie en el mundo

“No habrá nadie en el mundo (There will be no one in this world),” written by Javier Limón, performed by Buika. The composer is the guitarist. Concha Buika grew up on the Spanish island of Majorca, and lives in Miami when not on tour. Her parents are from Equatorial Guinea.

“There will be no one in this world able to cure
the wound left by your pride.
I can’t understand how you hurt me now
after having given me so much love.”

Buika official website

More:

“Concha Buika: the outspoken queen of flamenco fusion,” Etan Smallman, The Guardian

“A Singer From Everywhere Arrives Here,” Larry Rohter, New York Times
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Flamenco Flash Mobs Strike Spain’s Banks

Financial institutions across Andalusia are under percussive attack from Flamenco Flash Mobs. Guerilla performances of these indignados flamencos are political demonstrations, expressions of anger and frustration at the Spanish economic crisis. Like this performance in a branch of Bankia, they’re choreographed by the anti-capitalist group Flo6x8. 

More:

“Los “indignados flamencos” Flo6x8 arrasan en Internet con su bulería contra Bankia,” Vertele.com

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Spain 1, Netherlands 0

Spain bested Netherlands in an overtime World Cup match. The Dutch team had been undefeated in 25 previous contests. Perhaps this was payback for Holland’s defeat of Spain in the Dutch War of Independence (1648).

 

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Netherlands vs Spain

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The final match of the 2010 World Cup will be played shortly. The competitors, The Netherlands and Spain, have a history. Lots of history, chiefly the overtime contest called The Eighty Years War or Tachtigjarige Oorlog (1568–1648).

The war began under the leadership of coaches William of Orange on the Dutch side, with Philip II coaching Spain. The outcome? Hint: the struggle is also called the Dutch War of Independence.

Back to today’s match: neither side has won the World Cup in the entire history of FIFA competition. How long is that? Eighty years.

 

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Toro Bravo Clonado

From the Blood and Sand and Biochemistry Department: scientists in Spain have cloned a fighting bull. Next: cloned matadors?

 

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