The ex-Eta terrorist bringing down Pedro Sánchez in Spain
Pedro Sánchez’s struggling campaign to win another term as Spanish prime minister is being hurt by one person more than anything else: Arnaldo Otegi, a convicted member of the disbanded Eta terrorist group.
Otegi, who has served 14 years in prison, is the leader of EH Bildu, a leftwing Basque separatist party with a key role in national politics. Its parliamentary votes have helped Sánchez pass his signature reforms to labour law, pensions and housing.
But outside the Basque country Otegi, convicted for crimes including kidnapping and belonging to an armed group, has been vilified as a man of violence. He has never condemned Eta’s bloodshed and the taint of terror has made his party repulsive to many.… Seguir leyendo »