SPAIN CULTURE

THEIR ECONOMY HAD A STRONG RECOVERY FROM GLOBAL RECESSION IN THE 1990'S. THEN IN 2008 THEY HAD ANOTHER RECESSION. THEIR DEEPEST RECESSION WAS IN 1/2 OF A CENTURY. THEY HAVE A HIGH INFLATION AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS AMONG THE POOREST FOR DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.

SPAIN'S EARLIEST RECORD IS CRO MAGNON'S FROM THE PYRENEES 35,000 YEARS AGO  THEY MADE CAVE PAINTINGS IN THE NORTH THAT ARE GONE THAT  DEPICT  BISON AND EARLY ANIMALS.  THEY HAD MANY REVOLTIONS  BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND THEY ALSO HAD CIVIL WAR.

THE CULTURE OF SPAIN IS PRIMARILY BASED ON ROME, CELTIC AND SHERIAN CULTURES, 787 YEARS OF RULE.  MUSLIM INFLUENCES WERE STRONG DURING THE MIDDLE AGES.  THE SPAINISH DEFEATED THE MUSLIMS IN 1000 -1492.  SPAIN BECAME ROMAN CATHOLIC COUNTRY.  BY THE 20TH CENTURY.  BY THE 20TH CENTURY SPAIN HAD INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

SPAIN HAD THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF UNESCO HERITAGE SITES IN THE WORLD.  SPAIN HAS MANY RENOWNED ARTISTS FROM 17TH TO 19TH CENTURY.  ONE OF THE MOST IS PICASSOAN ABSTRACT PAINTER.

THEY HAVE SPAINISH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE ANS A WIDE RANGE OF STYLES.  THEY ALSO USED THE ISLAMIC OF THE MOSQUE, THE TOMB , THE PALACE, AND THE FORT.  IN THE 19TH CENTURY  THEY HAD CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM AND JUDISM.  TODAY 21 NATIONS USE SPANISH AS THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE.  THEIR ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER LANGUAGES SPOKEN SPOKEN HERE.

ABOUT 79% OF THE SPANIARDS BELONG TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION AND 19% ARE NON RELIGIOUS.  THEY HAVE MANY CELEBRATIONS.  THE MOST POPULAR IS PAMPLIONS IN JULY WHEN WHEN PEOPLE RACE AHEAD OF BULLS!

SPANISH CUISINE DERIVES FROM ROMAN, JEWISH AND ARAB TRADITIONS.  THEY BELIEVE IN EATING PORK THAT MAKES YOUR BLOOD CLEAN.

THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT FOR SPANISH COKKING IS OLIVE OIL.  SOUPS USE POTATOES, TOMATOES, PEPPERS, AND BEANS.  DAILY MEALS ARE EATEN BY SPANIARDS IN THE COUNTRY, AND ARE MADE BY HAND FROM PRODUCTS BOUGHT THAT DAY.

THE BARS SERVE FREE SNACKS THAT DAY WITH BEER OR WINE.THEY LIKE THICK HOT CHOCOLATE SLATS.  OFTEN SPANISH SINGERS WILL ENTERTAINTHE GUESTS,  THEY TYPICALLY EAT FRUIT FOR DESERT. THEY HAVE MANY COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE IS A GREATSENSE OF REGIONAL IDENTITY..  THEY HAVE REGIONAL IDENTITY.  THEY HAVE TENSION BETWEEN HAVING REGIONAL COMMUNITIES VS ORGANIZING SPAIN AS A FEDERAL COUNTRY.

AS FOR EMPLOYMENT THEY HAD A WEAKNESS OF THE SPANISH ECONOMY FROM 1995 TO 2000.  PRIOR TO THAT TIME 37% OF THE FOLKS  WERE UNEMPLOYED.  IT IS STILL SUFFERING FROM UNEMPLOYMENT.

IN 2012 A RADICAL  LABOR REFORM BEGAN TO MAKE
MORE FLEXIBLE LABOR  MARKETS AND FACILITATES THE LAYOFFS.  THE MINISTER  FOR EMPLOYMENT SAID THAT THE ;ABOR REF[RM PROMOTED THE GOVERNMENT TO GEVELOP REACHABLE CONTRACTS.  32,000 CONTRACTS FOR ENTREPRENUERS  HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.  THE COMPANIES CAN OVERCOME THE CRISIS THROUGH FLEXIBILITY, REDUCED WORK HOURS AND CREATED JOBS.

SPAIN IMPORTS ALL OF IT'S FUELS BY ADDING TO INFLATION RATE. RATE.  SPAIN'S COMPANIES HAVE MULTI-NATIONAL STATUS EXPANDING THEIR ACTIVITIES.  THEY HAVE COMPANIES FOCUSED ON RENEWABLE ENERGY, TRAINING, AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS.   THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A  HIGH SPEED RAILROAD SYSTEM.

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