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The Xunta de Galicia (Galician pronunciation: [ˈʃuntɐ ðɪ ɣaˈliθjɐ]; "Regional Government of Galicia") [1] is the collective decision-making body of the government of the autonomous community of Galicia, composed of the President, the Vice-president(s) and the specialized ministers (Conselleiros).
Pre-conquest ethno-demographic map of the area that was to become 'New Galicia" Spanish exploration of the area began in 1531 with Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán's expedition. . He named the main city founded in the area Villa de Guadalajara after his birthplace and called the area he conquered "la Conquista del Espíritu Santo de la Mayor España" ("the Conquest of the Holy Spirit of Greater Spain
CxG considers Galicia as a "nation in terms society and culture". Unlike other Galician nationalist organizations, CxG does not want independence or total sovereignty for Galicia, [7] but a multinational and republican Spain. [8] The party also accepts capitalism, but defends a strong welfare state and social democratic public policies. [9]
The National Day of Galicia of 1983, the BNG called for a demonstration in Santiago de Compostela, attended by between 7,000 (according to the Spanish Police) and 15,000 (according to the BNG) people, with the main slogans of "Nationalism: the solution for Galicia" and "Unity in the Anti-imperialist Struggle" [d]. [21]
Galician (/ ɡ ə ˈ l ɪ ʃ (i) ə n / gə-LISH-(ee-)ən, [3] UK also / ɡ ə ˈ l ɪ s i ə n / gə-LISS-ee-ən), [4] also known as Galego (endonym: galego), is a Western Ibero-Romance language. . Around 2.4 million people have at least some degree of competence in the language, mainly in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it has official status along with Sp
Juan Fernández Latorre founded La Voz de Galicia in 1882 as a republican, progressive newspaper. Consolidated in the republican era with a circulation of more than 20.000 daily copies, it was not until the 1960s, when Santiago Rey Fernandez-Latorre, the founder's grandson took over as manager, that La Voz began its expansion.
It was created following the forced merger of the two major savings banks in the region, Caixa Galicia and Caixanova. This new caixa for Galicia became the fourth-largest in Spain with consolidated assets valued at €78.1 billion, [ 1 ] and fourth-largest in terms of savings accounts, with €108.4 billion - 6% of Spanish savings banks.
At the end of the season, the champion of each group is promoted to Segunda Autonómica de Galicia plus runners-up from groups 1, 4-5, 11-12 & 18-19; runners-up thru fourth from 13 & 14; the six playoff winners from 3rd-6th's of groups 1, 4, 11-12 & 18-19; seven winners from 2nd-5th's of groups 1, 3 and 6-10; three winners from 2nd-5th's of ...