Today Catalonia striving for independence,
A complication, viewed by some as treachery.
If they get it will the Basques follow suit?
Today every region, different problems.
Today the north more profitable than the south.
Andalusia’s problems skew the nation’s statistics.
And unemployment is not always what it seems.
Today the black economy rules.
Today an infrastructure much better than many countries,
Roads, health service, free education . . .
Yet, Spain has a failure to believe in itself.
Today the press of the world unites to beat it down.
Today exports rise and this of course is not reported.
Spain is not just sun, oranges, tomatoes and bulls.
It also has a wealth of mineral resources
And today, industrial and technical abilities.
Cartagena, the city I live in,
Capital of Spain under the Romans, Carthaginians,
Visigoth and Byzantine regimes, a separate canton in 1873,
Today builds submarines and refines oil.
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