Saturday, June 03, 2006
History Of Tenerife: First Socialist Council
This old photo is from Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife, taken, it says, on April 1, 1922 and was the first town hall in Spain to be formed by councillors of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers Party) PSOE. Certainly Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife), was the first socialist local council in the Canaries, in 1920. In the photo is then mayor, Martín Pérez Trujillo and other councillors.
The PSOE - one of the major political parties in Spain, the world's second workers party and Spain's second oldest, was founded in May 1879 by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias. Dictator Francisco Franco banned PSOE in 1939 and it was legalised again in only 1977.
PSOE is the party in office currently in Spain's national government, under President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. PSOE is a member of the Socialist International, as is the British Labour Party.
The PSOE - one of the major political parties in Spain, the world's second workers party and Spain's second oldest, was founded in May 1879 by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias. Dictator Francisco Franco banned PSOE in 1939 and it was legalised again in only 1977.
PSOE is the party in office currently in Spain's national government, under President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. PSOE is a member of the Socialist International, as is the British Labour Party.
