Armando Fernández Steinko
Catalonia: Spanish Government Behaves 'Like Machos'
By cracking down on those who voted for Catalan independence on Sunday the Spanish government lost the moral edge its initially moderate stance towards the referendum had given it over Catalan President Carles Puigdemont's staunch refusal to compromise, a Spanish political analyst told Sputnik.
Catalonia's Independence Referendum
Obama Pulls Plug on Preferential Asylum Policy for Cubans
The Obama administration has repealed the 20-year-old "wet foot, dry foot" policy which allowed Cubans arriving in the US without a visa to become permanent residents. Armando Fernández Steinko, a Complutense University professor in Madrid, discussed the move in an interview with Sputnik Mundo.