End of ETA truce deals blow to Spanish PM
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The photos said it all. Eyes downcast,  his face puffy, Spain&#39;s prime minister looked shattered by news  that Basque rebels ETA were ending their truce, a move that  dooms a key policy with elections looming next year.
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HUANUNI, Bolivia  - A deadly dynamite battle between rival groups of Bolivian miners ended in a truce on Friday evening and President Evo Morales fired his mining minister, who was criticized for not anticipating the violence.
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Hopes that the armed Basque separatist group Eta might lay down its arms and talk were dashed last night after its main political ally came forward with peace proposals that fell short of the demands of mainstream Spanish politicians.
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The Spanish government has nixed peace talks with Basque separatists until they specifically renounce their campaign of violence, The Independent reports.
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A Basque nationalist party banned by Spain as ETA's political wing unveiled a plan to end the long-running conflict in the region on Sunday, saying it wanted peace talks.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero vowed Wednesday to stand firm against ETA, saying the armed Basque separatist group was at a &quot;dead end&quot; after it halted its ceasefire last week.
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MADRID The Spanish justice minister on Monday rejected a new proposal from Basque militants for dialogue with the intention of ending the region&#39;s long conflict, saying the proposal lacked an explicit renunciation of violence.
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MADRID, Oct 4 (IPS) - The Basque separatist group ETA in Spain is on the   verge of disappearing, according to political and social leaders  in Spain  who commented on the arrests of the organisation's  top leaders in France.
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Armed Basque separatist group ETA said on Tuesday it will end its 15-month-old ceasefire at midnight and warned the Spanish government of new attacks "on all fronts".
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The Spanish government has authorized legal proceedings to outlaw two Basque parties close to Batasuna, the political wing of the armed separatist group ETA, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said Friday.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Saturday called on all parties to present a united front against  separatist group ETA following Friday&#39;s car bomb attack in the northern Basque region which injured two policemen.
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Spain's prime minister must hate Saturdays. That's the day of the week hundreds of thousands of people march through the streets of Madrid chanting for him to resign for allegedly making concessions to Basque rebels ETA.
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MADRID -- Spain was bracing yesterday for fresh attacks by ETA after the Basque separatist group called off a 15-month cease-fire and vowed to resume its battle for an independent Basque nation.
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Spain&#39;s prime minister must hate  Saturdays. That&#39;s the day of the week hundreds of thousands of  people march through the streets of Madrid chanting for him to  resign for allegedly making concessions to Basque rebels ETA.
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A Spanish judge on Friday barred two Basque pro-independence parties from running in general elections next month, suspending their activities for three years.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has dashed hopes he might announce an end to a tug of war over a German group's bid for Spanish electricity supplier Endesa at a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Spain&#39;s banned Batasuna party, widely considered the political mouthpiece of the armed Basque separatist group Eta, offered last night to open a process of negotiations and dialogue to achieve peace in the Basque country.