He Parliament of Andalusia approved this Tuesday, in the University, Research and Innovation Commission, a non-law proposal (NLP) Voice create “a chair from Hispanidad” in collaboration with Andalusian universities and counter the “false accusations and self-serving propaganda that ended up building the black legend of Spain“.
The Vox initiative hopes that this chair will be used to “study and work in the defense of Hispanicity through different scientific and humanist disciplines”, as well as to “develop strategies for diffusion and knowledge of the Spanish language and culture“.
NLP seeks to counteract a situation of “lack of support from institutions for the dissemination, study and research of our history and culture”, an attitude which “leads to the helplessness of all this heritage in the face of false accusations and self-serving propaganda who ended up building the black legend of Spaindefended by certain extreme left political movements, both in Spain and abroad”, as denounced by deputy of Cádiz José María Ortellswho defended NLP.
With this, Vox also seeks to encourage Juanma Moreno’s board of directors to “promote international cooperation universities of Andalusia who host this chair with the universities of Latin America» to “encourage the transfer of knowledge, highlighting the cultural wealth that Hispanidad represents”.
“Hispanidad was the greatest civilizational and fraternal work of the entire history of humanity and a feat of which we Spaniards should be proud,” said Ortells, who pledges to “defend” this position “against those who deny the facts and seek to rewrite history with the sole aim of destroying the strong bonds which unite all peoples” which are “part of the Iberosphere”.
In addition, the Vox parliamentarian defended the importance of this chair to fight against the black legend that “finds among its allies all those who want to destroy the Spanish nation and who promote the manipulation and lies of the institutions.” “We have an obligation to demand it immense heritage which allows hundreds of millions of people to share a common language and culture which extends across both hemispheres,” he added.
Ortells argued that, compared to the rest of the countries that came to the American continent and “dedicated themselves to the liquidation of local populations,” Spain came “to extend our culture, our religion and our civilization to all.” conquered territories», melting abroad 700 cities only during the 16th centuryin which he implemented the new municipal regime existing in Spain and promoted the of mixed race.
And “unlike the rest of the nations”, he stressed, “Spain has recognized the the rights and dignity of indigenouswho were subjects of the Crown, like all the other Spaniards on the peninsula.
Despite all this, “in the universities of Andalusia there is no specific academic discipline for the discussion and study of Hispanicity as a whole”, as is the case in the University of La Riojawith the Spanish chair, or in the Community of Madridwith the presidency of Spain and Hispanidad, the Vox deputy settled.
