Spain

This is a personal opinion but I suspect it's probably pretty close to the mark.

Spain has a large set of social programs. The National health system has to be expensive. The government run retirement system even more so. The citizens are not accustomed to think ahead and to provide for their own futures. Almost none of them save for their own retirement, instead they expect the government to maintain at the same standard of living that they enjoyed while they were productive. I suspect Spain, as well as France and Germany and other European countries, are facing a future that will make our medicare/social security problems seem trivial in comparison.

They also have a large problem with illegal immigration from Africa.

Spain became rich by stealing gold and other valuables from natives in the New World whom they readily slaughtered, considering such people as sub-human. Thus, many folks in the Caribbean and South America consider Christopher Columbus - for example - anything but a hero. Slaves from Africa and North American Indians later were also placed on the bottom of the social ladder. And settlers were free to kill them with little, if any, penalty.

Wrong.

Spain was already a wealthy nation when America was discovered. After defeating the kingdom of Granada the Spanish Monarchy became the most powerful nation in Europe. It's army was well trained and proved unbeatable in the battlefields of Italy. Portugal and Spain had the most advanced navigation techniques of the time. The country exported wool and other goods to northern Europe and was already prosperous enough and had the skills to finance the conquest of its American empire. The previous answer reeks of hispanophobia.

Spain joined the first wave in 1999, but the notes and coins weren't circulated until 2002.

New foods

Smallpox

Spanish people

Pig

Pork

Bacon

Ham

Pig fat which they used as butter or something similar like that :P

that would taste disgusting ................. at least i think pig fat would taste disgusting

The distance between the above mentioned places is 397 km approximately. The distance is straight path from one place to another place. There might be slight difference between the actual distance and the above mentioned distance because of the route chosen.

the flag of Spain, defined in the Spanish Constitution of 1978 as consisting of three horizontal strips, red, yellow and red, the yellow twice the width of the red

The three Spanish symbols authorized by the government are the Flag, the Heraldic Crest, and the Spanish National Anthem.

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automobiles are very popular in Spain,but they often use trains

In September 1821 Mexico became independent from Spain.

Yes they do go to the website of their office in Miami it is http://www.conspainmiami.org/ and there you can get their phone number and you can also print out the application necessary on this website.

Spain began as an independent country in 1492 when all the Christian Kingdoms finally defeated the Moors.

The 3 largest kingdoms were co-ruled by Isabel I, Queen of the Kingdoms of Castile and Leon, and Ferdinand II, King of Aragon. Gradually they exerted their influence over the rest of the smaller kingdoms and Spain slowly emerged.

The citizens of Spain, largely Catholic, have traditionally celebrated all the great themes of Christmas but the gift giving tradition assumes that Wise men on horseback actually give the gifts to the children in some type of annual reenactment of the first Christmas gift giving. Special care is made to provide food for the horses and treats for the wise men.. They typically celebrate Christmas Eve, Nochebuena, with their families and friends with a meal. Nearly every family will have a Nativity scene, and some are incredibly elaborate. Families move from home to home to see their neighbor's nativity scene

because the bull is the mightiest beast exept for the lion and they had bull fighting down there and a man named alezxandro the 3rd started bull fighting and asked to make it the national animal.....if u want to find more look it up yourself

They leave it outside there doorstep and then there santa puts presents or coal in it
They place their shoes on the doorstep, and in the secret of the night , the three wise man pass leaving gifts.

To have trading relationships with the three great empires of Africa Ghana, mali, songhai. They traded capital resources for gold.

Spain never was a colony, so it never had to get its independence. As one state, it was created by the marriage of King Ferdinand of Aragon with Queen Isabel of Castile in the 15th century, which merged their lands to present-day Spain

Spain finally became a country unto itself when Isabel and Ferdinand completed the expulsion of the last Moorish kingdom in 1492. At that time the three large principalities, Aragon, Leon, and Castile wee united under one family with no foreign influence. The only time prior to 1492 when all of the peninsula had been ruled by one political entity was under Rome.

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The national dessert of Spain is a sweet flan. Flans are like quiches, but don't have a puff pastry crust. The Spanish version of flans are usually sweeter than other flans and are typically served with cream. The most popular Spanish flan is the Creme Caramel.
Sweet Flan.. NOT CAKE lol(:

During this time, Spain was in the European union and prospering WRONG! The EU didn't exist at that time. In fact, its predecessor organization, the EEC, wasn't even founded until 1957 and did not include Spain. Until 1975 Spain was in the grip of a fascist dictatorship run by Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Conditions were anything but prosperous. This is far too broad a question to be answered here in any greater detail. Please see any decent book about 20th century European history.

The Bay of Biscay (part of the Atlantic Ocean in the northwest, the Atlantic in the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east..

You may wish to specify which colonies you are referring to. In general, though, Spain founded colonies in order to extract resources from the ground (especially gold), convert the populations to Christianity, and achieve renown through the act of conquest.