Madrid to name street after Margaret Thatcher
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 @ 12:22 AM
A STREET in Madrid is to be named after the late UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, along with two others dedicated to Hollywood diva Sara Montiel and Nobel Prize writer José Luis Sampedro.
Only the PP has voted in favour of adding the British Conservative leader to the long list of celebrated figureheads who have roads bearing their name in the capital, including French medic Marie Curie who discovered radiotherapy, Indian peace activist Gandhi, Olof Palme, Sandro Pertini, Marcelino Camacho, and Rosa Luxemburgo.
Spokeswoman for United Left, Milagros Hernández, said Thatcher, who passed away following a stroke on Monday, April 8, left 'thousands of people poor' after 11 years at the helm, and was responsible for 'economic and welfare cutbacks' that spelt disaster for families across the UK.
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