Spanish views from a small town

It is a regional habit here to be humble.  Generally, that can be ascribed to the fact that in other areas of Spain, Gali cians ar e considered uneducat ed country bumpkins. We are seen as unfathoma ble, uneducat ed, and willing to work for pennies. And that, as a region, Galicia takes more than it ever contri butes to the rest of Spain . Other regions, such as Catalu nya have protested, for example, against investing in high-sp eed rail to Gali cia, saying that money is money lost. We let the central government respond by delaying its completion. In truth, we do no t do much to protect our interests. We had two independent banks found ed in Galic ia that were bou ght by a Venezuelan bank and a nother based in Madrid . The savings banks and co-ops we had were fi rst fused into one bank, then sold off to the same Venezuelan bank and ma de into a regular bank. We had a fiber optic company that was sold to an English firm. We had an e nergy company that was bought by a Ca t...