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Hermanos de la Izquierda: Part 2
‘Sangre Gaditana en vena Vallecana.’ This roughly translates as ‘Cadiz blood in Vallecas veins,’ a strong statement of the bond between the leftist supporters of these two Spanish teams with which we began last week’s article on Rayo Vallecano. This week, Cadiz, much less well known as a leftist team internationally than Rayo; but their Brigadas Amarillas (Yellow Brigades, sounds better in Spanish) have an intense and wide-ranging commitment to the cause that is second to none
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CADIZ is in Andalucia in south-west Spain and is one of the oldest continually inhabited settlements in western Europe.
The city was founded by the Phoenicians who called it “Gadir,” and that name lives on in the adjective for something relating to Cadiz, ie “Sangre Gaditana.”
Cadiz province is the poorest in Andalucia and one of the most impoverished in western Europe.
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