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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Esteladas]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Olympic Games, normal flags and nationalist flags]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/antoni-bassas-analysis/olympic-games-normal-flags-and-nationalist-flags_8_5654354.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/2e6f5d00-86fb-4aa7-b196-2c039c99269e_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Today marks one month since the Gelida accident in which a trainee train driver died, which definitively plunged Cercanías into chaos, courtesy of Renfe, Adif and the Ministry of Transport (and which, by the way, significantly affected the AP-7).</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antoni Bassas]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:10:20 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[So, what's the difference between a Spanish flag and a Catalan flag? The Spanish flag symbolizes a state. Similarly, what's the difference between a patriot and a nationalist? If you have your own state, you're a patriot. If you don't, you're a nationalist, a nuisance, a suspicious character, a windbag, and, depending on the context, a potential terrorist. Shame on the International Olympic Committee, which organized the Games in Barcelona where the Catalan flag flew over all the venues and where Catalan was an official language.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Security officials order the removal of Catalan independence flags at the Olympic final between Oriol Cardona and Ot Ferrer.]]></title>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:33:18 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Officials have explained that the Olympic Charter, which prohibits political demonstrations, must be applied.]]></subtitle>
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