MADRID — On Jan. 2, 1492, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon —
known as the Catholic Monarchs — occupied Granada, completing their
conquest of Moorish Spain. Ever since, Spain has always had a government
— and occasionally two, when Napoleon invaded in 1808, and during the
1936 to 1939 civil war that split it. But never during those more than
five centuries was it ever without any. That is, until Dec. 20 last
year, when elections failed to give any party the majority needed to
form a government and all attempts at a coalition failed.
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