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The Bull Finally Won: Why Should We Care What Spain Thinks?


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A nation that tortures animals for fun has thoughts about American foreign policy. How delightful.

Last Friday evening in Málaga, a bull named nobody-bothered-to-ask gored retired matador Ricardo Ortiz to death while he was preparing the annual Corrida Picassiana — a bullfight themed around Pablo Picasso, because nothing honors a great artist quite like watching terrified animals bleed out in the afternoon sun.

This is Spain, where the killing of bulls is not merely tolerated but curated — wrapped in pageantry, dipped in art history, and occasionally accessorized with Picasso references for that extra cultural sheen.



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