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Varenicline, sold under the brand names Chantix and Champix among others, is a medication used for smoking cessation [5] [7] and for the treatment of dry eye syndrome. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] It is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist .
A province in Spain [note 1] is a territorial division defined as a collection of municipalities. [1] [2] [3] The current provinces of Spain correspond by and large to the provinces created under the purview of the 1833 territorial re-organization of Spain, with a similar predecessor from 1822 (during the Trienio Liberal) and an earlier precedent in the 1810 Napoleonic division of Spain into ...
In 1873, during the First Spanish Republic, a draft Constitution was drawn up defining Spain as a Federal Republic, made up of seventeen States with legislative, executive and judicial power. According to articles 92 and 93, these "States" would have "complete economic-administrative autonomy and all the political autonomy compatible with the ...
[45] [46] By means of the State of Autonomies implemented after the Spanish Constitution of 1978, Spain has been quoted to be "remarkable for the extent of the powers peacefully devolved over the past 30 years" and "an extraordinarily decentralized country", with the central government accounting for just 18% of public spending, [47] 38% by the ...
Twentieth-century Spain. A History. Translated by Douch, Martin. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-60267-0. OCLC 870438787. Colino, César (2020). "Decentralization in Spain: federal evolution and performance of the estado autonómico". In Muro, Diego; Lago, Ignacio (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics.
Spain is a diverse country integrated by contrasting entities with varying economic and social structures, languages, and historical, political and cultural traditions. [1] [2] The Spanish constitution responds ambiguously to the claims of historic nationalities (such as the right of self-government) while proclaiming a common and indivisible homeland of all Spaniards.
Molotov cocktails were first developed in Spain during the Spanish civil war and were ordered to be used by the Nationalist forces against Soviet T-26 tanks supporting the Spanish Republic. Peral Submarine , design of the first fully operative military submarine [ clarification needed ] by Isaac Peral (1851–1895).
By this index Spain is the country with the highest variation between regions in the degree of regionalism, interpreted as reflecting "internal tensions within the Spanish state, where the dominant Castilian-speaking group seems to have become increasingly loyal to the state in response to pressures from non-Castilian areas for devolution or ...