Since the emergence of Podemos on the Spanish political scene, Pablo Iglesias and Íñigo Errejón have tried to add to the cultural capital of their party the political significance of Dos de Mayo in 1808. Mainly with two mobilizing functions. The first, as a symbol of the heroic resistance of the people against their enemies. The second, as a historical milestone in which to support a national-popular memory of the left. However, the attempt to exploit the Dos de Mayo by Podemos has been

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