HBO series tackles Spain taboo over Basque ETA separatists

Ten years after the separatist group ETA renounced its armed struggle, few will speak of the bloody campaign that ravaged…

Ten years after the separatist group ETA renounced its armed struggle, few will speak of the bloody campaign that ravaged Spain’s Basque country, but a new TV series is hoping to shatter that taboo.

With the conflict still an open wound, HBO’s “Patria” — a highly anticipated adaptation of a novel of the same name by Spanish writer Fernando Aramburu — hits the small screen on Sunday in Spain and across the Americas.