The Economist (US), January 11th, 1992
ONCE and its director-general Miguel Duran are under fire from government opponents for an investment strategy that appears to be politically motivated. Opposition leaders believe the interests of the blind are threatened by ONCE's risky investments. THEY own the stree corners of Spain, the blind folk who sell lottery tickets to Europe's keenest betters. Beside them stand the clipboards on which the multicoloured tickets are displayed; behind them is the fourth- or fifth-biggest investment organisation in Spain. The National Organisation for the Blind (ONCE) gets Ptas285 billion ($2.9 billio...
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