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A protest song in the bank queue

A protest song in the bank queue

Activists demonstrate against the handling of nationalised lender Bankia with a musical interlude.

May 9th, 2013 | Posted in Videos | Read More »

The fight for a fairer evictions law

The fight for a fairer evictions law

Activists appeal to the government to approve a sweeping reform of Spain’s mortgage regulations, in an effort to bring to an end the country’s repossessions crisis.

March 18th, 2013 | Posted in Videos | Read More »

“Why don’t you shut up?”

“Why don’t you shut up?”

Hugo Chávez’s now famous run-in with Spain’s King Juan Carlos.

March 6th, 2013 | Posted in Videos | Read More »

Catalan Socialist leader calls on king to abdicate

Catalan Socialist leader calls on king to abdicate

Pere Navarro shocks many by announcing need for “a new era”.

February 25th, 2013 | Posted in Videos | Read More »

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun

The Beatles can always make a difference… Six million unemployed in Spain and a youth jobless rate of over 50 percent. So three cheers for these musicians, organised by Carne Cruda radio, who made the day that bit sunnier for people queuing in an employment office…

January 22nd, 2013 | Posted in Spain News, Videos | Read More »

Iberian of the Year 2012: Artur Mas

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Fuelled by the economic meltdown, the wave of pro-independence fervour in Catalonia became Spain’s most prominent political issue in 2012. At its crest stands Artur Mas. In germinating the seeds that could one day blossom into a new Iberian state, Mas, for better or for worse, has been the most prominent Iberian of the Year.

December 4th, 2012 | Posted in Featured, Iberians 2012, Spain News | Read More »

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