CCOO’s Toxo pegs PSOE crisis to 2010 Zapatero cuts
• Socialist PM Zapatero’s austerity cuts angered voters, began slide in support • Labour leader fears PSOE crisis could trigger ‘long rightwing…
Spain
PSC leadership race: It’s ‘No’ to Rajoy, whoever wins
• Current leader Iceta faces off against Gramanet mayor Parlón in tight race • Both candidates pledge to reverse PSC’s decade-long slide…
PSOE edges toward abstention to enable Rajoy gov’t
• Socialist’s Fernández avoids meeting of all regional leaders over Rajoy vote • Secret ballot at 23rd October Federal Committee meeting will…
NGOFILE: Cruz Roja Española ~ Spanish Red Cross
• Cruz Roja Española ~ Spanish Red Cross • The Cruz Roja Española (Spanish Red Cross) is a voluntary, humanitarian institution that…
Not everyone in Spain exalts Hispanic Heritage Day
• Madrid and Barcelona mayors, Podemos’ Iglesias avert celebrations today • Catalan nationalists claim sovereignty, solidarity with indigenous America “In fourteen hundred…
Anti-poverty, free trade protests set across Spain
• Anti-poverty activists, anti-free trade platforms unite for week of protests • Madrid, Valencia marches Saturday to mark global day for poverty…
PSOE caretaker begins drive for abstention on Rajoy
• PSOE leader attempts to make cases to membership for ‘technical abstention’ • Basque and Catalan parties may break ranks and vote…
Iglesias: ‘I’m more incendiary, Errejón is more timid’
• Podemos’ Citizens Council postpones definition of party direction • Iglesias losing internal allies, appeals to membership with ‘firebrand’ image Leaders of…
Podemos debates future party leadership, direction
• Iglesias’ populism vs Errejón’s transversality in party leadership contests • Debate continues as elections loom for party in three regions, a…
Activists protest return of bullfighting to Catalonia
• Constitutional Court said ready to overturn Catalan law banning bullfighting • Animal-rights activists mobilize with petitions, call for nationwide protests Animal…
PP now hopes for more than Socialist abstention
• PSOE caretaker committee leans toward abstention to seat Rajoy gov’t • PP leaders say abstention not enough, support in Congress also…
Groups protest move to privatize migrant centres
• Activists protest Ciudadanos party’s move to privatize migrant centres • Spain’s CIE internment centres in violation of human rights, refugee norms…
Catalan Socialists insist on ‘No’ vote against Rajoy
• PSC’s Iceta and Parlon insist on PSOE referendum over Rajoy abstention • Interim PSOE administrator says deputies will not be free…
Socialist ‘barons’ oust Pedro Sánchez in party coup
• PSOE leader fails in bid to have members decide leadership, party’s direction • Party now led by committee, likely to abstain…
EC gives Spain 60 days to fix asylum procedures
• EC gives Spain 60 days to correct irregularities in processing asylum seekers • Spain could be hauled before European Court of…
Spain fair-trade purchases up, still lag rest of Europe
• Fair-trade foodstuffs comprise 93% of 35 million euros consumed in 2015 • 20% of Spaniards bought fair-trade last year, but avg…
Sánchez, critics face-off set for Saturday meeting
•Sánchez hangs on, despite attempted coup by critics led by Susana Díaz • Federal Committee meeting Saturday may decide leader’s fate, party’s…
Spain accepts more refugees from Syria and Iraq
• Spain has resettled just 643 asylum seekers of 160,000 pledged in EU accord • EU countries have taken 5,651 refugees in…
Susana Díaz leads charge against PSOE’s Sánchez
• Andalucian party leader says if necessary she’ll challenge Sánchez leadership • Sánchez won’t resign, even if opponents block leadership vote, party…
Podemos breaks pacts with PSOE regional ‘barons’
• Podemos breaks with Socialists in Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura • Back-to-back moves undercut PSOE regional ‘Barons’ critical of Pedro Sánchez The…
Cáritas: Fewer poor in Spain, but more impoverished
• Church social services agency says fewer poor requiring greater assistance • Assistance needed to meet basic household needs up by 40…
Sánchez defies PSOE critics with leadership election
• Socialist leader calls vote as referendum on his refusal to back Rajoy gov’t • Regional PSOE bosses who want abstention on…
#VIDEO: Trafficking, sex slavery problem in Spain
• Médicos del Mundo say 14,000 women victims of sex traffickers in Spain • Madrid’s Universidad Pontificia says 30-40,000 at risk of…
NGOFILE :: Acción contra el Hambre ~ Action Against Hunger
• Acción contra el Hambre ~ Action Against Hunger (ACT International) Acción contra el Hambre is the Spanish affiliate of international non-governmental…
PP buoyed, PSOE hurt by Galician, Basque elections
• Rajoy protégé Feijóo’s victory in Galicia seen as boon to national PP prospects • Poor Socialist showing in both regions undermine…
NGOFILE :: Fundación Alma Animal ~ Animal Soul Foundation
• Fundación Alma Animal ~ Animal Soul Foundation • The Fundación Alma Animal (“Animal Soul Foundation”) is a Spanish non-governmental organization founded…
New forensic dig near Granada seeks Lorca remains
• Archaeologists work to find remains of three others killed with Spanish poet • Team hopes that Lorca’s remains will also be…
EU Court ruling to benefit Spain healthcare workers
• Court says Spain tries to use ‘temporary’ contracts to deny workers benefits • Ruling seen as boon to ‘temp’ healthcare workers…
NGOFILE :: Ayuda en Acción ~ ActionAid
• Ayuda en Acción ~ ActionAid • Ayuda en Acción (ActionAid) is the Spanish affiliate of ActionAid International, a global non-governmental organization…
Leadership battle for control of Podemos heats up
• Errejón and Iglesias trade barbs via Twitter over Podemos strategy & tactics • Leaders’ differences at heart of upcoming regional, local…
NGOs contest Felipe VI’s remarks at UN on refugees
• Spain not ‘doing everything in its power’ to help refugees, say leading NGOs • Groups cite rights of asylum, failure to…