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…
September 2016
Richard Gere supports homeless project in Valencia
• American actor, partner Alejandra Silva at signing of accord with Valencia gov’t • RAIS Fundación to work with Valencia to shelter…
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…
NGOFILE :: FAADA ~ Foundation for Advice and Action in Defense of Animals
• Fundació para el Asesoramiento y Acción en Defensa de los Animales (FAADA) ~ Foundation for Advice and Action in Defense of…
‘Franquista’ generals Mola, Sanjurjo to be exhumed
• Pamplona to remove remains of 1936 military coup plotters from monument • Move by city government gets backing from regional parliament…
Madrid urban art expo links tax fraud to poverty
• Oxfam-Intermón sponsored exhibit stresses negative impact of tax avoidance • Seven urban artists show work linking tax fraud to poverty, social…
Podemos leadership votes set for 3 regions, 12 cities
• Slates favoring Iglesias, Errejón and ‘Anti-Capitalistas’ vying for control • Madrid, Andalucia, Extremadura and 12 cities to renew local party leadership…
NGO denounces persistence of racism across Spain
• SOS Racismo detected 247 racist incidents in 2015, including 96 ‘hate crimes’ • Sub-Saharan migrants most prone to suffer racist aggression,…
#VIDEO: WWF urges Spain to save Doñana wetlands
• NGO says 4,000 species at risk due to dredging, farming and mining activities • UNESCO says World Heritage site in danger…
Socialist party ‘barons’ gear up pressure on Sánchez
• Susana Díaz criticizes party leader, calls for abstention enabling Rajoy gov’t • Regional barons, ex-party presidents lining up against Pedro Sánchez…
NGOFILE :: RAIS Fundación
•RAIS Fundación ~ RAIS Foundation • RAIS Fundación (RAIS Foundation) is a national non-profit organisation that was founded in 1998 with the…
Barberá ousted from PP amid Supreme Court probe
• Partido Popular co-founder, former Valencia mayor forced to resign from party • Refuses to relinquish Senate seat and impunity from lower…
NGOFILE :: WWF España
• WWF España ~ WWF Spain – World Wildlife Fund for Nature • WWF España (WWF Spain – World Wildlife Fund for…
Judge upholds Carmena approach to Franco-era past
• Judge says Carmena gov’t can’t be accused of ‘inactivity’ on Historic Memory • Formation of commission, deliberative approach conforms to law,…
#VIDEO: UN warns Spain over Ceuta migrant policies
• Asylum seekers returned to Morocco before being properly ID’d, processed • UHNCR says mass rejection of asylum seekers violates international accords…
NGOFILE :: Igualdad Animal ~ Animal Equality
• Igualdad Animal ~ Animal Equality • Igualdad Animal (Animal Equality) is a Spain-based, international organization advocating to prevent cruelty toward and…
Sánchez outreach to Ciudadanos, Podemos spurned
• Socialist leader continues to urge Ciudadanos, Podemos to find consensus • Majority PSOE voters favor leader’s refusal to enable new Rajoy…
Group gives mixed reviews to regional healthcare
• Navarre, Aragon, Basque Country top list of best regions for public healthcare • Valencia again finishes last in points-based ranking of…