Catalan Left split over independence referendum route
• En Comú boycotts meeting, Podemos affiliate won’t support unilateral plebiscite • Socialists remain firm against referendum, ERC & CUP support unilateral…
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Castilla-La Mancha mining halted to save bird species
• Regional environment ministry calls for precious metals mining to be blocked • Activists collect 14K local signatures to stop project, save…
Compromís backpedal on Podemos censure motion
• Podemos and Compromís at odds over timing of censure motion in Congress • Valencia group wants Socialist party on board in…
Greenpeace calls on Rajoy to end ‘dirty’ energy subsidy
• Greenpeace España wants Rajoy gov’t to end ‘sun tax’, promote renewables • Spain begins gathering input for Law on Climate Change…
Sánchez to boot ‘Barons’ from Socialist party leadership
• New PSOE chief will exclude regional party bosses from leadership team • Sánchez taps campaign co-chair, Valencian ally Ábalos as Congress…
Solar investors line up against Spain at World Bank
• Total of 27 lawsuits over Spain renewables cuts at World Bank dispute agency • ICSID has ordered Spain to pay 128…
Barcelona to offer ID cards to undocumented migrants
• Identity card will enable migrants to forestall deportation until case is heard • Local document will facilitate inclusion in ‘padron’ census,…
Sánchez tells Iglesias ‘not yet’ on Rajoy censure motion
• Socialist rebuffs Podemos offer to let PSOE assume lead in early censure move • Sánchez prefers to let PP corruption scandal…
UN to review Spain’s treatment of sex-trafficking victim
• Madrid-based NGO files complaint with UN over Nigerian woman’s deportation • Women’s Link Worldwide says Spain failing to protect victims of…
Sánchez scores big comeback win in Socialist elections
• Ousted party leader relies on Socialist bases to win 50.2% absolute majority • Sánchez beat rival Díaz in all regions but…
Susana Díaz faces trouble in Andalucia following defeat
• Elections showed more anti-Díaz feeling within regional party than anticipated • Tenuous regional gov’t pact with Ciudadanos complicated by election results…
Podemos anti-corruption rally fails to fill ‘Puerta del Sol’
• Rally numbers show tepid support for Podemos’ anti-Rajoy motion of censure • Focus on PP corruption, Rajoy censure fails to impact…
Unidos Podemos can’t stop CETA trade deal in Congress
• PP, PSOE, other parties vote to move ahead with EU-Canada free-trade deal • Accord to cut 98pct of tariffs, settle disputes…
JoinIn solidarity app begins global rollout in Spain
• New mobile app to connect users with socially responsible causes worldwide • JoinIn platform aims for 10k users, 5k participating NGOs…
Congress rebukes Minister, prosecutors over ‘Lezo’ case
• No confidence vote over alleged obstruction of investigations into PP corruption • Censure marks another corruption-related blow to Partido Popular government…
Local gov’ts across Spain come out against homophobia
• Proclamations, roundtables, rallies, flags mark intn’l day against homophobia • In Madrid, evening march called by COGAM, celebration hosted by Arcópoli…
Spain slides to ninth spot in EU LGBT-rights ranking
• Spain remains within top-10 countries in acceptance of LGBT communities • Assaults, discrimination, hate-speech caused slide on Rainbow Europe index Spain…
Environmental NGOs urge pesticide bans to save bees
• Greenpeace delivers 400,000 ‘Save the Bees’ signatures to gov’t ministry • Activists push for ban on Glysophate, most commonly used pesticide…
Lively debate kicks off final lap of PSOE leadership race
• Díaz, Sánchez & López face off in intense debate prior to leadership elections • Vote by party membership next Sunday to…
Thousands turn out for Madrid anti-bullfighting march
• ‘Bullfighting is violence’ focuses on sacrifice of bulls during San Isidro festival • More than 200 animals killed over multi-day fete…
Opposition parties demand Franco remains be moved
• Non-binding resolution calls for removal of Franco, Primo de Rivera remains • Opposition want ‘Valley of Fallen’ converted to site of…
Sánchez sees path to PSOE victory through Andalucia
• Socialist leadership candidate hopes to convert Patxi López voters in Andalucia • Sánchez campaign says 10 pct increase in regional vote…
PACMA calls for ‘zero tolerance’ law on animal cruelty
• ‘Ley Cero’ proposal calls for ‘zero tolerance’ of mistreatment of animals in Spain • Legislation would ban bullfighting, circuses, sacrifice of…
Podemos, IU divided over Venezuela vote in Congress
• Unidos Podemos vote split for first time since coalition formed one year ago • PSOE, C’s to back PP resolution calling…
110 sub-Saharan migrants vault border wall at Melilla
• Second mass attempt to scale wire-mesh fence at Melilla in last two weeks • Increase in sub-Saharan migrants seeking entry to…
‘Rebels with a cause’ theme of 13th May fair-trade day
• NGOs call on Spanish consumers to support fair and sustainable commerce • CECJ, CONGDE urge swapping ‘slacktivism’ for active support of…
Sánchez surges against Díaz in PSOE leadership race
• Sánchez collects surprise 57,369 signatures of support against 63,610 for Díaz • Ousted Socialist leader relies on activists across Spain in…
#VIDEO: Amnesty says women hardest-hit by evictions
• Amnistía España cites 34,193 evictions for non-payment of rent in 2016 alone • Affordable housing crisis hits single-parent families headed by women…
Rural gender violence largely ignored, says AMFAR
• Rural women’s rights org notes 59 pct of 2017 deaths occurred in rural zones • Women living in small towns, villages…
Red Cross sees hike in sub-Saharan Africa ‘boat people’
• Overcrowded boatloads from Morocco of largely sub-Saharan African migrants • More women and children in organized exodus run by human trafficking…
Unidos Podemos to challenge PSOE over Rajoy censure
• Unidos Podemos coincides 20th May Madrid demo with PSOE leadership vote • Left coalition to use protest to confront Socialists over…