Sevilla wants Quiepo remains removed from basilica
• City’s mayor asks church, families to remove remains of ‘Franquista’ general • Quiepo responsible for slaughter of thousands of civilians in…
Andalucía
‘Anticaps’ challenge Podemos in Catalonia, Andalucia
• Podemos ‘Anticapitalistas’ support for Catalan plebiscite breaks with party line • In Andalucia, ‘Anticaps’ push for statutes, more autonomy from national…
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…
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…
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…
Andalucia law tries again to stem foreclosures, evictions
• Previous law expropriating bank-owned properties ruled ‘unconstitutional’ • Second attempt gives gov’t right to buy foreclosed homes to avoid evictions The…
PACMA protests ‘Sevilla is much more’ than bullfights
• April 23rd protest to culminate week of anti-bullfighting activities in Sevilla • PACMA launches social-media campaign with hashtag #SevillaEsMuchoMas Spain’s animal-rights…
WWF wins Supreme Court victory on ‘Las Aletas’ marsh
• Plan for Cádiz industrial park ‘illegal’, would ‘irreversibly’ harm marshland • Court forced to rule second time, following Rajoy government decree…
Health issues, aggression confront Sevilla’s homeless
• Nearly half of all homeless experience aggression while living on city’s streets • Nearly 70 pct have health problems, two-thirds admit…
Ciudadanos resignation weakens PSOE-Andalucia gov’t
• PSOE-Ciudadanos parliamentary alliance just one vote short of losing majority • Potential trouble for Susana Díaz, in midst of bid for…
Historical Memory law puts focus on ‘Butcher of Sevilla’
• Quiepo de Llano’s tomb in Sevilla’s Macarena basilica in violation of new law • Civil War general promoted extrajudicial killings, wholesale…
Pedro Sánchez officially joins race to lead Socialists
• Ex-PSOE leader sees candidacy ‘plebiscite’ over who should control of party • Sánchez joins Patxi López in race, Andalucia’s Susana Díaz…
Sánchez to take campaign to reclaim PSOE to Sevilla
• Ousted PSOE leader to headline rally Saturday in Susana Díaz stronghold • Sánchez rally hopes to turn out 10,000 local PSOE…
#VIDEO: PACMA calls for end to Mijas ‘tourist taxis’
• Animal-rights party renews demand to end use of burros as ‘tourist taxis’ • Group calls attention to poor treatment of animals…
Cádiz goes 100% renewables on electricity supply
• City’s utility to buy only power from renewable sources on wholesale market • Move means city will slash emissions of CO2…
Greenpeace blockades Fenosa gas plant in Andalucía
• Activists’ early-morning direct action blockades gas production, storage plant • Protesters say plant threatens Doñana wetlands, UNESCO World Heritage Site Some…
Protesters march to save Doñana wetlands preserve
• ‘Save Doñana’ coalition rejects Gas Natural Fenosa underground storage plans • Groups want new environmental impact studies of Fenosa’s projects in…
Andalucian Socialist leader Díaz makes her move
• Andalucian president says could serve as PSOE Gen Secretary simultaneously • Brussels trip seen as part of effort to improve image…
Podemos regions seek more autonomy from Madrid
• Andalucian leader Rodríguez calls for separate status for regional party • IU leader Garzón begins push for Unidos Podemos merger into…
Greenpeace petitions Fenosa to stop Doñana project
• Environmental NGO calls for immediate halt to Gas Natural Fenosa drilling • Petition launched to save UNESCO World-Heritage site from gas…
Congress urged to apologise over Franco-era abuses
• Historical Memory activists seek official censure of 1936 military uprising • ARMH calls for apology, national day commemorating Franco-era victims Spain’s…
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…
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 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…
#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…
‘Unidos Podemos’ targets key regions to beat PSOE
• Campaign strategists eye Catalonia, Valencia, Balearics, Andalucia & Madrid • Left-wing coalition hopes to surpass Socialists in votes and seats in…
Spain receives first of 586 refugees expected by July
• Two groups of refugees from camps in Greece, Italy arrive to Spain this week • Interior Ministry says more groups set…
Homeless activist targets Partido Popular in Madrid
• Activist blames PP for social-spending cuts that have left thousands homeless • Removed from front of party offices by police, Lagarder…
Greenpeace Algarrobico activists acquitted by judge
• Case against 28 activists for protest over illegal Almería beach hotel dismissed • Supreme Court ruling against hotel cited as vindication…
Protest greets matador’s return to Jerez bullring
• PACMA, Jerez anti-bullfighting group protest return of matador José Tomás • Protesters decry ‘barbaric spectacle’ as torture in the name of…