Post-lockdown ‘new normalcy’ places bullfights on hold
As Spain prepares to return to a “new normality” when the country’s COVID-19 lockdown is lifted later this month, continued restrictions on…
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Regions shelter homeless during coronavirus lockdown
Regional and local governments across Spain are rushing to get homeless people off the streets and into shelters to minimize the spread…
Court action threatened over removal of Quiepo remains
An umbrella organization representing groups focused on the historical memory of events occurring in Andalucia during Spain’s civil war say they will…
Irreverent feminists acquitted of hate-crime charges
► Judge acquits women women accused of crime against religious sentiment ► Court says ‘coño insumiso’ procession legitimate, not incitement to hatred…
Second Podemos co-founder joins new Más País party
► Carolina Bescansa joins Errejón’s ‘Más País’, will lead candidates in La Coruña ► Ex-Podemos women legislators to lead ‘Más País’ lists…
PACMA bullfight protest in Sevilla in run-up to elections
Spain’s animal-rights party, PACMA (Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal, or ‘Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals’), has called its annual protest…
Hundreds of thousands march on women’s day in Spain
► Nearly 6 million stopped work, marches took place in more than 120 cities ► Hundreds of thousands of women and supporters…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nationwide rallies Dec. 12th to protest war in Syria
• Facebook campaign goes viral, anti-war demonstrations to be held in 13 cities • Peaceful rallies to focus on plight of 470,000 war…
Animal-rights activists call April 18 protest in Sevilla over ‘multi-million’ Andalucía bullfighting subsidies
• PACMA calls for ‘end to torture’ and festivals ‘without cruelty’ toward bulls • Spain’s Partido Animalista (PACMA) has called a demonstration…
Andalusia far ahead in solar capacity, already reaches EU’s 2020 target of 20% renewable energy
• Southernmost region boasts 43 percent of total solar production in Spain • Andalusia has become the first region in Spain to…
#VIDEO: Activists to gather Feb. 7th in 15 Spanish cities to protest brutal mistreatment of greyhounds
• Greyhound used to hunt wild hares mistreated, tortured at end of season • Thousands of dogs killed, maimed, left for dead…
Anti-bullfighting activists deface matador’s statue in Sevilla with slogan ‘Torture is not culture’
• Animal-rights activists splashed red paint on statue’s hands and face • No group has claimed responsibility for the attack near Sevilla’s…