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PSOE candidate strips off to get the votes

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The PSOE candidate for Mayor in Alcaldía de Meruelo (Cantabria), one Luis Alberto Nicolás, has put up election posters of himself naked (but with the naughty bits hidden by the PSOE rose) to “make a difference”. Luis reckons his town, ruled by a PP mayor in 1979, needs to be shocked out of its fear and apathy into voting for change. His idea seems to be emphasis his “transparency”. His poster reads: I’m better than Continue reading PSOE candidate strips off to get the votes→

Cantabria announces ban on fracking as ecologists triumph

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Spain is set to enact its first regional ban on producing natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, yielding to objections from environmental groups that so-called fracking risks polluting drinking water. In the northern Cantabria region, where energy companies say much of Spain’s gas exists in shale rock, the Parliament plans to vote April 8 on suspending the contested drilling technique “as long as current doubts on the technology remain,” according to the bill on the government’s Continue reading Cantabria announces ban on fracking as ecologists triumph→

Spain reflects on 30 year anniversary of “The Almeria Case” – when police tortured and shot 3 innocent tourists

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Tomorrow, 10th of May, will be the 30th anniversary of one of Spain’s most notorious cases of police brutality, when three young men on holiday in Roquetas del Mar and Pechina were tortured to death by the Guardia Civil after police wrongly thought them to be wanted ETA terrorists. Luis Cobo Mier, Juan Mañas Morales & Luis Montero García were three young men who had taken a long weekend off work at their workplaces in Continue reading Spain reflects on 30 year anniversary of “The Almeria Case” – when police tortured and shot 3 innocent tourists→