BY ED ANDERSON With national elections and political drama in Spain it may be easy for rural issues to get pushed to the edges of the national debate but as luck would have it, (what we are christening) the Great Sheep Run from Trashumancia Foundation will be taking place on 25th October in the heart of Madrid. From not existing 33 years ago before naturalist … Continue reading The Great Sheep Run
BY ED ANDERSON Only the deluded could think letting the Chinese into your computer systems and steel industry is a good idea. September 11th obviously has a lot of important anniversaries. For the United States, it’s the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre; for Catalonia, it is the fall of Barcelona in 1714; and for Chile, it was the day their democracy was bombed … Continue reading Laffer’s Trojan Horse
BY ED ANDERSON “We are facing a crisis.” The words of Victor Manuel Martín López, head of Eurocaja Rural, were blunt on Tuesday at El Español’s ‘Wake Up Spain’ on Spain’s economic future and uncertainty. It was certainly a different note being struck by Julián Conthe (Director General of Commercial and Economic Security in Spain) last week at the Fundación Alternativas event ‘La entrada en … Continue reading Disaster or Opportunity? Spanish Farming´s New Reality
BY ED ANDERSON Fiesta de la Transhumancia Madrid brings the countryside to the city One month ago, Madrid got to witness one of its most bizarre but beloved spectacles as hundreds of sheep and goats hurled themselves throughout the city to finish their long voyage of from the hinterlands of Spain to the heart of Madrid at Plaza Cibeles. There was something quite surreal about … Continue reading Fiesta de la Transhumancia
BY ED ANDERSON Controversy has erupted here in Spain with left wing Podemos Minister Alberto Garzón, in his role of Consumer Affairs minister, stating in the Guardian that Spain is exporting “poor quality meat from ill-treated animals.” Predictably, many of Spain´s nominally conservative and right wing parties are in an uproar, calling for the minister to resign and Partido Popular (PP) Leader Pablo Casado stating … Continue reading Liberal Prejudice or Conservation? Alberto Garzón and Spanish Pigs
