Tattoo taboo: Spanish woman fights rejection by army

Published by BBC Online When Estela Martín got a black lotus flower tattooed on the upper part of her right foot at the age of 18, her parents were unhappy about it, but she saw it as a positive symbol. “I’ve always liked the idea that the lotus represents, which is...

Migration surge tests Spain’s ‘fragile tolerance’

Increase follows clampdown on central Mediterranean route July 30th, 2018. Published by Politico MÁLAGA, Spain – After his sister was lynched for being a lesbian and he was hounded for being related to her, Lassana Koulibaly fled his native Mali. With the vague idea...

The Basque Gerry Adams

Interview with Arnaldo Otegi April 30th, 2018. Published by Politico. GERNIKA, Spain — Arnaldo Otegi, who is widely credited with helping persuade ETA to abandon its four-decade terrorist campaign, says the peace now in place in the Basque Country is...