Politics
Socialist congresses and management debate
Practically from the beginning, the PSOE Congresses have included an important point on the agenda, which is the debate on the management of the bodies that have led the party since the previous conclave. This debate has usually been a political debate on the policies carried out, the successes but also the problems, the mistakes, …
Asaf Ronel, Israeli journalist: “In Israel, not even the left-wing press reflects the reality of Arab citizens”.
The day Asaf Ronel saw the images of his neighbor Mohamed, a 12-year-old Arab-Israeli boy, with burns on his torso and face from the explosion of a Molotov cocktail thrown by extremists at his home, he decided to take to the streets of his city, Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv, to understand firsthand what was …
The cinema of Neus Ballús turns invisible people into real characters
Since her first feature film, La plaga, director Neus Ballús seems to have been determined to explore somewhat different ways of approaching social and political cinema. Her second feature, El viaje de Marta, was a more narrative proposal that dealt with the story of a teenage girl and her awakening to sexuality, adult life and …
La ‘rajita’ se llama vulva, solo tú decides si dar un beso y otros mensajes sobre el cuerpo en forma de cuento infantil
Al centro de salud del barrio de Horta, en Barcelona, llegó la ilustradora Lucía Serrano con su hija de cuatro años para una revisión. La enfermera de pediatría Romina Gómez les habló claro: “Esto se llama vulva y es privado”. Madre e hija algo sorprendidas abrieron orejas. Fuera metáforas y mensaje directo: “El pene es …
Five of the best plants to give as Christmas presents
Puede que regalar un ramo de flores quede resultón; pero si quieres un regalo vegetal con un impacto más duradero en el tiempo, puede que una planta en su maceta resulte una idea mejor. Sin embargo, escoger una planta para regalar en Navidad tiene su dificultad, sobre todo cuando no estamos seguros de cuánta luz …
From an Andalusian enclave to a refuge during the Civil War, more than a thousand years of history in the caves of Villalba Baja.
Eloína does not hesitate when she tells how, at the age of six, she had to run away with her family to take refuge from the bombs that were falling on her village, Villalba Baja, and the surrounding area. “I remember everything perfectly”, he assures, and that more than eight decades have passed since then. …
CaixaBank maintains the most extensive branch network in Spain after integrating 800 offices
The integration between CaixaBank and Bankia has resulted in the creation of the leading financial institution in Spain, with significant market shares in most of the country’s regions and the largest network of branches, ATMs and digital banking in the country. The resulting entity faces the future with the aim of leading the transformation process …
Alec Baldwin claims he didn’t know he shot Halyna Hutchins on set: ‘I thought she passed out’
Alec Baldwin has spoken for the first time after the accident that killed the cinematographer of the film ‘Rust’. The performer has assured that he was not aware that he had shot Hutchins with a real bullet until minutes after the accident. “I thought to myself, ‘Did he pass out?’ The idea that there was …
Of Clan TV, pink puppies and other simple things
One year. This week is just one year since the Grupo de Crianza Mujeres 4C’s- Pino Montano and the Asociación de Mujeres Supervivientes (Sevilla) filed a complaint with the RTVE Audience Ombudsman and the Observatorio de Imagen de las Mujeres (Ministry of Equality) denouncing the sexist content inherent in several of the series broadcast by …
Enjoying shopping is a privilege
“Being a gypsy is suspicious. I check it every time I go to the supermarket, to the hospital or to any restaurant and I feel the hatred in the looks and the words”, wrote Silvia Agüero Fernández in Pikara Magazine. Gitanas Feministas por la Diversidad also included last March 8th among its Reivindicaciones del Feminismo …