SPAIN: Spain's Indignados stage protests across Madrid ahead of the second anniversary of the 15M (15th May) movement that occupied a square in the centre of the city and inspired occupy movements around the world

Record ID: 861874

  • Title: SPAIN: Spain's Indignados stage protests across Madrid ahead of the second anniversary of the 15M (15th May) movement that occupied a square in the centre of the city and inspired occupy movements around the world
  • Date: 10th May 2013
  • Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (MAY 10, 2013) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF REINA SOFIA MUSEUM WITH SIGN ADVERTISING DALI EXHIBITION AND DEMONSTRATORS ENTERING DEMONSTRATORS INSIDE MUSEUM COURTYARD VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS PUTTING UP A BANNER READING (Spanish): "AGAINST THE PILLAGE OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION" VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS PUTTING UP A POSTER VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATOR WRITING ON A BANNER IN SUPPORT OF CULTURE AND ARTS DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING A BANNER WITH PHOTOS OF THE 15M (15 MAY) MOVEMENT MOCK TENTS READING "EMERGENCY HOUSING CAMP" SET UP IN SQUARE IN FRONT OF MADRID COUNCIL HOUSING OFFICE MOCK TENT READING (Spanish): "EMERGENCY HOUSING CAMP" DEMONSTRATORS WEARING GREEN HATS READING (Spanish): "YES WE CAN" DEMONSTRATOR BLOWING HORN DEMONSTRATORS CHATTING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DEMONSTRATOR FRANCISCO, SAYING: "What the (15M) assemblies want to transmit two years later are two main cries, 'yes we can' - that is we cannot be indifferent to what is happening thinking it's not going to change, they are with our efforts and our struggle, and the other fundamental cry is 'they don't represent us'." DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED IN FRONT OF MADRID CITY COUNCIL HOUSING OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DEMONSTRATOR WHOSE HOME HAS BEEN FORECLOSED MARIANA DIAZ, SAYING: "It's an emergency situation, there are too many people evicted from their homes, without any help, and the government doesn't seem to know." BANNER READING (Spanish): "FOR THE RIGHT TO A HOME"
  • Embargoed: 25th May 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Spain
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  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA87TSAHXKZHON2X3IYWTY58BFY
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  • Story Text: Spain's Indignados movement set up a mock camp in central Madrid on Friday (May 10) ahead of the 15th May second anniversary of the group known as 15M.
    The movement gathered steam as part of the "indignados" (indignant) protests against the government's spending cuts and failure to revive the moribund economy, inspiring "occupy" movements around the globe.
    The initial 15M protesters set up a camp in central Madrid to express their outrage over the financial crisis, the group occupied the Puerta del Sol square for over four weeks in 2011.
    One of Friday's protests saw demonstrators gathering in the courtyard of the Reina Sofia Museum and raising banners condemning cuts in the arts and culture sectors.
    A demonstrator whose home was foreclosed spoke of Spain's housing crisis.

    "It's an emergency situation, there are too many people evicted from their homes, without any help, and the government doesn't seem to know," said Mariana Diaz.
    Property foreclosures rose nearly fourfold in the four years since 2008 compared to the previous four-year period.
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