‘Our hands stained with mud, yours with blood,’ chant thousands of protesters who held demonstrations in Spain’s Valencia. The protesters demanded the resignation of the regional President Carlos Mazón Volunteers help firefighters remove mud from a basement, in the aftermath of floods caused by heavy rains, in Alfafar, near Valencia, Spain, November 3, 2024. File Image/Reuters Thousands of Spaniards took …
VALENCIA, Spain — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in the eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to demand the resignation of the regional president in charge of the emergency response to last week’s catastrophic floods that left more than 200 dead and others missing. Regional leader Carlos Mazón is under immense pressure after his administration failed to issue flood …
The week of devastating floods that Spaniards will never forget toggle caption Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images SEVILLE, Spain — Last weekend a remarkable scene played out in Paiporta, a town of about 25,000 and a suburb of the metropolis of Valencia on Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coastline. toggle caption Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images The genuine growing anger of survivors …