Tag: spain

• Collecting guide: the surreal science of Remedios Varo

  April 9, 2023

  The experience of displacement was reflected in Varo’s paintings of people in transit — sailing in precarious boats, wandering through forests and riding bicycles. She incorporated other, more surreal vehicles… more ›

• Aging Spain Issues Rallying Call for Workers From Latin America

  August 11, 2022

  In contrast with more anti-immigrant politics in much of Europe, the government has loosened rules to allow the recruitment of employees in their countries, mostly in Latin America, for both… more ›

• ‘Massive’ transatlantic data cable landed on beach in Bude

  September 16, 2021

  The Google data cable, called Grace Hopper, was landed in Bude on Tuesday. Once operational, it would have the capacity to handle “17.5 million people streaming 4K video concurrently”, Google… more ›

• ‘We pick your food’: migrant workers speak out from Spain’s ‘Plastic Sea’

  September 27, 2020

  The tens of thousands of migrant workers working in the province are vital to the Spanish economy and pan-European food supply chains. Throughout the pandemic, they have held essential worker… more ›

• Franco’s invisible legacy: books across the hispanic world are still scarred by his censorship

  April 17, 2019

  It’s exactly 80 years since the end of the Spanish Civil War, when General Francisco Franco’s populist forces finally overcame the leftist resistance and plunged the country into full-blown dictatorship.… more ›