The closure of the island of Tenerife, decreed on Wednesday and which comes into force as of today, perfectly illustrates the regulatory chaos that has sometimes occurred throughout this pandemic. This measure it was decreed last wednesday, arguing that it was to control infections. Shortly after, it was decided to make an exception for tourists, […]
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Precariousness, agglomeration and hope in Florida
In Florida, cradle of international footballers like Jordi Alba and Adama Traoré, the current maximum reference is a Catalan boy of Moroccan descent who has become the voice of the street after having entered and left juvenile centers. At 21, the rapper Morad has put the Blocks of Florida, an iconic place in the most […]
Rubin Ritter, Zalando manager, resigns to “prioritize” his wife’s career
Rubin Ritter, one of the directors of the company Zalando, will leave the first European group of ready-to-wear online in 2021 to “take a new course” to his life and give “priority” to his wife’s career. It is so unusual for this to happen that the media have elevated such a decision to the category […]
Coronavirus raises costs without help for disabled families
“Nothing is known about these kids like my son. They are totally invisible. We were aware that we were forgotten, but with the pandemic the maximum has been reached.” Montserrat she is the mother of Pol, a 22-year-old young man, affected by cerebral palsy and spastic tetraplegia. It is 98% dependent. “He cannot dress or eat […]
The coronavirus drives the urban exodus in Catalonia
Gabriela his life was perfectly organized. She ran a cocktail bar that she owned and earned extra income from the cute crafts she made from home in her spare time. Enough to pay the 900 euros in rent that the apartment in which he lived with his two children cost him. But the arrival of […]
Carlos Catalán, vice president of AC Hotels by Marriot, dies at 44
The AC Hotels by Marriot group has announced this Tuesday the death of Carlos Catalán Heredero, vice president of the hotel group since 2000, at the age of 44, after a long illness. Carlos Catalán (Tudela, 1976), o “Charlie Marriot”, as he was affectionately nicknamedHe was the only one of the six children of the […]
Justice orders Xavier García Albiol to house a family he evicted
A judge orders the Badalona City Council to house one of the six families who lost their home and a good part of their belongings a year ago, when the block where they lived was demolished when it threatened to collapse. The Consistory stopped paying for the apartments and the hostel places where they stayed […]
Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, South Korea’s Richest, Dies
The Samsung group, the largest business conglomerate in South Korea, announced today the death at 78 years old of its president, Lee Kun-hee, richest man in the country that had entered in a Seoul hospital since 2014 from a heart attack that left him incapacitated. Samsung said in a statement that Lee “passed away on […]