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Oh Snap! You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato Fight!
Revelers enjoy themselves at the world's biggest tomato fight at La Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain. More than 45,000 people from all over the world descended on the small town in Valencia to participate in the La Tomatina festival where over 100 tons of rotten and overripe tomatoes were thrown this year. Does this look like fun to you?
Is Nudity a Persuasive Method of Activism?
A naked person might make you either look twice or cover your eyes; but activists in Spain hope it will persuade you to join their cause against bull fighting. Over the weekend, anti-bull fighting demonstrators in Madrid dressed themselves up in not much more than fake blood. They were trying to raise awareness about the animal cruelty involved with bullfighting.
Women Dressed in Flamenco Splash Spain With Color
Each April the residents of Seville, Spain, celebrate the Feria de Abril festival. The fiesta began as a livestock fair in 1847, and today it marks the beginning of the bullfighting season.
Throughout the week, Sevillanas parade through the city adorned in larger-than-life traditional clothes.
Enchanté? Carla Bruni Meets Her Match in Spain
It's no secret we're obsessed with all things French at TrèsSugar, and France's first lady, Carla Bruni, is no exception. But while she may be our favorite, the Daily Mail claims she was bested yesterday by Princess Letizia of Spain in style and beauty.
Carla accompanied President Nicolas Sarkozy to Spain to placate rumors that Spanish tempers ran high after a gaffe-y Sarkozy said Spanish Premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was "not very smart."
Should Spain Move Forward With Indicting the "Bush Six?"
Top officials from the Bush administration might not want to travel to Spain any time soon.
A high-level Spanish court has moved toward indicting six former officials, including former Attorney General Roberto Gonzales, for authorizing the torture of five Spanish citizens at Guantanamo Bay prison.
Every country has a right to enforce international law, and this case involves the alleged torture of Spanish citizens.
Thousands March Against Looser Abortion Laws in Spain
Over 100,000 to 500,000 people (depending who you believe) marched in Spain Sunday to demonstrate against government laws that would increase access to abortion. As part of one protest, children danced while singing "Thank you mommy for letting me live."
Since 1985, when Spain decriminalized abortion, women can only receive abortions in special cases: up to 12 weeks into pregnancy in the case of rape; up to 22 weeks in the case of malformation of fetus; at any point if it represented a threat to physical or mental health of the woman.
All Abort? Dutch Nonprofit Bypasses Abortion Laws With Boat
I've heard of underage drinking and avoiding taxes over international waters, but circumventing abortion laws is a new one. Women on Waves sails to countries where abortion is illegal and provides early-term abortions — legally, thanks to Dutch law, which the ship sails under.
Always a gracious guest, Women on Waves never shows up sans an invite from local women's organizations.
Quiz Nation! Columbus Day's Different Meanings
The second Monday in October historically has been celebrated as Columbus Day in the US. But not every place in the country, or the rest of the world, marks Columbus's arrival to the new world the same way due to unsettled feelings about celebrating a historical figure attributed with the suffering of native people.
In South Dakota, the day is called Native American Day.
Castells Competition Builds Human Castles in the Sky
If you thought the gravity defying feats your college cheerleading squad performed were awe-inspiring, we can probably agree the 22nd Tarragona Castells Competition in Tarragona, Spain was breathtaking.
The annual human towers or castells (a Catalonian word that means "castles") event took place this weekend, drawing spectators from across the globe and some very nimble participants.
The competition is a bit of a cultural phenomenon — the tradition originated at the end of the 18th century in Valls, Tarragona, when rival groups of people called colles turned creating different kinds of human towers into a competitive sport, according to Castellers de Barcelona.
Front Page: Senate to Vote on Bailout, Chinese Gymnasts Win Age Fight, Spain Arrests 121 For Child Porn
- Senate to Vote on Bailout: Senate leaders have scheduled a vote today on the $700 billion bailout proposal after adding tax breaks and a higher insured bank deposits limit in an attempt to win House approval and send the bill to President Bush by the end of the week. Senator Harry Reid said, “It has been determined, in our judgment, this is the best thing to move forward," when he announced the unexpected move.
- Chinese Gymnasts Win Age Fight: International gymnastics officials closed a five week investigation in to the ages of the Chinese gymnasts competing at the Beijing Olympics, ruling that documentation rules that the gymnasts were old enough to compete. The scrutiny has not yet cleared gymnasts who won the team bronze in Sydney eight years ago saying, "The FIG does not consider the explanations and evidence provided to date in regards to these athletes as satisfactory.''
- Spain Arrests 121 For Child Porn: In what's described as Spain's largest operation against child internet porn, Spain's authorities say they have arrested 121 people and millions of images.
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