Andy Robinson is a reporter for the Barcelona daily La Vanguardia. Now on assignment in Latin America, he is the author, most recently, of the book Oro, Petróleo y Aguacates: Las Nuevas Venas Abiertas de América Latina (Gold, Oil and Avocados: The New Open Veins of Latin America) as well as Un Reportero en la Montaña Mágica, on Davos and inequality.
Mariano Rajoy’s right-wing party crushed the socialists, but Spain’s fate depends more on bond traders and central bankers than its cabinet.
After months of political upheaval and chaos in the bond markets, few investors believe austerity programs are a route to growth and debt reduction.
Caught in debt, being fed the poison of austerity, the victims of Europe’s crisis seek a path out.
Faced with dismal job prospects and enraged at a new internet piracy law, Spanish youth have occupied Madrid's La Puerta del Sol. But with the political right ascendant, where will their protests lead?