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Cruz Ramiro- local news journalist and editor-in-chief. Worked in various media such as: EL Mundo, La Vanguardia, El País.
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Fatal Motorcycle Collision Claims One Life and Injures Another in Avila, Spain

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A 48-year-old motorcyclist has died and a woman has been injured in the collision between a motorcycle and a car at kilometer 244 of the N-110, in the Avila town of Berrocalejo de Aragona.

The events occurred around 5:07 p.m., at which time the operations room of the Castilla y León 112 Emergency Center received a call reporting an accident between a motorcycle and a car on the aforementioned road and requesting assistance for two injured, since the motorcyclist was unconscious and the driver of the tourism trapped inside.

With these data, the Emergency Center has notified the Civil Guard of Ávila Traffic, the Ávila Fire Department and Health Emergencies – Sacyl, which has sent a medical team to the area and a basic life support ambulance.

At the scene, Sacyl personnel have confirmed the death of the motorcyclist, a 48-year-old man, and have treated the driver of the tourism, who was subsequently transferred by basic life support ambulance to the Ávila Assistance Complex.

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Animalist Party Denounces Harmful Attack on Orcas in Gibraltar Strait

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The Animalist Party (Pacma) has denounced the attack produced from a recreational boat on some orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar, a few miles from Tarifa (Cádiz), who were shot from the side with a weapon, and has announced that it will to bring these facts to the attention of the competent authorities.

These acts allegedly occurred this past Thursday, August 17, when a boat from a cetacean watching company in the area witnessed how the boat in front of them shot several times at these specimens that were in the surrounding area..

In a message on their social networks, collected by Europa Press, Pacma has warned that orcas are listed as a vulnerable species in the Spanish Catalog of Threatened Species (CEEA), for which reason “any action carried out with the purpose of giving them death, capture, chase or harass them”.

The sighting boat had radioed the sailboat of the presence of the family of orcas and blew its horn in protest, as can be seen in the video that has gone viral and shows the moment of the shots. In addition, the occupants of this boat shouted, whistled, and insulted those who were firing the shots.

From Pacma they have recalled the ministerial recommendations in case of encounters with orca interactions and that they are “the complete opposite of what is observed in this video”, such as lowering the sails and motoring, avoiding stopping the boat and sailing in a straight line , at the highest speed possible, towards shallower waters or until the orcas lose interest and report the interactions to Salvamento Marítimo.

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Analyzing the Feasibility and Implications of an Amnesty in the Catalan Independence Movement

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Every day that passes there is an increase in rumors, and there are many who assure that it is not a rumor, but rather certain news that will be made public at any moment: Mr. Sánchez is also willing to grant the amnesty that Puigdemont demands as part of the price for contributing to his permanence in the Moncloa palace, a price that is not limited to the amnesty.

If we have to be honest, and it should be, the worst case is that this eventual news is not surprising to anyone, since there is such an awareness that for the acting president there is no price that may seem excessive if it is his continuity in office.

And it should not be forgotten, because then the demand for a referendum on self-determination will come and, why not?, the withdrawal of the Security Forces and Bodies from Catalan territory.

And I limit myself to cutting out and remembering traditional petitions of the independence movement visible in the newspaper libraries.

The electoral result, catastrophic for the independentistas, thanks to the success of the PSC, has put the key to the Presidency in their hands, and Puigdemont, the loser at the polls, is going to use it thinking, above all, of himself.

A pardon is no longer useful for him (which, moreover, cannot be anticipated) but he needs a measure that cancels all proceedings and places him in a position to return to public office and collect the pension of former president of the Generalitat, and all that it can only be achieved, in his way of thinking (which, apparently, is not only his) through an amnesty.

That this is legally possible does not matter to a Puigdemont convinced that he has won the lottery. Faced with this possibility, some jurists have warned that, according to them, amnesty has no place in the Constitution.

Faced with this, some sources close to the PSOE believe that granting an amnesty would be good for everyone and shows that Spain is a strong democracy that is headed by a brave president and legislature and that only the total oblivion of the past since 2017 can allow us to face the future without delays.

Such an optimistic and sectarian way of seeing the issue is opposed by other political arguments that I will not go into, since each one will give their opinion according to their ideas, but also legal ones, highlighting in the first place the opinion of those who understand that amnesty is constitutionally impossible.

Against this opinion is that of others, perhaps more eager to please the government in office, who have declared or written that there is no constitutional obstacle to accepting it.

I have been included along these lines, only in such a biased way that it generates a falsification of my opinion, which, of course, is not that amnesty is a discretionary legal remedy, that it does not entail special problems and that it is similar to a pardon only that, more far-reaching, well it is not like that and I never said anything like that.

I do not agree with those who reject the admissibility of amnesty by invoking article 62-i) of the Constitution, which prohibits “general pardons”, for the simple reason that amnesty and pardon, even though they are both manifestations of the right of grace, they are different legal figures, from which a first fact is derived: the Constitution says nothing about amnesty neither for nor against.

The amnesty is, historically, a manifestation of the right of grace that is not mentioned in the Constitution or in the Penal Code. It was in the CP of 1870 (art.132-3º), in that of 1932 (art.115-1º) and in that of 1973 (art.112-3º).

The one of 1995 chose not to mention it, but knowing that the amnesties of 1976 and 1977 had been regulated by their own law, and that showed that their presence in the CP was unnecessary, since the characteristics and motivations of an amnesty are not foreseeable a priori. , and that is a big difference with the grace of pardon, which, in any case, is subject to the provisions of the Pardon Law of June 18, 1870; by the way, another rule that urgently needs revision).

Therefore, there is no legal basis from which the prohibition of amnesty can be derived, or, better, that a law that grants it can be voted on, which will have to be an organic law, in accordance with the provisions of art. 81 of the EC, and that would determine its scope.

That would be the answer to the legal question, but the problem does not end there. The amnesty has a much more extraordinary character than the pardon, and, normally, it is oriented to crimes with political dimensions, and another characteristic is that it is granted on the occasion of political changes in the State, as a contribution to the resumption of political coexistence.

An important conclusion can be drawn from this: an amnesty implies recognition that the political order prior to it has ended and a new one has been given way, as happened with the Amnesty Law of 10/15/1977, which largely marked the end of Francoism and the transition to the democratic Constitution of 1978.

And that is the crucial point: the demand for an amnesty is coherent with the idea, shared by independentistas and others who are not formally so, that the 1978 regime has ended, but for the many who do not share that idea (among them , it is assumed, the PSOE itself) an amnesty makes no sense because the essential political budget is not given, but a specific problem that affects certain people, who cannot be pardoned because they have not been tried, and to whom the electoral arithmetic has placed in blackmail condition.

Promoting an amnesty law as something compatible with democratic normality is a contradiction, and any analogy with the transition from Francoism to the democratic regime is inadmissible.

But the problems do not end there, without the need to go into the other pro-independence demands, nor to configure an amnesty that is neither general nor linear, but for a small group of recipients (something incompatible with the figure)..

There is something worse: at no time has Puigdemont committed to dismantle what he calls the Consell de la Republica or to continue the path towards independence, if necessary, unilaterally, or to any other of the usual demands.

And that attitude, visible to all, should be reason enough not to promote a law that would only serve to bring the rule of law to its knees and facilitate the resumption of pro-independence activities.

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Tourism and Water Scarcity Challenges in the Canary Islands

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Tourismophobia grows millimeter by millimeter in the Canary Islands, driven by the massive arrival of visitors and increasingly scarce resources. This August, there is a lack of water inside homes, but it is available for hotel pools.

A contradiction that causes a wave of criticism and reproach for what they consider to be a wrong. The question that arises at this point is whether there is availability for so many people and what solutions are on the table.

The rise of tourism is key. Fuerteventura expects to continue growing demographically and touristically, which may cause greater problems.

The neighbors do not understand why there are water cuts in places like Tarajal de Sancho, but on Airbnb you can rent accommodation with a pool for 185 euros per night. In fact, no vacation home customer talks about drought issues.

Fuerteventura has been in a water emergency situation due to the island’s council for months, and for this reason the Administration will invest 240 million in a plan to renew the production plants, according to the sources consulted.

It is a strategy for the future, given that, in 10 years, it is expected that 38% of the island’s water will be used for tourism and 41% for residents. Golf will capture 10% and agriculture and livestock 10%. And none of this convinces the residents.

The problem extends to the entire archipelago. On any day of high season there can be three million people on the total islands: 2.25 million residents, 600,000 tourists and 30,000 visitors.

Predictions indicate that, in 2033, there will be 2.5 million residents and, in 2050, three million; with which, if there is no intervention, on a winter or August day there would be four million people on the islands.

The source of water goes beyond the rains, which are not exactly abundant. This is desalinated with an electrical mesh on the verge of its obsolescence. And therein lies another problem, with a very complex scenario.

56.42% of the water that is desalinated in Lanzarote, for example, disappears in leaks because they are obsolete and in an increasingly worse state. Investment, those affected agree, is essential to alleviate this situation.

And the energy?

Fuerteventura has 120,000 inhabitants and 70% of the water consumed depends on a desalination plant located in Puerto del Rosario, at the La Herradura plant, which was launched between 1991 and 1998.

The breakdowns on the island have their origin in this infrastructure, although they have allocated 3.2 million euros to improve it. That water has to go to the south of Fuerteventura.

But there are two mysterious nuances to all of this: 29% of the water resources that flow through pipes also leak and their whereabouts are unknown.

There are sabotages to the network that the Civil Guard has been investigating since this year after a complaint from the Cabildo de Fuerteventura.

People on the island observe that the insular territory is filled with renewable energy technology and that the forecast for 2040 is that they occupy an area of 134 square kilometers.

Nereida Calero, Minister of Territory, is concerned about this situation: “We are going to defend the interests of Fuerteventura”, affirms the leader of the Canary Islands Coalition.

The injection of wind energy into the grid on the island, according to the insular energy plan, would be 241 megawatts in 2030. When that wind power is at its peak, diesel engines are expected to generate 98 megawatts of power.

Right now, in wind power there are 28.6 megawatts in the public sector, until reaching 262 megawatts of power for private sector projects.

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Transformation of Monument Homage to Victims of 11-M and Metro Line Expansion

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This proposal arises at a time when the enclave is in the process of transformation, coinciding with the improvements carried out by the regional Executive in different Metro lines.

El Confidencial reported three weeks ago that the expansion of line 11 in Atocha will entail the transfer of the cylinder in honor of the victims of the attack. During this month, taking advantage of the inactivity of Line 1, preliminary works are being carried out inside.

Later, in October, the disassembly of the outer part will begin.. For this, the Community of Madrid must obtain a permit from the City Council directed by José Luis Martínez-Almeida and proceed to install scaffolding and the necessary material for the remodeling..

The deputy mayor of Madrid, Inmaculada Sanz, confirmed this Thursday the intention of the Madrid City Council to reach a three-way agreement to define the focus of action regarding the very probable change of the monument in memory of the victims. This would ensure the continuity of its commemorative value.

“The path to follow is based on the agreement between Adif —competent entity and dependent on the Ministry of Transport—, the Community of Madrid and the City Council. I think that the works will begin soon”, declared the number two of Almeida in reference to the subject.

Sanz clarified his commitment to the cause, endorsing that, once the works in Atocha are finished, the victims have a monument in memory.

“This effort must not only involve the Madrid community as a whole, but also the victims themselves, ensuring that their voices are fundamental in this commemoration,” he said..

The community has started the disassembly work on the current Monument Homage to the Victims of 11-M, which will increase its size in the project for the future Metro de Madrid lobby in Atocha, projecting references to the attack and a space for family members.

The station is planned to double its annual users after the extension of Line 11, according to Europa Press.

In one year, the twentieth anniversary of the 11-M attacks, which occurred on March 11, 2004, will be commemorated, in which 10 of the 13 bombs planted by jihadist terrorists exploded on Madrid suburban trains, leaving 192 fatalities.

The monument was neglected for years

For years, the cylinder of the monument was neglected, with problems such as leaks and cracks.. Manuela Carmena, the mayoress at the time, acknowledged that the original construction was not adequate.

Between 2019 and 2020, rehabilitation works were carried out and, since then, the monument has been kept in better condition, facilitating its accessibility.

The reality is that this is not the original piece that was intended to be raised. When the contest went out to tender, the winning project was a kind of deformed bubble, “very modern and striking at the time”.

This is how the designer and architect Pepe Cruz, who was about to submit to the public tender, remembers it. Ultimately, it did not, and the team of architects who were awarded the work had to reformulate the design for technical reasons.

In addition, the cylinder has been commonly nicknamed a plastic cup and other disqualifications.

“Good architects have the obligation to remove the established taste and go a little further. At first they didn’t like the Guggenheim either”, continues the expert.

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Use of Co-Official Languages in Spanish Congress: President Armengol’s Announcement and Implications

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The oaths of the deputies of Junts, Esquerra, Bildu and BNG in the Congress of Deputies in Catalan, Basque and Galician served as a prelude this Thursday to the first announcement by the recently inaugurated president, Francina Armengol, which brings news about the use of the co-official languages in the lower house.

From now on, those deputies who wish to do so may use the three languages in their interventions. There will be no transition and the instruction will start to apply automatically. These are the main keys to the decision.

How was the Armengol announcement?

The new use of languages became known through the first intervention of the president as a third authority of the State.

“From respect, all ideas fit and can be defended, accepting without qualms the plurality of thoughts and identities that coexist in our country enriches us,” he said while considering that reflecting that plurality is an obligation to “get much closer to the real Spain “, which is “diverse” and “full of colors and loaded with nuances”.

“To move forward on this path, I want to express my commitment to Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician, and the linguistic richness that they represent”, he asserted before encouraging all his lordships to “defend parliamentary democracy” and ” preserve and respect the diversity” that coexists in the country and that the ballot boxes “have brought” to the Lower House.

What does the Rules of Congress say?

The instruction is automatically applied in view of the current wording of the Regulations of the Congress. In addition, the Regulation grants the presidency the power to interpret or complete the wording of that text if there is “omission” or “doubt”.

This is precisely the forecast that Armengol has used. The Regulation specifies that, if a general resolution is issued, it must have the favorable vote of the Board and the Board of Spokespersons.

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The PSOE interprets, therefore, that no reform of the rules of Congress is necessary and the provision is applicable from now on.. The acting vice president, Yolanda Díaz, had assured in the last hours that she would “promote” a reform to allow the three languages to be used.

The history of the Senate

Catalan, Basque and Galician have already been used in the Senate since 2010 when, there, a reform approved in the Chamber was applied to allow it. In this case, the norm specifies that, along with their text in Spanish, senators may use any of the official languages in any autonomous community, in accordance with the Constitution and the corresponding Statute of Autonomy for the presentation of written in the Chamber Registry.

Senators may also intervene in plenary session, during the debate on motions, in any of the official languages in any autonomous community, in accordance with the Constitution and the corresponding Statute of Autonomy.

If the author of an initiative presents it in Spanish and, furthermore, in a language that is official in any autonomous community, in accordance with the Constitution and the corresponding Statute of Autonomy, the initiative will also be published in this language..

Abide by the Constitution in Catalan and Basque

Although the use of the language raised doubts during the constitutive session of the Chamber, the use by the deputies of Junts, ERC and Bildu of unofficial formulas to swear or promise no longer leaves room for interpretation.

A recent ruling by the Constitutional Court settled the controversy. The references made to the “legal imperative”, “loyalty to the people of Catalonia”, “the mandate of October 1”, “the defense of those subjected to reprisals”, “the Catalan Republic” and the Basque Republic were supported by the Constitutional Court in a resolution supported by the progressive majority.

The TC argued that the previous use of this type of oaths or promises did not prevent the rest of the deputies from exercising their parliamentary functions “fully”.

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Investigation Launched as Woman and Man Found Dead in Madrid Home

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Agents of the National Police are investigating the appearance of the corpse of a woman and that of a man with signs of violence at a home in the Madrid district of Moratalaz, a spokeswoman for the Madrid Police Headquarters has informed Europa Press.

The agents were alerted this morning through the neighbors by a strong odor that came from a home located on Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente street.

Upon arrival, and since its inhabitants did not answer, they have broken down the door and have found two corpses in different rooms and in an advanced state of decomposition..

Agents of the Scientific Police and Homicide Group V have traveled to the place, who is in charge of the investigation to determine the causes of both deaths..

Pending confirmation of more details, the deceased are a 61-year-old Spanish man and a 51-year-old woman, with an unknown background at the moment.

The Police do not rule out any hypothesis, but the one that gains strength is that the man had killed the woman and then committed suicide, a possible new fatal crime of gender violence.

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Balancing Tourism: Impacts, Challenges, and Alternatives in Popular Travel Destinations

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The holidays. Perhaps one of the most desired moments of the year. Having overcome the dilemma of beach or mountain, it’s time to choose your destination. The decision is influenced by thousands of posts on Instagram that recommend secret coves or caves that, thanks to social networks, are now anything but secret.

Thus, the charm of some places is sometimes tarnished by overcrowding. Anyone who has never been wandering around to find a parking space on vacation when visiting that highly recommended paradisiacal beach is little less than a being of light.

One of the consequences of mass tourism is the saturation of small and medium-sized municipalities. It is on the coast and in summer where the extreme cases occur. Through Noja, in Cantabria, with 2,600 inhabitants, more than 59,000 tourists passed through the month of July 2022, and in August the population also multiplied by about 20.

In Peñíscola, the population is multiplied by 11 this month, so the town of Castellón reaches a population of more than 90,000 people compared to its little more than 8,000 regular residents. These are data from the telephone antennas that register mobile users and that the INE collects and disseminates, detailing the origin and destination of national and foreign tourists.

The map shows, on the one hand, the increase or decrease of the population in each municipality. For the calculation, the number of residents as of January 1, 2022, the number of them leaving their municipality and the visitors they receive are taken into account.

Thus, at a glance, it can be seen that the coastal municipalities of the Valencian Community bring together a large part of the travelers. For example, Oropesa exceeded 90,000 people throughout the month of August, multiplying its registered population by nine.

On the other hand, the information from each municipality illustrates how the situation evolves month by month. In the main tourist areas, the season starts at Easter and decreases from September. In small towns in the Aragonese interior, many with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants, they also experience enormous growth in the summer season..

Cities like Madrid registered their maximum peak in October, when more residents remained in the capital and the contribution of tourists made the population grow. And, in winter, the first months were the peak of municipalities such as Benasque, Bielsa or Panticosa, due to the snow.

Already in December, Canary Islands towns such as Lanzarote or Fuerteventura experience their highest records, thanks to their stable temperatures throughout the year.

These data, although they have certain limitations, such as ignoring those who do not use their terminal or have it turned off or counting the same person more than once in the event that they leave their municipality on different occasions in a single month, are useful for estimating the impact of tourism town by town.

However, taking these figures as an indication of mobility, this calculation serves to verify that, while the coastal towns are full of visitors, the big cities are their exporters.

Thus, Madrid and Zaragoza empty out in August. Barcelona and Valencia not so much, compensated by the tourism they receive. This, which is verified with a simple walk through its streets, remains black on white with the data collected by the INE.

And they also allow us to observe that these dynamics are not only typical of capitals, but of the large cities of their metropolitan areas, such as Alcorcón or Getafe, in the center. Or that, in the municipalities between Seville and Córdoba, the number of inhabitants plummets with the arrival of heat.

Another approximation is the human pressure indicator produced by Ibestat, the Statistical Institute of the Balearic Islands, which includes entries and exits by land, sea and air, and the population variations forecast by the INE.

According to their data, still provisional, the maximum peak of 2022 was reached on August 5, with 2,062,428 people in the archipelago, while the number of residents is just over 1.17 million.

For their part, the municipalities of Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca and Formentera stand out among those that receive the most tourist pressure from all over Spain

Health, money and… water

At a macro level, tourism, the leading Spanish industry, contributed 12.2% of GDP in 2022, according to Exceltur. And its prospects for this 2023 are growth. However, some municipalities have been showing signs of exhaustion for years.

This is the case of the Balearic Islands, where the effects of touristification have been denounced by its residents, who cannot find affordable long-term rentals.. In the first quarter of this year, the value of the square meter in Ibiza and Mallorca has pulverized the highs prior to the 2008 bubble.

In addition to the price of housing, one of the derivatives of how the arrival of people affects the infrastructures and services of tourist areas is the impact on the use of water. Several researchers from the universities of the Balearic Islands and La Rioja estimated the expenditure attributable to tourism in the entire archipelago at 24.2%. one in four liters. To do this, they compared the use of water during confinement with the same period of the previous year.

“The average figures for the archipelago are one thing and the differences between municipalities depending on their type of tourism or not are another,” warns Celso García, professor of Physical Geography at the University of the Balearic Islands and one of the authors of the article.

Thus, in the most stressed areas, such as Calviá or Muro, in Mallorca, water consumption fell by 60.9% and 73.7%, respectively, between April and June 2020, with the population confined and without tourism.

In Ibiza, in municipalities such as Sant Antoni, consumption during confinement fell by 40.1%. Here, last summer, the population quadrupled with the arrival of tourists to the island. Today they are on pre-alert due to drought, according to the Balearic Government’s water panel, although this only takes into account groundwater, explains García.

Most of its water resources come from desalination plants, so the supply is not in danger, yes, at a higher cost, with intensive use of energy and with greater generation of waste, such as brine, recalls the academic.

An optimization of its use would provide oxygen to the aquifers of the Balearic archipelago. When there is rain, the desalination plants reduce their production, but they should keep up to give the aquifers a breather and allow them to recover an adequate level. “If you have desalination plants, use them”, sums up the professor.

The public health system is another of the victims. The more tourists, the more patients. Municipalities such as Sanxenxo, in Pontevedra, which grow close to 600% in August, have opted to pay for housing for four doctors —the reinforcements— during the summer. Others have coverage problems that summer only aggravates. Here, once again, Ibiza stands out, says Miguel Lázaro from the Balearic Medical Union, where the difficulty in filling some positions, such as oncology or anesthesia, has become chronic.

“I call it the perfect storm,” says the union representative. The first ingredient of the phenomenon is a structural deficit that Lázaro estimates in “about 300 doctors”. Added to the previous deficit situation is an effect of wear and tear caused by the pandemic, which has affected primary care professionals and ICU professionals to a greater extent. In addition, they are dates in which doctors also enjoy their vacation days, so those who stay take care of population overloads.

“In the end, it falls on the patients, who have more waiting lists, are in the corridors because there are no beds…”, laments Lázaro.

However, for this doctor, the Balearic Government is “lucky” that 40% of the population has private insurance in the archipelago, which largely complements the deficit that exists.

Decrease or limit: alternatives to massification

“Degrowth is fashionable at an academic level, but what is complicated is going from studies to reality,” says Celso García. This happens by assuming that growth is not infinite and that its collateral effects require converting mass tourism into one of high value, less saturated and more responsible.

Another model, put into practice by some institutions, is the mixed one: stopping or slowing down growth, by limiting it, and optimizing the model.. In this sense, some territories implemented different fiscal measures, such as tourist taxes, or administrative taxes, such as the limitation of places, but the changes in government point to a twist in the script.

Three months ago, before the elections, the Cabildo de Lanzarote began the procedures to declare itself an island touristically saturated and start the reduction plans. Its new president, Oswaldo Betancort, then dismissed this initiative as an “occurrence”.

In the Balearic Islands, these measures, approved by the previous government of Francina Armengol, are today in the sights of the new Executive of Marga Prohens.

“For the new governments, the easy thing is to increase places”, says the professor of Physical Geography at the University of the Balearic Islands. “But it will be society itself that will realize that saturation is unbearable.

Tourism is very important for the economy, but it has to benefit everyone and it cannot be that the resident ends up fed up with it. We live from this, but we have to set limits ”, ditch.

For Lázaro, part of the solution to improve services in areas with more tourism involves strategies to attract and establish a population that can meet the demand. The union representative of the toilets denounces that the career of doctors is “blocked” in the Balearic Islands, and that the problem goes further.

“There is a lack of police, Civil Guard, teachers…”, he warns, as one of the consequences of not updating the residence compensation supplement in order to cope with rental prices and inflation.

“The central government mistreats us,” he asserts, pointing to the former socialist president of the Balearic Islands and recently appointed president of Congress, Francina Armengol, as responsible for not having obtained the update in 2019 of aid that has been frozen since 2007.

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Tragic Electrocution Incident Claims Life of Man Unloading Truck in La Galera

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A 32-year-old man died this Thursday at noon electrocuted while unloading a truck in La Galera (Tarragona), the Mossos d’Esquadra reported in a statement.

The events occurred around 2:00 p.m., when two men were unloading a truck and one of them lifted the truck’s semi-trailer “contacting a high-voltage wiring”, which caused an electric shock that caused his death. and has slightly injured the other worker.

Several Catalan police patrols have moved to the scene of the crime; three allocations from the Fire Department of the Generalitat and two indicators from the Medical Emergency System (SEM).

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Swift Response Controls Arbo Fire: Less than One Hectare Affected

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The Department of Rural Affairs of the Xunta has given control of the fire in Arbo (Pontevedra) started this Thursday and which has burned less than one hectare.

The fire started around 12:30 p.m. in the Cabeiras parish and was considered controlled at 2:18 p.m., after the mobilization of various land and air resources.

In this fire, which for the moment has calcined 8,000 square meters -less than one hectare-, a technician, two agents, seven brigades, five motorized pumps, three planes and two helicopters have worked.