For years, as Spain's economy soared, immigrants poured into the country from Africa, Eastern Europe and even South America. It was a land of opportunity -- but no longer, with jobs vanishing and antagonism growing.
All Posts Tagged With: "Economic Pain in Spain"
Signature Video
March 25, 2009
Once a magnet for immigrants, Spain’s jobs are vanishing
Signature Video
March 24, 2009
Spain’s olive growers face trouble with economy in the pits
In Spain, where the unemployment rate is the highest in Europe, almost no one is immune from the global recession -- not even the many olive growers there.
Signature Video
March 23, 2009
Housing collapse spells doom for Spain’s tile makers
Spain has an unemployment rate of 14.8 percent, the highest in Western Europe. In the town of Vila Real in eastern Spain, many people make their living making tiles. But suddenly, after the housing bubble burst, no one wants or needs what they make.
In the Newsroom
March 23, 2009
The not so friendly skies of Spain’s budget airline
Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Seemungal writes about what it's like to be a mobile journalist and vents about his luggage mishap in Spain.
In the Newsroom
March 12, 2009
Cigarettes flicker in Spain despite ban on smoking
In 2006, Spain banned smoking in offices, hospitals, schools and enclosed spaces. Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal is reporting from Spain and writes that three years later, despite the law, the air is still thick with smoke.
