It might surprise you that 36% of Spain's members of Parliament are women, placing it 20th in the world by the Inter- parliamentary Union1 while American women make up just 18.5% of the U.S. Congress for a dismal ranking of 79th. Yes, Spain, the country where the term “machismo” comes from (which has long been …
Tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets of Madrid on Saturday to defend this right and show their opposition to the recent anti-choice bill introduced by Spain's right-of-center ruling Popular Party. The "purple tide" of protesters was in high spirits shouting "¡Sí se puede!" (Yes we can!) and "¡Vamos, escucha, esto es nuestra lucha! …
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It's always scary to find a lump. I found one about the width and length of my thumb on my abdomen on a Friday morning in late June and booked an appointment with my general practitioner for the following Tuesday. She thought it might be a hernia (which I found incredible given that I'm a …
Read The Article from In The Huffington Post: Equality, Justice and Universal Healthcare
From the outside, politics and corruption seem to go hand in hand but when you work on the inside, the day to day is much more mundane. You hardly expect to find yourself unwittingly entangled in the type of sordid affair that makes big headlines. But I did. (read) …
Read The Article from In the Huffington Post: My big fat Spanish corruption story