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Children stand in front of the building of the Peruvian Congress as part of a call to demand accountability for cancer patients in Peru, September 2023.

Desperate cancer patients in Peru look for options across the Atlantic

December 22, 2023Health & Medicine

In Peru, cancer patients are facing enormous challenges to be able to survive. The situation is especially dire for children with leukemia. Many die because they couldn’t get access to treatment in time. More and more parents are seeking help in Spain.

The main rule of "walking soccer" is no running.

‘Walking soccer’ trend in Spain keeps people of all ages in the game

October 13, 2023Sports

Montserrat Abbey’s mixed Escoliana choir has young women and men. They’ll sing the liturgy one weekend a month, so that the regular all-boys choir can have some time off with family.

Spain all-boys choir finds a new tune and admits girls

September 26, 2023Women & Gender

People affected by an earthquake camp outside their homes, in Moulay Brahim village, near Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.

‘Organizing chaos’: Moroccans in Spain send aid convoys home after devastating earthquake

September 21, 2023Natural disasters

Formerly homeless American in Barcelona helps others get off the streets

September 13, 2023Jobs

Screenshot from "Cape Flats Kung Fu" by Eavesdrop.

‘Planet Hip Hop’: The music will always be the voice of the people, Samy Alim says

August 31, 2023Planet Hip Hop

As we wrap up “Planet Hip Hop,” our summer series celebrating 50 years of hip-hop music around the world, H. Samy Alim returns to talk with host Marco Werman about the next 50 years. Alim is an anthropology professor and the director of the Hip Hop Initiative at UCLA.

Woman takes a picture of a sunset at a park.

Barcelona gets bombarded by selfie-taking tourists

August 29, 2023Business, Economics and Jobs

Spain’s on the rebound with tourism after huge losses during the pandemic. Those in the tourism business are relieved. But visitors are back with a vengeance and they’re not always well-behaved, irking locals who miss the quieter days.

‘She is the evolution of reggaeton’: The rise of trans Puerto Rican artist Villano Antillano

August 22, 2023Planet Hip Hop

Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano is a leading voice in a new generation of LGBTQ artists subverting traditional gender norms in reggaeton and reclaiming the political roots of the genre.

Catalan separatists want university classes taught in the local language. Spanish academics resist the change.

June 14, 2023The World's Global Classroom

Language has always been at the heart of the Catalan people’s campaign for independence. And the regional government is once again demanding that university professors teach their courses in Catalan. But does the Catalan-language law further the nationalist cause, or leave the region more isolated? Professors are already rebelling.

Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival grows even larger

June 12, 2023Music

Music festivals are ever-expanding enterprises, adding new locations and dates, even if they’re repeating the same line-up.