https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The number of people living in poverty in Spain has risen by 4.4 million since the country was battered by an economic crisis to reach 11.7 million, or one in four, a leading Catholic charity said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141029/one-in-four-spaniards-live-in-poverty-report Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:00:00 +0100 one-in-four-spaniards-live-in-poverty-report Spain's important Catholic charity Caritas helped more people than ever in 2013, thanks largely to more donations from private individuals and an ever growing army of volunteers the organization said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140930/spanish-charity-caritas-aids-record-numbers Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:45:15 +0200 spanish-charity-caritas-aids-record-numbers The gap between Spain's richest and poorest is now the widest in Europe with some three million people living in extreme poverty, a new study reveals. https://www.thelocal.es/20131014/spains-wealth-gap-europes-widest Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:31:00 +0200 spains-wealth-gap-europes-widest Spain’s international reputation has taken quite a battering since the country’s economic problems began five years ago but the Spanish government is fighting back in a bid to restore the nation's prestige. https://www.thelocal.es/20130508/we-all-need-to-be-positive-about-spain Wed, 08 May 2013 12:44:00 +0200 we-all-need-to-be-positive-about-spain The income gap between the richest and poorest people in Spain has grown by 30 percent since 2006 in the wake of the country's sharp economic downturn, the Spanish branch of Catholic charity Caritas said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130321/gap-between-rich-and-poor-widening-in-spain-charity Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:36:00 +0100 gap-between-rich-and-poor-widening-in-spain-charity