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 Mexican president's demand for an apology over the "abuses" of colonialism drew opposite reactions across the Atlantic Tuesday -- anger in a Spain still proud of its imperial glory, and eyerolls in Mexico. https://www.thelocal.es/20190327/reaction-anger-in-spain-eyerolls-in-mexico-over-conquest-row Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:46:13 +0100 reaction-anger-in-spain-eyerolls-in-mexico-over-conquest-row The 500-year-old wounds of the Spanish conquest were ripped open afresh on Monday when Mexico's president urged Spain and the Vatican to apologize for their "abuses" -- a request Madrid said it "firmly rejects." https://www.thelocal.es/20190326/sorry-not-sorry-spain-rejects-mexicos-demand-for-apology-for-colonial-abuses Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:00:05 +0100 sorry-not-sorry-spain-rejects-mexicos-demand-for-apology-for-colonial-abuses A lawyer has pushed his fight to eliminate Franco era symbols from Spain further by filing a suit to re-name 11 towns that honour generals and the dictator himself. https://www.thelocal.es/20160211/new-fight-to-change-names-of-11-francoist-towns Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:05:20 +0100 new-fight-to-change-names-of-11-francoist-towns