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by Pablo OrtegaThousands of people, along with trade unions (CCOO or UGT) and political parties (Socialist Party or Communist Party, for example) have taken to the streets in Valencia to claim and defend the rights of workers.
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by Pablo OrtegaThousands of young Spanish people demonstrated on the streets of Madrid as they voiced disagreement with government measures that they say forces them to migrate due to the harsh economic climate and tough austerity measures.
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by Pablo OrtegaAll the 'fallas' or giant statues that were created for the annual Fallas Festival, were set alight marking the end of the festival in the city. The annual torching of the fallas was preceded by a fireworks show.
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by Pablo OrtegaThe "Correfoc" is a kind of parade in which a group of people dressed as demons throw fireworks in the street, which takes place before the falleras parade.
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by Pablo OrtegaAll the 'falleras' of Valencia offer flowers to the 'Virgen de los Desamparados' in, as it is known in Spain, 'Día de la Ofrenda'. When they reach the square the falleras leave their flowers and people who threw them were on top of the Virgin.
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by Pablo OrtegaAfter months of work, the artists finally put all the complete 'Fallas' in the streets of Valencia. The winner of this year's competition was the 'Convento Jerusalén', which was more than 20 meters large and cost 200,000 Euros.
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by Pablo OrtegaThe second day of Fallas in Valencia has been carried out by a small group of people who have demonstrated against the government after the 'mascletà'.
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by Pablo OrtegaThe Fallas festival officially gets underway on March 15th 2013, although people in Valencia have been the many preparing ephemeral and satirical statues representing human figures, animals and plants that will be paraded in the streets and plazas.
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