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Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Protesters against overtourism take to the streets of southern Europe
(Corrects number of new hotel beds in Venice in paragraph 7 to 1,500 (not 15,000) By Guillermo Martinez, Ana Cantero and Giulio Piovaccari BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) -Thousands of people took to the streets of cities in southern Europe on Sunday to demonstrate against overtourism, firing water pistols at shop windows and setting off smoke in Barcelona, where the main protest took place. "Your holidays, my misery," protesters chanted in the streets of Barcelona while holding up banners emblazoned with slogans such as "mass tourism kills the city" and "their greed brings us ruin". Under the umbrella of the SET alliance - Sud d'Europa contra la Turistització, or Catalan for "Southern Europe against Overtourism" - protesters joined forces with groups in Portugal and Italy, arguing that uncontrolled tourism was sending housing prices soaring and forcing people out of their neighbourhoods. Barcelona, a city of 1.6 million, drew 26 million tourists last year. Authorities in the north eastern Spanish city said around 600 people joined the demonstration there, some firing water pistols or setting off coloured smoke and putting stickers saying 'Neighbourhood self-defence, tourist go home' on shop windows and hotels. Outside one hotel, an agitated worker confronted the protesters saying he was "only working" and was not the venue's owner. There were similar demonstrations in other parts of Spain including Ibiza, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, San Sebastian and Granada. Protests in Italy took place in cities including Genoa, Naples, Palermo, Milan and Venice, where locals oppose the construction of two hotels that will add around 1,500 new beds to the city, the organisers told Reuters. In Barcelona, the city government said last year it would bar apartment rentals to tourists by 2028 to make the city more liveable for residents. "I'm very tired of being a nuisance in my own city. The solution is to propose a radical decrease in the number of tourists in Barcelona and bet on another economic model that brings prosperity to the city," Eva Vilaseca, 38, told Reuters at Sunday's demonstration in Barcelona, dismissing the common counterargument that tourism brings jobs and prosperity. International travel spending in Europe is expected to rise by 11% to $838 billion this year, with Spain and France among the countries set to receive record numbers of tourists. A protest in Lisbon was scheduled for later on Sunday afternoon.
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
269 yellows and 30 reds... Sergio Ramos' insane stats 🥵
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. Madness. News about Sergio Ramos in Mexico. At 38 years old, the former PSG and Real Madrid player hasn't changed on the other side of the Atlantic, where he now plays for Rayados de Monterrey in Mexico. After five matches played, the defender has already scored 3 goals, and of course, he has also received a red card. For a kick on his opponent Guillermo Martinez during stoppage time, Ramos was sent off for the thirtieth time in his career. It's just crazy! The 2010 World Cup champion is the most sent-off player of the 21st century. He also has 269 yellow cards and 123 goals scored. A player truly unlike any other. 📸 YURI CORTEZ - AFP or licensors
USA Today
06-02-2025
- Business
- USA Today
These Arizona businessmen help feed the nation, but they're not farmers
Morning. In today's opinions newsletter: How Arizona feeds the nation, plus Phoenix's immigration protests and the struggles of a mom who works four jobs and still can't buy a home. Guillermo Martinez is not your stereotypical produce importer. He studied physics and dreamed of working for NASA. But he's the fifth generation in this business. His extended family owns a regional chain of grocery stores in Mexico. You might say that fruits and vegetables are in his blood. So, he founded Frello Fresh, a small but still relatively new produce importer amid a sea of giant, refrigerated warehouses along Interstate 19 north of Nogales. Together, they process billions of pounds of produce each year from Mexico. Elvia Díaz and I visited him on Friday, just hours before President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on Mexican produce, to learn how this often overlooked part of the food system works. What we found, and I explain in more detail today, is that imported produce is a key part of how Arizona helps feed the nation — and that any changes to this complex system are bound to increase our grocery bills.
