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This newspaper article has been published by the French newspaper "le Monde" on the 9th of March 2019 https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/03/09/l-espagne-pionniere-de-la-lutte-contre-les-violences-faites-aux-femmes_5433684_3210.html Violence of men against women: Spain is waking up Since 2004, the country has put in place measures in order to protect the victims of maale violence agaainst women. In 2018, 47 women died, and in 2003, even 71 did. If we had to set a date for the beginning of a generalized awareness of violence against women in Spain , it would be the 17th of December 1977. On this day, sixty year old Ana Orantes  has been burnt alive by her ex-husband. Ten days before that, this Andalousian mother of 8 kids testified on TV that she had been mistreated, humiliated and isolated by her husband. In front of the viewers, she explained that after the legalization of her divorce in 1981, she had more than 15 complaints against him, without gettin...

The article has been published by the French newspaper "Le Monde" on March 11, 2019 https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/03/11/en-espagne-des-milliers-de-puits-illegaux-mettent-en-danger-l-ecosysteme-et-des-vies_5434169_3210.html Millions of wells threatening Spanish ecosystems and the lives of people After the dramatic death, in January, of a 2 year old kid, having fallen into a non-declared well, public attention has been focused on these wells used for pumping water illegally. During 13 days, from the 13 th   to the 26 th of January, the entire country was desperately waiting for the young Julen to be saved. He fell into a well, a 100 meter deep and only 25 cm wide, situated in the middle of the Totalan Mountains. His dad saw him disappear when they stayed with friends, who happened to be the owners of the land. Since the very first day, the hope of rescuing him alive was tiny. And it was getting even tinier from day to day because of the na...