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Explainer: Why do Spanish farmers oppose a trade agreement with South American countries? And how will this affect you?

February 12, 2026 Costa del Sol Spain Comments Off on Explainer: Why do Spanish farmers oppose a trade agreement with South American countries? And how will this affect you?

EXPLAINER: Why are Spanish farmers so against an EU trade deal with South American countries - and how will it affect you?

THOUSANDS OF farmers from all over Spain protested in Madrid following the EU’s landmark agreement with a group of South American nations. More than 350 honking tractors rolled down the capital’s main thoroughfare, Paseo de la Castellana, as protesters waved placards reading ‘the Spanish countryside is not for sale’ on Wednesday. After an hour-long traffic standstill, the 2,500 protesters ended …

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First home demolished on the Costa del Sol ‘with cat still inside’ at controversial Plan Larios – 80 under threat families seek answers from Nerja town hall

February 5, 2026 Costa del Sol Comments Off on First home demolished on the Costa del Sol ‘with cat still inside’ at controversial Plan Larios – 80 under threat families seek answers from Nerja town hall

First home demolished on the Costa del Sol ‘with cat still inside’ at controversial Plan Larios – 80 under threat families seek answers from Nerja town hall

A SPANISH landowner began bulldozing houses on protected farmland in order to build a golf project on the Costa del Sol. Sociedad Azucarera Larios demolished a home in Vega de Maro near Nerja to build a new luxury tourism complex. However, Olive Press sources suggest that ‘as many as five’ may have already been targeted, knocked or partly demolished. Today, …

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