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Tale of Two Travellers: The two sides of the Canaries
La Palma :: Cuba | about 15 hours ago
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Lanzarote Lanzarote's most famous son, the artist and designer C�sar Manrique, was a man with a strong sense of place. "I believe that we are witnessing a historic moment," he said in 1987, "where the huge danger to the environment is so evident that...
Tags: Santa Cruz, Ross La Palma, Atlantic, Lanzarote, Spain, Fuerteventura, Cuba, La Palma, Caldera de Taburiente National Park, Fissure vents, Guanches, Canary Islands, Hospitality Recreation, Tourism in Spain
Morocco denies entry to West Sahara activist
al-'Ayūn :: Western Sahara | 1 day ago
Credibility Haidar, who won the Robert Kennedy human rights prize in 2008 as well as several other awards for her activism on behalf of Western Sahara, was to fly from Spain's Canary Island of Lanzarote to her homeland. Morocco withdrew the previously granted permission...
Tags: Aminatu Haidar, hunger strike, Morocco, saharaui activist, Saharaui, Western Sahara, al-'Ayūn, Aminatou Haidar, Politics, El Aaiￃﾺn, Lanzarote, African countries, Sahrawi people, Independence Intifada, Disputed territories, Ken Loach, Entertainment Culture
Saharan hunger-striker refuses Spanish passport
al-'Ayūn :: Western Sahara | 5 days ago
Credibility A West Saharan activist on hunger strike at a Spanish airport has rejected the country's offer of a Spanish passport in a bid to help her return home, the activist's lawyer said Sunday. Aminatou Haidar has been at Lanzarote airport in the Canary Islands...
Tags: Aminatou Haidar, Western Sahara, Lanzarote Airport, hunger strike, Moroccan, Morocco, al-'Ayūn, Independence Intifada, Lanzarote, African countries, Politics, Politics of Western Sahara, El Aaiￃﾺn, Ali Salem Tamek, Polisario Front, Sahrawi people, Mohammed Daddach
Western Sahara activist collapses during hunger strike at Lanzarote Airport
Madrid :: Spain | 6 days ago
Credibility Aminatou Haidar was in a meeting with a representative of Spain's Foreign Ministry when she fainted The award-winning Western Sahara human rights activist, Aminatou Haidar, known as the Saharawi people’s Gandhi, collapsed on Sunday on the 14th day of...
Tags: Aminatou Haidar, Western Sahara, hunger strike, Saharawi, Spain, Madrid, Haydar, Sahrawi people, Disputed territories, Independence Intifada, Lanzarote, Politics, Miguel ￃﾁngel Moratinos, Ali Salem Tamek, Political parties in Western Sahara, Polisario Front
Sea slug that emits light found in Cuba
Havana :: Cuba | 11 days ago
Credibility There are more than 260 species of sea slugs in the Canaries and researchers believe that two of the recently discovered species are "very peculiar", according to Leopoldo Moro of the Canary Islands government's Biodiversity Service. One of them is a...
Tags: sea slugs, Cuba Santa Cruz, Spain, Leopoldo Moro, emits light, Cuba, Havana, Canary Islands, Elysia, Lanzarote, Silbo Gomero language, La Gomera, Placobranchidae, Akera, Akeridae, Environment
Saharan activist 'facing court'
Casablanca :: Morocco | 17 days ago
Credibility Aminatou Haidar has been refusing food at Lanzarote's airport since Sunday after being expelled by Morocco from the disputed territory. She is protesting at Spain's refusal to let her return to Western Sahara. Morocco controls most of the Western Sahara...
Tags: Aminatou Haidar, Morocco, Western Sahara, human rights, Lanzarote Airport, Casablanca, Haydar, Lanzarote, El Aaiￃﾺn, African countries, Disputed territories, Polisario Front, Independence Intifada, Sahrawi people, Politics
Western Sahara activist on hunger strike at airport
Nouakchott :: Mauritania | 19 days ago
Credibility Western Sahara activist on hunger strike at Lanzarote airport Aminatou Haidar, campaigner for indigenous Sahrawi rights, expelled over refusal to accept Moroccan nationality Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar in Arrecife airport on Lanzarote. AFP/Getty...
Tags: Saharan Gandhi, hunger strike, Western Sahara, Aminatou Haidar, Lanzarote Airport, Spanish, sahara activist, Morocco, human rights, rights activist, Mauritania, Nouakchott, Lanzarote, Sahrawi people, Haydar, Aena, War Conflict, Independence Intifada, Ali Salem Tamek, Polisario Front, Politics, Sahara, African countries, Social Issues, Politics of Western Sahara
Western Sahara human rights activist starts hunger strike in Spain
Madrid :: Spain | 19 days ago
Credibility Aminatou Haidar was deported by the Moroccan authorities and says Spain is holding her against her will The Western Sahara human rights activist, Aminatou Haidar, began a hunger strike at Lanzarote Airport at midnight on Sunday, saying she will not eat...
Tags: Aminatou Haidar, Spain, Spanish, Western Sahara, human rights, rights activist, sahara human, hunger strike, Madrid, El Aaiￃﾺn, Morocco, Independence Intifada, African countries, Lanzarote
Art in the landscape César Manrique
London :: United Kingdom | 21 days ago
Credibility When La Corona in northern Lanzarote erupted around 6,500 years ago, it created one of the most interesting volcanic cave systems in the world. Well after the top layers of lava had begun to solidify, the faster-moving lava below kept on flowing, carving...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Lava, Cave, Subterranea, Cueva de los Verdes, Lanzarote, Tourism in Spain, Malpaￃﾭs
Seven wild island hideaways
London :: United Kingdom | 21 days ago
Credibility Finca Malvasía, Lanzarote Turreted chimneys, a curvaceous pool and cacti as tall as apple trees: it’s easy to see the influence of the great Lanzarotean artist and designer C�sar Manrique in the design of this stylish self-catering guesthouse. Named after...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Fuerteventura, Gourmet, Geria, FINCA International, Fissure vents, Lanzarote, Tourism in Spain, Hospitality Recreation
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