The bull is killed at this year's Toro de la Vega tournament. Capture via PACMA This month I took the intercity train from Barcelona to the rural town of Tordesillas to report on the residents’ annual tradition — stabbing a bull to death with 8-foot-long steel-tipped spears. I tried hard... Continue reading

Eugeni Rodríguez at the FAGC offices in Barcelona. Photo by Elisa Centurion Arriola Spain marked 10 years of gay marriage this week, while last weekend the LGBT community took over many of the country’s city centers with Pride celebrations. The march in Barcelona — attended by the city’s mayor for... Continue reading

Photo from GETTY Spain’s first confirmed case of diphtheria in almost 30 years has rekindled a national discussion on vaccines — and the country should look to the U.S., U.K. and Chile for insight into how not to hold this debate. Cases in these nations show us that the sciolistic,... Continue reading