This information appears at a moment when the unemployed are close to six millions, the country is facing the largest social cuts in democracy, evictions rise to alarming numbers,... It is preceded by scandals related to opposition parties, judiciary circles, the confederation of employers' organizations, the monarchy,...
A feeling spreads that the government cannot cope with the situation the country is going through. That, together with previous governments, has an important part of the responsibility in what has happened. A responsibility shared with the elites of the country. The country seems to be drifting and no solution appears in the horizon.
This series/diary is a dialog between the images of Juan Galisteo and Balancín de Blancos which portraits daily life in Madrid in a moment in which the population oscillates between indignation, restlessness and resignation.
Due to the rising number of protests over the past year and a half streets surrounding the Parliament are blocked intermittently. Often one must produce an ID to circulate through them.
Health opportunities. The privatization of six hospitals in Madrid opens a business of more than 400 million euro for companies in the health care sector to more than one million prospective "clients". One of the big questions is what will happen with the medical staff of the centers concerned. The external company would put its employees. The Minister of Health of the Community of Madrid has expressed his desire to "keep the old staff if they wish so."
The judge investigating the alleged illegal financing practices of the government party has called several construction entrepreneurs to testify. Some of them were or are in charge of large construction companies, which built the “four towers”, a symbol of Madrid’s skyline.
Cutting the weed.
Pieces.
