Majority
Women make up 52% of the world’s population, and we can no longer accept being treated as a minority
A metamorphosis
One morning she noticed that she wasn’t praying for the police at the healthcare protests. She wasn’t sure of anything any more. It was all so strange…
The gumboil
He looked in the mirror and again saw his deformed face; the left jaw as if the bone in it had melted
The bishop’s weakness
Atlético fan Juan José Aguirre has spent 33 years in the Central African Republic, the world's second-poorest country
A whiff of gasoline
Daniel's parents had lost their house late last year after months of desperate struggle with the bank that gave them the mortgage
A shot in the head
What bothered her most, and her boyfriend knew it, was the uncontrolled drooling stare of the guy with the hat, who must have been ten years older than she was
Not a movie
Her unemployment benefits were about to run out, and her husband's money wouldn't last forever…
Christmas in September
As soon as he entered the house, he knew something strange was going on… Grandma?
Beyond the wall
That tenacious sobbing came from the body and spirit of a man alone
A chance for Isabel
The opportunity she was being offered consisted of working 11 hours a day for 350 euros a month, and almost no social security contributions
Back to Baden-Baden
Summer in Madrid does not have to be a bad option
Magda has a visa
A mother will see her son graduate from a US college thanks to a warm-hearted response
A visa for Magda
An exemplary woman is going to miss her son's graduation because she is Paraguayan
Eternal life
She looks at her daughter and doesn't recognize her, but listens to her and recognizes herself on the other side of time
An exemplary end
The crash was sudden. Many restaurants closed, others opted to purchase inferior but cheaper fish, and so on with shops, supermarkets and wholesalers across the continent
Story of Spain
When word went round of plans to demolish some houses, the women of the neighborhood linked arms and made a human shield
Mardeleva
Readers' clubs are one of the things that are now at risk due to the cutbacks on cultural spending
Juan Espinosa Chica
The man whose name I forgot to ask told me the story better than the reader can ever imagine
Lucky girl
The night before the wedding, celebrating with her friends, she was happy with the dress: white, summery, pretty, cheap
Fist things fist
"Spain is the laughing stock of Europe, of the whole world," said the lawyer. "Here we have vacations upon vacations, and nobody gets any work done"
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