![Yasmín Colino at her bar in Villalbarba, Valladolid.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/HOYASI47VXIIGGCHQJOLD2ZLKQ.jpg?auth=ed079a06c27603b7001a6a46705cbacf6f3c58af83d5b27919f06dd64b2d8f6e&width=414&height=311&smart=true)
Raising the bar: Why Spanish villages are fighting to keep their locals open
In places like Villalbarba, where there are only 132 people, residents say there would be no social life if they could not come together for a coffee or a game of bingo
In places like Villalbarba, where there are only 132 people, residents say there would be no social life if they could not come together for a coffee or a game of bingo
The Spanish woman, who generously offered Hugh Elliott food and shelter 35 years ago, died from multiple sclerosis in 1997