Spain sees first general strike in 14 years over housing costs
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France 24 English reported that millions of workers in Spain shut down businesses and public transport on Wednesday in the country's first general strike in 14 years, following a peaceful march in Barcelona over soaring rents and property prices and the rising cost of living; some protesters later smashed storefronts, set off small bonfires, burned bins and launched fireworks towards police, with the unrest coming just weeks before snap elections called by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. [1]
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- General strike over housing brings out hundreds of thousands in Spain
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