Madrid: Thousands of protesters took to the streets in the Spanish capital Madrid protesting unemployment a week before voters elect a new government.
About 1500 protesters took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday - a week before Spain's general election. The demonstrators - many from the ongoing Los Indignados (the "indignant ones") movement - denounced the government's austerity measures and corporate greed.
"What these kind of demonstrations do is help to awake sleeping consciousness," one protester said.
The demonstration was smaller than one held October 15, when at least 10,000 people marched in Madrid on a day when Occupy Wall Street-style protests spread to Europe, Asia and Australia.
Polls say the ruling Socialists will be ousted because of their handling of the economic crisis that has left Spain with 21.5 percent unemployment. Although Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government has introduced several labour reform and austerity packages, they have so far failed to lift the country.
About 1500 protesters took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday - a week before Spain's general election. The demonstrators - many from the ongoing Los Indignados (the "indignant ones") movement - denounced the government's austerity measures and corporate greed.
"What these kind of demonstrations do is help to awake sleeping consciousness," one protester said.
The demonstration was smaller than one held October 15, when at least 10,000 people marched in Madrid on a day when Occupy Wall Street-style protests spread to Europe, Asia and Australia.
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Polls say the ruling Socialists will be ousted because of their handling of the economic crisis that has left Spain with 21.5 percent unemployment. Although Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government has introduced several labour reform and austerity packages, they have so far failed to lift the country.
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