Spain has embarked on the "desescalada" for the past few days, but some have criticized the government of Pedro Sanchez and have made it known. After the United States and Germany, Spain is among the group of countries which has known protesters for containment measures and the management of the coronavirus crisis. Madrid residents began to demonstrate spontaneously 3 days ago, and have been demonstrating every night since. Lisbob, the expatriate assistant, tells you all about these protests against the government of Pedro Sanchez in Spain.
Demonstrations in Madrid to protest the containment and demand the resignation of Pedro Sanchez
More than a hundred people, mostly residents of Madrid’s Salamanca neighborhood, took part in anger on Tuesday against the Spanish government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The demonstrators, who carried Spanish flags and knocked on pots and pans, called for the government's resignation, which they blame for the situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The police were present but did not intervene.
Residents of the Salamanca district have been demonstrating against the Spanish government for three consecutive days now. New protesters from the surrounding area joined the rally after seeing the call posted on social media. Spain has started a process of deconfinement, called “desescalada” after almost two months of one of the strictest confinements in the world due to COVID-19. However, this type of event is not authorized at the moment.
The economic crisis promises to be already devastating for Spain, and the “hunger lines”, name given to those claiming food aid, have already brought together more than 100,000 people in Madrid alone since the start of the epidemic .
Spain has recorded more than 228,030 confirmed cases of coronavirus since the start of the epidemic and more than 26,920 deaths, according to data collected by John Hopkins University. The Madrid region is one of the most affected, and it is still in phase 0 of the Spanish deconfinement plan.
