Recently many in Madrid have begun to protest their government's response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Amid Spain's second wave of the pandemic, the president of the Madrid region, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, placed the worst effected areas under a partial lockdown. However, the measures seem to be politically motivated, effecting the poor and immigrants far more than others. Ayuso has even claimed "the way of life of immigrants in Madrid" is the reason for the recent rise in cases. Protestors contest that the Ayuso's response is rooted in bigotry and that the government has not provided enough resources to the health care system, leaving the region ill-prepared for the second wave.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/20/protests-madrid-coronavirus-lockdown-measures-spain
Anthony Grammich
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