By William J. Furney Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez decided to postpone his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York and head to the Canary Islands, the seven-isle
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The Best Little Shop in the World
Spending time in remote places brings real challenges, but they can make you all the more appreciative when you get back home.
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Lost, and Sadly Found, Amid the Cactus Fields of Macaronesia
By William J. Furney Resources are scarce on these Macaronesian islands. There is no rain, and life — plant and animal — clings on, desperately hoping for some kind of
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Dropping Out, Tuning In
By William J. Furney In a year marked by the loss of my father, whom I had lived with and helped care for during the past decade of his ill
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African Migrants in the Canaries: Not a Drop of Water to Drink
By William J. Furney PLAYA DEL INGLES — On a run early this morning on the subtropical island of Gran Canaria, just across a short stretch of sea from the
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The Pain in Spain
By William J. Furney It seems hard to imagine that just a few short decades ago, European holiday favourite Spain was a full-on dictatorship, ruled by Francisco Franco, and the
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With Monarchies the World Over Mired in Scandals, It’s Time to Scrap Outdated and Offensive Royalty
By William J. Furney The old king of Spain has done a runner, and no one knows where he is. In Thailand, protests are erupting over a law that carries
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Europe’s Unhealthy Lockdowns
By William J. Furney Donald Trump may be suggesting people inject themselves with disinfectant, and also somehow shine a UV light inside their bodies, to kill the coronavirus, but here
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‘Constant Aggression, Repression by Spain Is Helping Catalonian Independence’
By William J. Furney Mike Eastabrook is a UK-based vice president of the advocacy group Foreign Friends of Catalonia, which seeks to counter what he calls “the crude repression of
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Spain Must Free Catalonian Independence Prisoners to Restore Order
By William J. Furney, in Barcelona It’s past midnight on Monday in the Catalonian capital Barcelona, where nine independence leaders were jailed by the Spanish Supreme Court earlier in the
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