Harold Heckle

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People gesture as they carry banners reading, "SOS, disability" and "No financial cuts" during a protest against government austerity measures affecting disabled people by reducing services, closing disability centers and forcing care workers from their jobs in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. More than 10,000 people, many in wheelchairs or being led by guide dogs, marched in a demonstration with the slogan "SOS Disability: Save our Rights, Inclusion and Welfare." Health care spending falls under the responsibility of regional governments, many of which are indebted. Some local administrations have failed to pay medical centers, forcing cuts in services and a slow-down in the distribution of medicine. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Spain’s disabled protest austerity cuts

Harold Heckle · December 2, 2012 6:31 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2003 file photo, Spanish chef Ferran Adria examines ingredients in his kitchen workshop in Barcelona, Spain. Spainâs famed chef Ferran Adria says the wine cellar of his former restaurant, elBulli is to be auctioned to raise funds for his new project, the elBulli Foundation. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Spain’s elBulli restaurant to sell wine cellar

Harold Heckle · December 1, 2012 2:46 pm

The leader of center-right Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU), Artur Mas smiles after casting his vote during elections for the 'Generalitat de Catalunya' (Catalan Autonomous Government) in Barcelona, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Voters in Catalonia begin casting their ballots in regional elections that could determine the future shape of Spain. If voters give the regional government strong support, its leader pledged to hold a referendum asking Catalans if they'd prefer to split from Spain and go it alone in the 27-member EU. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain’s Catalonia punishes pro-referendum leader

Joseph Wilson, Harold Heckle · November 25, 2012 5:00 am

Participant drinks wine as shepherds lead their sheep through the center of Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Spanish shepherds led flocks of sheep through the streets of downtown Madrid in defense of ancient grazing, migration and droving rights threatened by urban sprawl and man-made frontiers. The rights to droving routes have existed since before Madrid grew from a rural hamlet to the great capital it is today. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

2,000 sheep led through streets of Spain’s capital

Harold Heckle · October 28, 2012 4:00 am

Crisis, separatism dominate Spanish elections

jorge-garma, Harold Heckle · October 21, 2012 4:00 am

A banner calling for a general strike on November 14 is carried by demonstrators during a protest march against austerity measures as they head to the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon Saturday, Oct. 13 2012. Unemployment figures in Portugal have soared since the introduction of austerity measures to fight the country's debt crisis. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Thousands march in Spain to protest austerity

Harold Heckle · October 14, 2012 4:00 am

A banner calling for a general strike on November 14 is carried by demonstrators during a protest march against austerity measures as they head to the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon Saturday, Oct. 13 2012. Unemployment figures in Portugal have soared since the introduction of austerity measures to fight the country's debt crisis. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Thousands march in Spain to protest austerity

Harold Heckle · October 13, 2012 4:00 am

Riot outside MTV event in Madrid; 11 arrests

Harold Heckle · September 22, 2012 7:19 pm

Demonstrators march during a protest against economic austerity measures taken by the Portuguese government linked to a euro 78 billion ($96 billion) bailout needed last year, in Lisbon, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. Austerity measures announced in recent days may be the tipping point that transforms the nation's sullen acceptance of belt-tightening into an explosion of anger like that seen in Greece over the past two years. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Large anti-austerity protests in Spain, Portugal

Harold Heckle · September 15, 2012 4:00 am

Wildfires threaten to burn precious parks in Spain

andres-gutierrez, Harold Heckle · August 12, 2012 4:00 am

Spain bringing aid workers home from Algeria

Harold Heckle · July 28, 2012 4:00 am

Second Spanish region may seek government aid

Harold Heckle · July 22, 2012 11:11 pm