Grassroots mayors embody Spain's divisions as election nears


  • World
  • Sunday, 02 Aug 2015

Barcelona's mayor Ada Colau travels by underground in Barcelona, Spain, July 29, 2015. REUTERS/Albert Gea

MADRID (Reuters) - Shortly after she took office in June, Madrid's left-wing anti-establishment mayor Manuela Carmena set up 'Version Original', a website her council uses to rebut media reports it considers "inexact or open to misinterpretation".

The former high court judge's team also announced plans to change street names associated with former fascist dictator Francisco Franco and made a show of its anticlericalism.

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