The ‘march of dignity’, attended by tens of thousands of disgruntled people from all over Spain, ended in violence in Madrid with 29 people arrested and 67 policemen injured.
Although most of the anti-austerity protest was peaceful, it ended with dozens of youths throwing projectiles at police, who responded by charging at them.
The demonstrators were protesting over issues such unemployment, poverty and the rampant official corruption. Many want the government not to pay its international debts and instead do more to improve health and education.
Although ‘analysts’ say that Spain came out of recession in the latter half of 2013, unemployment continues to rise, prices continue to rise, corruption cases, old and new, dominate most newspapers on a daily basis and health and education continue to bear the brunt of austerity measures.