Spain: Madrid weakened by the 2008 crisis cashes out the pandemic

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Covid- epidemic in Spain: distribution of food for people in economic difficulty due to the drastic confinement in the poor district of Puente de Vallecas in Madrid, April 20, 2020. Gabriel BOUYS / AFP

By: Véronique Gaymard Follow

We are leaving for Spain, to Madrid, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic with one of the highest mortality rates in the world, where deprived neighborhoods like Puente de Vallecas or Leganés, south of Madrid, have paid a heavy price. tribute, with thousands of deaths in hospitals and retirement homes. 

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These districts are now suffering the consequences with an economic and social crisis inherited from 2008, the signs of which are already clearly visible.

"Spain: Madrid weakened by the 2008 crisis cashes the pandemic", a Large Report in Madrid, by Véronique Gaymard. 

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