Spain: Protests in Madrid against growing militaristic policies

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In Spain, demonstrations were held on Saturday in front of the congress of deputies in Madrid to protest against the militaristic policies and growing military spending of the government of Pedro Sánchez in the run-up to the upcoming summit of the North Atlantic treaty organization, NATO.

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00:00In Spain, demonstrations were held on Salda in front of the Congress of Deputies in Madrid

00:04to protest against the militaristic policies and rowing military spending of the government of Pedro Sánchez

00:11in the run-up to the upcoming summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO.

00:15Protesters gathered in Plaza Puerta del Sol to denounce the increase in military spending,

00:20cuts social investment, and to criticize the hypocrisy of the West in the face of Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip.

00:28Participants also demanded that the government invest money in schools and the health system

00:32and stop encouraging the Zionist plans of Benjamin Netanyahu.

00:37Protesters pointed out that Spain is not a country of wars, but a peaceful nation,

00:41and should not continue to favor the interests of President Donald Trump and the Israeli regime by purchasing weapons.

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