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DAY FAIR. Various music and dance performances will be taking place all weekend at the Parque de la Represa. / SUR
A weekend of fun for The San Bernabé fair in Marbella comes at Parque de la Represa. A spectacular
to an end on Sunday, but the festivities horse show, ‘El Arte de Andalucía’, will be
the whole family at continue throughout the weekend with performed at the Plaza de Toros at 7.30 p.m.
plenty of music and dance activities tak- tonight, while bullfighting maestros Fran-
ing place at the Day Fair from 1 p.m. to 8 cisco and Cayetano Rivera will be in town
San Bernabé fair p.m. today (Friday), Saturday and Sunday on Sunday at 7 p.m. (See page 33)
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2 JUNE 12TH TO 18TH 2009 SUR IN ENGLISH
General news surinenglish.su@diariosur.es
STATE OF THE WORKS
The AVE of the new decade Seville
F Situation: Sub-divided into two
phases: the first is 128.4 kilo-
metres long, between Ante-
A third of the work on the rail system linking Malaga with Seville quera and Marchena, of which
77.6 kilometres is being worked
and Granada in less than an hour has been finished, while all on (60.4 per cent). The second is
a 31.4-kilometre stretch (the
the trains on the new lines are expected to be operational in 2013 Osuna bypass and the Osuna-
Aguadulce and Aguadulce-Pedr-
era sections). The remaining
50.8 kilometres of line will go
from Marchena to Seville.
IGNACIO LILLO MALAGA F Time-scale: 55 minutos.
F Opening: 2013.
From Malaga to Seville in 55 F Responsible: Delegation of Public
minutes, and to Granada in 50 Works and Transport in the Jun-
minutes, without having to drive ta de Andalucía.
oneself. The new delegate for
Public Works and Transport in Granada
the Junta de Andalucía, Rosa
Aguilar, and the Public Works F Situation: The Loja link line has
Minister, José Blanco, reiterated had to be re-designed due to
their support for the new high- underground water being dis-
speed train project for Andalucía covered at one point. Work on
last week, and it will be finished the necessary infrastructure in
in the not-too-distant future. the town itself is still pending,
Aguilar promised that by 2013, but plans are at an advanced
these regional capitals will be stage. The station will be
linked by high-speed AVE trains. designed by Rafael Moneo.
The biggest towns along the F Time-scale: 50 minutos.
way will also be linked into the F Opening: 2013.
new system, thanks to the link- F Responsible: Railway Infrastruc-
line that will connect Algeciras tures Administrator (Adif), the Min-
with Ronda, although there is istry for Public Works.
not yet a definitive date for fin-
ishing this section. In any case, Ronda-Algeciras
as happened with the AVE from
Madrid to Malaga, Antequera F SituationThere are two sections
will play an important part in the here: the Ronda-Cortes de la
new rail network. Frontera section and the Cortes
de la Frontera-San Pablo de
Change of line NEW LINES. Malaga will be linked to Seville, Granada and Algeciras by high-speed train./ SUR Buceite section.
Most of the work already fin- F Responsible:Adif, Ministry of Pub-
ished has been carried out on the Public Works and the Ministry for Public Works, will the planning stage, and the rail- lic Works .
lines to Seville. This is being means this city will be only 50 way station itself, being designed
done in two phases: the first, Junta have reiterated minutes from Malaga. Work is by the architect Rafael Moneo. A
between Antequera and their support for high- expected to finish at the same third of the work to be done on suffering some delays. This will
Marchena, which runs for 128.4 time as the Marchena line, this project is finished, Pezzi tells link these destinations with
kilometres, of which 77.6 are cur- speed rail travel although there are some remain- us. The trains using the line will Ronda, and work will be carried
rently being worked on (60.4 per ing difficulties to be overcome travel at a maximum speed of 250 out by the Ministry for Public
cent), we are told by sources over the coming months. kilometres per hour. Last week Works. A total of 60 kilometres of
within the Delegation for Public the Peña de los Enamorados- line is currently being worked on.
Works. They tell is that 31.4 kilo- Andaluces as a requisite for Pending sections Archidona section was adjudicat- The rest is still being studied and
metres of line is finished (the obtaining the necessary licences. The Loja link line is one of the ed to Adif, to be finished in two licenses are being obtained. Adif
Osuna link line and the Osuna- At this stage, the delay is due to a most complex to build, mainly as years and one month. The other will be in charge of carrying out
Aguadulce and the Aguadulce- change in the line between these a a result of underground water three sections of line were adjudi- the work on the renovation of the
Pedrera lines). All that remains two principle Andalusian air- being discovered along the cated in May, these being the Ronda-Cortes de la Frontera sec-
to be done is to install the inter- ports. The AVE will travel at a planned route, we are told by Bobadilla junction, the Bobadilla- tion, which runs for 39.05 kilome-
national gauge tracks. maximum speed of 250 kilome- Socialist member of parliament Antequera line and the tres, and work is expected to be
The rest of the 50.8-kilometre tres per hour, to cover the jour- Manuel Pezzi. Antequera-Peña de los finished in two years and eleven
section will run from Marchena ney in 55 minutes. It will become There are also difficulties in Enamorados line, making a total months. The Cortes de la
to Seville. The construction pro- operational in 2013. the building of the railway infra- of 36.3 kilometres. Frontera-San Pablo de Buceite
jects are finished and ready to be The Granada line, the work for structure in the town, with a 2.7- The modernisation of the line will take two years and nine
examined by Ferrocarriles which is being carried out by the kilometre stretch which is still at Bobadilla-Algeciras line has been months to finish.
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SUR IN ENGLISH JUNE 12TH TO 18TH 2009 3
ELECTIONS 11 & 22 INVESTIGATION 7 ECONOMY 20
Spain went to the polls Is the story that Walt Disney Families who are
with the rest of Europe: was born in Mojácar really struggling get classes in
report and comment just an urban myth? how to make ends meet
Holiday rental prices come down as ...PRICES
The average cost of renting a holi-
owners fear their apartments could day apartment according to the
stand empty this summer agencies consulted by SUR.
F Marbella:Two bedroom apartment.
Road-beach: 1,350 euros/week.
Road-mountain: 650 euros/week.
F Estepona:Two bedroom apartment
Wanted: on seafront: 700 euros/week.
F Benalmádena:Two bedroom apart-
ment on seafront: 600 euros/week.
F Torremolinos: Two bedroom apart-
summer tenants ment on seafront: 500 euros/week.
F Malaga: Two bedroom apartment
on seafront: 500 euros/week.
F Nerja: Two bedroom apartment:
M. ÁNGELES GONZÁLEZ / M. JOSÉ 2008, according to the National 500 euros/week.
CRUZADO MALAGA / MARBELLA Institute of Statistics. F Vélez-Málaga: Two bedroom apart-
Now tourists are taking their ment: 750 euros/week.
When supply exceeds demand the time to shop around for the best
clients have the upper hand. In this bargain. And, with little movement
case the clients are the tourists on the sales market, there is a lot
interested in renting an apartment more to choose from this year, Competition
on the Costa del Sol for a week or making allowing tourists to be from hotels
two in the summer, who are being more demanding.
wooed by owners concerned that “Everything is moving much
their properties could be in dan- more slowly because people are
ger of standing empty during the waiting until the last minute to get M. A. G.
peak holiday season. the best prices”, says Ángela
With an occupancy rate at the Schroeder, an agency owner. Holiday apartment owners
beginning of June as low as 50 The days when tourists paid the now find they are coming up
per cent, according to the agen- fixed rates are over. Now owners against new competition
cies consulted by SUR, owners and agencies have to adapt to the from cheap “all inclusive”
have little option but to drop needs of each customer. “We study hotel deals. Hotel prices are
their prices. Now a beach side each client individually and offer falling - they were down
apartment in many locations on them a personalised service”, 10.2% in the first three
the Costa del Sol can cost up to 30 explains Óscar Pérez of the Al- months of this year -making
per cent less than it did last sum- Andalus agency in Nerja. staying in a hotel rather than
mer, with average prices ranging “Before there was tremendous self-catering accommodation
between 500 and 750 euros a demand and little on offer and a feasible alternative.
week. now it is the other way round, so “Hotel prices are rock
Summer 2008 already saw sig- the customer chooses”, agrees FOR RENT. Empty holiday apartments on the Costa del Sol./ SUR bottom and they offer the
nificant reductions in holiday José Antonio Gallego of Sol Real advantage that tourists
rental rates. Cayetano Rengel, Estate. reservations are being made for an example a 2,000 square metre don’t have to cook or
President of the Malaga School of The profile of the average days, weeks and fortnights at the villa near the beach, with six to clean”, points out one
Property Agents, confirms the tourist is also changing. Spaniards most. ten bedrooms, the same number agent.
panorama: “Last year was disap- are gaining ground over the for- of bathrooms, service staff, ten-
pointing, and we expected this year eign visitors, especially the Luxury market nis court, spa, gym and jacuzzi
to be the same, but it is even worse. British, as the fall in the pound It is only the luxury accommo- can cost more than 3,000 euros a
In better times everywhere was makes a Costa del Sol holiday dation market that seems to day. “Villas range between 2,000 Holidaymakers are
fully booked by this time of year”. even more expensive for them. have escaped the crisis thanks and 15,000 euros a week, and the cutting costs by
However there is always the pos- What’s more the economic crisis to the high spending power of average is 15,000 euros for a lux-
sibility that reservations will pick is forcing many holidaymakers to tourists at this end of the scale, ury apartment”, explains reducing the length
up at the last minute, as they did cut costs by reducing the length who rent seafront properties on Yolanda López, head of the
last year, taking the occupancy of their stay. If before tourists the Golden Mile or in Puerto rentals department at Kristina of their stay
rate up to 80 per cent in August often came for a month, now Banús for veritable fortunes. As Szekely.
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4 GENERAL NEWS INTERVIEW JUNE 12TH TO 18TH 2009 SUR IN ENGLISH
TEN MINUTES WITH... KEN CAMPBELL ASTRONOMER
“There must be other life out there, but IN A FEW WORDS
MUSIC
“I was a complete Slade
not little green men in flying saucers!” fan in the 1970s. I think
I have been to every
single gig of theirs”
SUR IN ENGLISH astrology?
I can’t speak for other
HOBBIES
Ken Campbell (50) has been study- astronomers but I don’t believe
ing astronomy for 40 years. He was in astrology. But being a Capri- “I read anything and
born in Liverpool but grew up in corn, I would say that, wouldn’t everything I can get
Runcorn, Cheshire. He and his I! my hands on!”
wife of 30 years, Marilyn, have two Is there ‘anyone out there’, or is
grown up children and two grand- it just a myth?
daughters. Ken worked as an elec- There are more stars in the uni-
trical engineer in the industrial verse than there are grains of Flame’ on DVD, magic!
contracting business before tak- sand on every beach and desert What’s your earliest memory?
ing early retirement to move to in the world so the chances that Probably sitting on my mum’s
Spain five years ago. our sun is the only star able to tubular vacuum cleaner and
support life is a bit hard to take pretending it was a hover bike
What brought you to Spain? so yes, I definitely believe there from Fireball XL5.
The cost of living at the time and must be other life out there. As Did you vote in last Sunday’s
a favourable exchange rate, but for little green men in flying European elections?
I’m beginning to wonder now saucers making crop circles? No, it doesn’t matter who you
with the pound against the euro No, I don’t think so! vote for the government always
being so bad. Do you have any unfulfilled gets in!
What’s your favourite local spot? desires? What was the last book you read?
The Dolphin Bar on Fish Alley Yes, but I don’t think Catherine I’m half way through ‘The Day
in Fuengirola. My best friend Zeta Jones would be up for it! If of The Jackal’ by Frederick
Norman owns it and we get you want me to say going into Forsyth, but I read anything and
cheap beer there! space then no, no way. There’s everything I can get my hands
What sparked your interest in not a cat in hell’s chance that on. Funnily enough I’m not keen
astronomy? you would get me to sit on top on sci-fi books.
I was 10 years old when the Apol- of a rocket while they lit the Describe your personality in five
lo moon landings were taking blue touch paper. words…
place and was swept up by the Who is your favourite pop group? Funny, not a geek, talkative,
whole subject. I met Patrick I was a complete Slade fan in the modest and very good looking!
Moore in 1970 and he is proba- 1970s. I think I must have gone
bly responsible. His enthusiasm to every one of their gigs until
for the subject is unique. they split up. The kids have just , I Read more about Ken on
Do astronomers believe in SPAIN. Ken decided to moved here five years ago. bought me their movie ‘Slade in www.kencampbell.info
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SUR IN ENGLISH JUNE 12TH TO 18TH 2009 GENERAL NEWS 5
UPDATE
Birthrate goes up 200,000 euros to cover account-
The birthrate in the province ing discrepancies in the munic-
of Malaga has risen to 1.51 chil- ipal firm Obras Estepona XXI
dren per woman in fertile age, created during the town’s GIL
the highest figure in more than era in the late 1990s. José Igna-
20 years. Births in Spain are cio Crespo (currently
also rising but not as fast as in spokesperson of the PES),
Malaga, the rate currently at Antolín González and Víctor
1.46. In 2008 some 19,098 babies Sánchez Pinacho have been
were born in the province of found to be directly responsi-
Malaga, 775 more than the pre- ble for unjustified expenses to
vious year. One in five babies, the value of 112,689 euros, and
both in the province and the partly responsible for another
country as a whole, were born 87,000, as they were all on the
to mothers of foreign origin. board of administrators for the
municipal firms at the time. In
total the tribunal has found
Coín case unjustified expenses to the val-
ue of 521,501 euros in the firm’s
A former mayor of Coín, Juan accounts.
José Rodríguez Osorio, has been
accused of a crime against the
environment and usurpation of Unemployment
public land for authorising land DEPARTURE. Aldo Ceccato has conducted the Malaga Philharmonic for five years. / SUR
to be handed over to the devel- In the province of Malaga there
opers of the controversial Los an amnesty for the around 300 Maestro departs case has already been found are some 54,000 people without
Llanos estate. The case stems restaurants and bars currently guilty of slapping a 15 year old work who receive no unem-
from a report filed in 2003 by on the beaches in the province This week is Aldo Ceccato’s last boy outside a school. Yagüe has ployment benefits. The union
two individuals although this of Malaga. The motion proposed as conductor and director of the been fined 180 euros for the CC. OO. adds that a large num-
had been provisionally dis- that the situation of the estab- Malaga Philharmonic Orches- assault and ordered to pay 150 ber of these have families to
missed. Appeals were lodged lishments be regularised tra after five years. The Italian euros in damages to the boy, support, making the situation
and finally the court called Oso- through the Coasts Law and the maestro will lift his baton in who needed ice and painkillers even more dramatic, and has
rio in for questioning last relocation process be stopped. front of the OFM for the last and took five days to recover. called for greater social pro-
month. The former mayor, who The PP had previously rejected time this Friday and Saturday The incident occurred on June tection measures from the Gov-
is now a councillor for the inde- the Socialists’ proposal to solve in the Cervantes theatre when 2nd when Marisol Yagüe was ernment to avoid a “great social
pendent Alternativa Ciudadana the problem (more than 70% of the programme aptly includes driving past the school. It explosion”. For the first time
Coineña group, allegedly hand- the ‘chiringuitos’ in Malaga Tchaikovsky’s ‘Melancholic appears the teenager, who was in the province female employ-
ed over 289,000 square metres don’t have their paperwork in Serenade’. Over the next few outside the school gates with ment is growing while more
of public, forested and protect- order) by studying each case months 15 young directors have some friends, called out “may- men are losing their jobs.
ed land to the firm Pompano individually and to create a been invited to Malaga to con- or, thief”. Yagüe stopped the
Woods who were then planning commission with representa- duct the orchestra in the hope car, got out, asked who has
the Los Llanos project which tives from the central govern- that one will be selected for the called her a thief and slapped Domestic tourists
includes a thousand homes, a ment, the Junta de Andalucía, vacancy left by Ceccato. the boy. She claimed that she
hotel and golf courses. the Town Halls and local busi- wasn’t thinking straight after The Tourism Department at the
nesses. María del Carmen being taunted by the youngster. Junta de Andalucía has
Sánchez Díaz of the PSOE said Yagüe fined launched a campaign to attract
Chiringuito debate that if there was no space on the Some cases get through the more Spanish visitors to the
promenade or on adjoining land region this summer. At a cost
In Spain’s Congress on Tuesday to relocate the restaurants they courts faster than others. The GIL sentence of 1.2 million euros the cam-
the PSOE, ERC and IU groups would be allowed to stay on the former mayor of Marbella, The auditing tribunal has paign will run until July 5th on
rejected the motion brought by sand but on the edge, not right Marisol Yagüe, who awaits tri- ordered three former GIL coun- TV, radio, newspapers, maga-
the Partido Popular calling for in the middle of the beach. al for corruption in the Malaya cillors in Estepona to pay some zines and the internet.
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6 GENERAL NEWS JUNE 12TH TO 18TH 2009 SUR IN ENGLISH
SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CUSTOMS
Statistics and
BY LIZ PARRY
violence
ou can almost always wasn’t violence, and it was carried out with academic
Yargue with statistics. They worse to mock them, for exam- rigour, found that two thirds of
can be twisted, or com- ple by giving them derogatory the students had witnessed acts
piled by parties with a vested nicknames, than to attack them of aggression. Asked why peo-
interest, show only one side of a physically. The university ple might get attacked, 33% said SUMMER. The peak season for tourists and pickpockets. / SUR
story or be made up, but one set researchers concluded that it could be because the victim
which was published last week because children grow up seeing isn’t part of the group, 32% Citizens report seventy
was just plain puzzling. In a sur- violence on TV and in films and because the people attacked
vey of 337 school pupils aged 12 games, they think there is noth- don’t know how to defend them- cases of minor theft a day in
to 16 in the province of Malaga, ing wrong with it. selves, and 4.6% because of
half said that hitting teachers The research, apparently their sexual orientation. One in
five of the students said they the province of Malaga
had been the victim of an
aggression and one in six
admitted to having been the The National Police have set up a
aggressor. new group to investigate “hurtos”
The other insults and vio-
lence story last week was about
the 15 year old boy who report-
ed the former Mayor of JUAN CANO is small, a mobile telephone and
Marbella, Marisol Yagüe, to the a small amount in cash,
police, after she jumped out of Every half hour someone walks although some reports do have
her car, exchanged a series of into a police station somewhere a lot more noughts on the end of
insults with him and ended up in the province of Malaga, or the figure. It is the value of the
slapping his face. The boy start- picks up the telephone, to report goods or cash stolen that estab-
ed it, by calling her a “chorizo” something as stolen. The offence lishes whether the theft is con-
(crook) and a thief, but we don’t appears on their Spanish report sidered by the Spanish legal sys-
know whether either of them as “hurto”, a term used to tem as a “falta” or the more seri-
think verbal aggression is describe minor theft, pickpock- ous criminal offence of “delito”.
worse than a slap. It could be eting or shoplifting carried out Only when the amount stolen is
that Marisol has been watching without violence or intimida- worth 400 euros or more can the
Marisol Yagüe, saliendo del juzgado = Marisol Yagüe, leaving court too much television. tion and normally without the suspect be arrested.
victim noticing. The thieves know the law bet-
The National Police in the ter than most. The gangs spe-
USEFUL VOCABULARY province are preparing for the cialising in shoplifting rarely
peak season for “hurto”. take anything worth more than
F Una encuesta realizada en varios institutos F A survey carried out in several secondary schools Between June and September 400 euros. If they are caught and
F Padres, profesores y alumnos F Parents, teachers and pupils the Costa del Sol attracts crowds the police are called, they can-
F El nivel de violencia en la provincia de Málaga está por F The level of violence in the province of Malaga is high- of tourists and they in turn not be arrested. “Only if they’ve
encima de la media andaluza er than the Andalusian average attract the pickpockets. been caught four times in a
F Ese chico no se integra en el grupo F That boy doesn’t belong to the group “Some manage to get away month”, clarifies the inspector.
F Ella no sabe defenderse F She doesn’t know how to defend herself with a fortune”, says one chief Minor theft is the only type
F Ha sido testigo de varias agresiones F He/she has witnessed several violent incidents inspector of the National Police. of offence that is on the increase
F Es peor burlarse de un profesor que agredirle F It’s worse to mock a teacher than to attack him/her “They tend to operate in coor- in the province although the
F Ponerle un mote a un jefe F To give the boss a nickname dinated groups and travel round number of false reports, main-
F Los niños viven rodeados de violencia F Children are (live) surrounded by violence the country ‘doing the fairs’, ly for insurance claims, boost-
F La ex alcaldesa abofeteó a un chico F The former mayor slapped a boy started with the ‘Fallas’ in ing the figures is a concern to
F El la había llamado “ladrona” y “choriza” F He had called her “thief” and “crook” Valencia in March and coming police. The Provincial Police
F Se liaron a tortazos F They came to blows down to the Andalusian coast- Station has just formed a spe-
F Una pelea, un intercambio de insultos F A fight, an exchange of insults line in the summer”. cial unit to concentrate on “hur-
F Un cachete en el culete F A smack on the bottom Apart from the fairgrounds, to” reports. As well as being able
F Si te pillo te vas a enterar F You’ll be sorry if I catch you beaches and stations are also to investigate more cases, it is
typical places where pickpock- hoped that the presence of the
More Spanish language and customs on hhttp://services.surinenglish.com/spanish-language/ ets operate during the holiday group will serve to scare off
period. In most cases the booty some of the gangs.
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SUR IN ENGLISH JUNE 12TH TO 18TH 2009 GENERAL NEWS 7
to Mojácar, suggesting a hypothe- was disloyal to his friends and col-
sis that is now being put forward leagues during the McCarthy com-
Walt José Disney in the documentary by director munist witch-hunt. He did this for
Eduardo Soler, who hopes to various reasons, among them to
show his film in the coming San keep secret his extramarital rela-
Sebastián festival. With the title tionships while outwardly, he
‘Disney through the looking- lived in the perfect world of the
A new documentary film investigates the glass’, the film identifies a woman rich and successful American
possibility that Walt Disney was born in Mojácar named Isabel Zamora as the great family.”
man’s mother, claiming she emi-
grated to the United States as a Dark Prince
single mother to escape a life of According to the scriptwriter,
shame and poverty at home. And Disney was forced by the CIA and
ÓSCAR L. BELATEGUI home was Mojácar. She may have the FBI to make secret visits to
been a washerwoman or a prosti- Spain. This part of his life was
The Chambers Biographical tute, and when she reached already hinted at in an unautho-
Dictionary (New Edition) is in no Chicago, she handed her son over rised biography written in 1994,
doubt about it. Walt Disney was to the care of the family of Elias titled ‘Walt Disney, the dark
born in Chicago, it says in the Disney, a carpenter of Irish ori- prince of Hollywood.’ In this book
first line. The Oxford English gin, and his wife Flora, a school- he was accused of being anti-
Reference Dictionary solves the teacher. Semitic, subject to serious depres-
problem by avoiding all mention “What started out as an urban sion, alcoholic and greedy. “It’s a
of his birthplace, and any Spanish legend ended up as a story worth sensationalist book, full of errors
encyclopaedia from the Franco investigating,” says script writer with respect to his place of birth,
era will tell us that Walter Elias Javier Ercilla, who interviewed as we have been able to demon-
Disney, the pseudonym of José many people in Mojácar, searched strate in our film,” says Ercilla.
Guirao Zamora, was born in through newspaper and other rele- Meanwhile, Walt’s granddaughter
Mojácar, in the province of vant archives in Chicago, Los Diane Disney ridicules the theory
Almeria. Angeles and Ellis Island, where all that her grandfather was born in
All we are certain of is that the immigrants from Europe were Spain.
remains of Walt Disney have processed during many years as The film is scheduled to be
been resting in the Glendale they tried to enter the promised screened in the The Walt Disney
cemetery in California since land. “The Franco regime claimed Family Museum, a theme park
1966. And that now, a new Disney was born in Mojácar, and inaugurated in San Francisco last
Spanish documentary film, the only document in existence October. The Disney family will,
which took five years of research showing that Disney was in no doubt, have a keen interest in
and was made on two continents Chicago as a child is a baptism cer- seeing it, but it will be at a purely
at a cost of 180,000 euros, chal- tificate, dated many years after his personal level. None of them have
lenges the official Disney biogra- actual birth,” adds Ercilla. any links with the giant Disney
phy by claiming that he was born One of the men who knew Walt Corporation, which warned the
far from the Windy City. Disney well is Tito del Amo. He Spanish film makers to be careful
In the nineteen forties, the lived next door to him as an ado- with intellectual property in the
magazine Primer Plano, whose lescent in Los Angeles, and now, at making of the film. “But we speak
editorial policy followed the the age of 71, he lives in Mojácar. only of the man in the film, and
Franco line, warned of the visit of GENIUS. Disney’s real name, we are told, was José Guirao “Disney’s moral code was ques- not the trademark,” says Javier
a mysterious group of Americans Zamora. tionable enough,” says Ercilla. He Ercilla.
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8 GENERAL NEWS COMMENT JUNE 12TH TO 18TH 2009 SUR IN ENGLISH
A SIDEWAYS LOOK THE WAY I SEE IT, BY PETER EDGERTON
The most beautiful
No place like home
curl in the world
VIVION O’KELLY are two members of Marbella’s ‘But you did good business all
Green Patrol. They park their the same?’ N our school sports days, doing the Mexican wave for the
here is no place quite noisy bikes and get off. One has He shrugs his shoulders. I I competed in the shot- first time in the entire proceed-
like Marbella in the early a cigarette in his mouth, and I look around his empty bar. I pay putt every single year ings, the referee blew his whis-
Tsummer. Breakfast in O
watch to see what he does with too much for the few drinks we for five years. This was tle and the team whose turn it
the fresh morning air, toast the butt. He drops it on the pave- had - because this is Marbella - partly because no-one else had been to score last won. It
dripping in virgin olive oil ment and stubs it out with his and leave. Back in the under- wanted to (no girls came to reminded me of pass the parcel.
with garlic, the usual sounds of boot. They take their helmets off ground car-park, I pay nine watch) and partly because it They could have saved a lot of
children screaming and adults and wander into the bar beside euros for the car I parked three was a bit of a doddle throwing a time and effort by just coming
talking, the clatter of crockery me. hours ago. large metal ball not very far, out and playing for the last five
as the waiters clear tables, There is no place quite like Dinner at night with friends. coming second to last just minutes ‘til the music stopped.
because in this part of the Marbella any time. One of them is a man in his mid ahead of Philip Ashcroft, pack- So basketball gets my vote as
world we can still enjoy the The feria starts tonight and sixties whom I had never met ing up early and settling down the world’s most overrated
pleasure of real coffee in real the fun has begun. We sit in a before. He is Argentinian, and to drink pop while watching sport. The most underrated is
cups, and the ever-present small bar in the centre and chat has something to do with tele- other people run absurd dis- curling. Actually, I don’t fully
noise of traffic, although less to the owner, an old friend. Is he vision in Buenos Aires, they told tances late into the afternoon. I understand it, but the bit where
than in previous years, I’ve looking forward to the festivi- me earlier. He is an excellent always thought it was a ridicu- they brush the path of the stone
noticed. ties, we ask, the question really conversationalist, attentive to lous event. At least the javelin at varying rates of intensity is
All in all, relative calm for being about how much money everybody at the table in a voice and the discus had something quite dizzying in its passion
any public place in Andalucía. he expects to make over the fes- that is music to the ears. I won- of the noble warrior about them and always fill me with a firm
Then I hear the deep rumble of tive period. der what exactly he does in (well, ok, not at our school, but resolve to spring clean my
high-powered motorbikes, and ‘Of course,’ he says, ‘although television. in general). The shot-putt just house. Curling is like bowling
it does not come from the road they shouldn’t have moved it out Then a man approaches the seemed like the most pointless for people with flexible limbs.
some distance away. It is creep- of the old town. There’s nobody table. He would like, if our vis- sport ever invented. However, That one-leg-straight-one-leg-
ing up behind me. It gets louder here in the centre any more.’ iting Argentinian didn’t mind, that was all before I went to my bent posture they hold as they
and louder, and like everybody ‘Why did they move it out?’ a photograph to show to his chil- first basketball match a few glide down the ice, releasing
else in the bar, I turn around to ‘Because most people were dren in Mar de Plata. Cameras years back. the stone at just the right
look. drinking at the stalls.’ are produced and photographs As far as I could tell, the two moment is quite poetic in its
Two big bikers are winding taken, with a promise that the teams were just taking turns to artistry. I challenge someone to
their way through the tables, picture will be printed with a score for the entire length of the open the first curling club on
revving their engines in the “There is no place signature and sent on if he game. Then, when there were the Costa del Sol - you can put
spaces between them and slow- quite like would like to leave a name and about five minutes left they me down for president. And
ing down to avoid flattening san- address. The man would like became a bit more frantic about now if you’ll excuse me, I feel
daled feet sticking out from Marbella in the very much. Then we all carry on whose turn it was. With just a this uncontrollable urge to
under them. I move my chair to with our meal. few seconds to go the scores clean the bathroom floor.
make way. early summer” There’s no place quite like were level (as they seemed to be
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VALENCIA
Illegal worker loses arm in horrific accident
and ordered by boss to keep quiet
A 32 year old Bolivian man who was living and working ille-
gally in Spain lost his arm in an accident in the bakery in which
he worked in Valencia last month. Edgar Franns Rilles Melgar,
who is currently in hospital, told a work inspector that back in
May he lost his limb after it became trapped in a machine. He
was callously warned by his boss not to tell the truth about what
had happened. The employer cleaned the machine and dumped
the severed limb in the bin. Police officers found it several hours
later, but unfortunately it couldn’t be reattached. The victim
apparently worked 12 hour shifts six days a week for 900 euros
a month, which was later reduced to 700 euros.
MALAGA
Tragic weekend on Malaga roads
Two people lost their lives and six others were injured on the
roads of the province of Malaga last weekend. One of the fatal
accidents occurred on Sunday morning when an Opel Corsa left
the road on the bridge over the Camino de Torrox on the A-7 in
Vélez-Málaga. It appears that the driver lost control after a tyre
burst. An 18-year-old girl from Malaga died and her boyfriend,
22, who was driving the car, was seriously injured after the car
plunged 20 metres, hitting a pillar on the way down. The couple
were on their way to spend the day on the beach in Maro-Cerro
Gordo. Witnesses described the accident as “brutal”, adding
that “it was bad luck that the tyre burst just when they were on
the bridge”. On Saturday afternoon a motorcyclist was killed
on the AP-7 in Estepona after he crashed into the safety barri-
er. Another five youths, all under the age of 25, suffered injuries
of varying gravity in two different accidents in the city of Mala-
ga on Saturday.
VELEZ-MÁLAGA
Car in hit and run accident - with the Vélez
DIRECT ANSWERS FROM WAYNE AND TAMARA tram
Just two weeks after the most serious accident yet involving the
Vélez-Málaga tram, last Sunday saw another collision. A car hit
Cold turkey - I ficult living like this. I always ask why he doesn’t the tram on the roundabout where Calle Las Arenas and Calle
can’t get over her trust me, and he says he does Azucarera meet Avenida de Andalucía in Torre del Mar at around
Dylan trust me, it’s everyone else he nine o’clock in the evening. Only material damage was caused.
I dated a girl two years. The doesn’t trust. I don’t know The car had lost part of its bumper in the collision but the own-
first time it ended because she Dylan, warnings not heeded, how to fix this. I have tried so er drove off almost immediately after a confrontation with the
started doing drugs and conscience not listened to, red hard. He offered to go to coun- tram driver. The tram only suffered a few scratches and was
wouldn’t stop. When she lights driven through. Soon- seling but hasn’t saved mon- able to continue on its way towards Vélez. The Local Police were
began dating a druggie friend, er or later, they all catch up ey for it, and I can’t afford it still trying to locate the car driver on Monday.
I continued giving her rides, to you. So will you heed either. I pay for everything
a place to crash for a night, another warning, or will you else. Electrical fault blamed for fire
and money. Then she left him boldly go where no man I am afraid my only option is
and came back to me. should go? divorce. I hate that I am tear- A kitchen fire broke out in a hamburger restaurant on the Paseo
Cautiously I decided to give Don’t be a lemming, or just ing apart our family, but I Marítimo in the El Copo area in the early hours of Monday morn-
it another try. Unfortunately another mouse for the snake. don’t know if I can continue. ing when the premises were closed. It was contained by the
I found out she had been dat- Warnings we don’t heed are I feel alone, yet we have talked attending firemen before it could spread to an area where three
ing this other man and me at snakes we feed. When you about this many times. I don’t gas bottles were stored, thereby preventing a gas explosion. The
the same time. It ended once were with her, you were way think he is capable of change. cause has not been confirmed, but could be the result of an elec-
more. Later we started to talk overmatched. This is a trical fault.
again, but that ended with her woman who charms men to Vonna
taking my time and money, support her habits. ALHAURÍN DE LA TORRE
and then leaving. The queasiness and jealousy
My conscious mind can rec- you feel are textbook symp- Vonna, your husband is try- Pre-op transsexual moved to women’s unit
ognize she is all-around not a toms. Twice you were given ing to exert property rights A transsexual serving a sentence for raping a woman in 1998 is
good person, much less good ample reason to sever contact, over you. He is not in love being allowed to move to the women’s unit at Alhaurín de la Torre
for me. I know she has taken and twice you refused. It’s not with you, but he is afraid of prison. The Malaga Provincial Court has defended the move by
much from me and given lit- her you need to get out of claim jumpers. Every time he pointing out that the convict is down on the civil registry as a
tle in return. My mind seems your system, it’s your per- suggests you could be unfaith- female. However, the public prosecutor’s office has criticised the
to have completely gotten sonal weakness. ful he smirches your charac- “illogical” decision, pointing out that the rapist is a pre-op trans-
over her, but my body can’t By spreading out the pain of ter. Every day you stay tells sexual (he still has male genitalia) and his victims are always
seem to. breaking up, you reinforced him he has the right to do female. Doctors said that the man’s sexual identity difficulties
Whenever I see any white car it. Like Pavlov’s dog, you what he is doing. were simply a manifestation of his psychological problems.
remotely resembling hers, I trained yourself to salivate at Like all good people you think
turn and stare. If I see a girl the very thought of her. If you this is your problem to fix. EL CHORRO
with the same skin complex- hadn’t spent so much time But it’s not up to you. The
ion, I can’t help but gaze. trying to turn ground beef only fix is letting him suffer Climber survives fall from Caminito del Rey
When I hear her name, my into steak, you would be over the consequences. A 24-year-old from Humil-
stomach tightens, and if I see this. ladero had a lucky escape
her, I feel immensely down- Wayne & Tamara when he fell 80 metres from
trodden. Wayne & Tamara the Caminito del Rey path at
I would say without a doubt I the El Chorro dam whilst rock
am over her, but I can’t help climbing with friends. Fran-
feeling queasy and even jeal- ...CAN WE HELP? cisco Cortés sustained no
ous when I hear news of her, Personal property more than a fractured hip and
good or bad. These are all Authors and columnists Wayne and Tama- was recovering at home just HOME. Francisco Cortés. / A.F.
instinctual, involuntary I have been with my husband ra Mitchell can be reached at two days after the accident.
actions. I don’t understand. four years, married for two. www.WayneAndTamara.com After the fall he was taken by helicopter to the Clínico in Mala-
It is as if my brain has moved He has never accused me of Send letters to ga and doctors feared much more serious injuries. “When I was
on, but my body is still going cheating but insists that every Direct Answers, PO Box 964, Springfield, MO falling”, he said, “I just hoped that, if I was going to die it would
through the motions of break- man in a 10 mile radius is hot 65801, USA be quick and painless”. The path is in a poor state of repair and
ing up. I know time is proba- on my trail. At least once a e–mail has been closed to the public for some years.
bly the best cure, but it is dif- month we fight about this. DirectAnswers@WayneAndTamara.com
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Is the fall in
unemployment a NO
sign of recovery? 73.8% YES
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The sum- I t h i n k
NO meris here YES there ARE
and as a signs of
normal recovery.
result, jobs are created in Not only because of the fig-
tourism industry. ures you quote - I have
TRIUMPHANT. PP leader Mariano Rajoy (l) with EU election candidate Jaime Mayor Oreja and the If this is a sign of improve- heard of people getting jobs
President of the Madrid regional government, Esperanza Aguirre, on election night./ EFE ment... what are we going to and buying houses, but
say at the end of October nobody seems to report
PP victory a warning party was in doubt last year. Now but reject the PP’s conclusions when all these people go that! Anne.
for Zapatero even the president of the region that they are a sign of a general back to unemployment?
of Madrid, the more radical trend towards the right. Prime Monique
Esperanza Aguirre who looked Minister Jose Luis Rodríguez
In line with the trend in other like a threat to Rajoy just a few Zapatero prefers to cling to the
European countries Spain’s months ago, has said that now, if last more successful general
results in Sunday’s elections this were a game of chess, “Rajoy election results, and stress that THIS WEEK’S QUESTION
veered towards the right. The vot- would be king”. The PP see Sun- they are the ones that count. He
ers gave the Partido Popular 23 day’s results as the first step told his MEPs that Sunday’s
seats in the European Parliament towards winning the next gener- results were quite honourable Should euthanasia be legalised in Spain?
(42.2% of the votes) while the rul- al election, a sign that the loyal- and refused to accept that his
ing PSOE gained 21 (41.2%). The ty of the electorate has shifted to Government had been weak- Vote and /or give us your opinion at www.surinenglish.com
Coalición Europea (formed by the right. ened. Zapatero sent out a mes-
Basque, Catalan and Canary Meanwhile the Socialists sage to Rajoy: “To get to the
groups, among others) won two have taken on board their Moncloa you have to win in the
seats and Izquierda Unida, anoth- defeat, although they have Carrera de San Jerónimo - the
er two. In 2004 the PP won 24 stressed that considering the address of Spain’s Congress -
seats and the PSOE, 25. The vic- financial situation in Spain at and not in Strasbourg”.
tory has given strength to the PP the moment the PSOE has held
opposition leader Mariano Rajoy, out quite well. At the most they , MORE INFORMATION I EU elections
whose position at the helm of the see the results as a wake-up call in province of Malaga Page 22
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LEGAL AFFAIRS CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ
Taking union section corresponding periods established for deliv-
disciplinary to the respective union”. ering such correspondence, the
Similarly the Trade Union parties entitled to be heard
action against Freedom Act also acknowl- before the disciplinary mea-
edges the right of union dele- sure is adopted, etc. You should
employees gates to “be heard by the also note that, depending on
employer prior to collective the seriousness of the breach
measures being adopted which by the employee and the result-
F QUESTION affect employees in general and ing sanction which may be
One of our employees has been members of that trade union imposed, it may be stated in the
working irregularly for some in particular, especially in cas- collective agreement that it is
time. We know that he is a es involving dismissals and obligatory for a defence file to
member of a trade union and sanctions imposed on the lat- be opened on behalf of the
should like to know whether ter group”. employee, providing broader
this could affect our ability to In addition to the legislation cover than that envisaged in
take disciplinary action. quoted above, you should also the Workers’ Statute as a guar-
be aware that the procedure antee to members of workers’
F ANSWER involving sanctions on employ- committees and workers’ del-
Yes. Membership of an employ- ees is normally established in egates, extended also to oth- END OF AN ERA. The Order’s possessions are moved. / SUR
ee of a trade union is a cir- the corresponding collective er union delegates as pro-
cumstance which should be agreement. Therefore the col- vided in the aforementioned Convent in Calle Císter closes for
taken into consideration by an lective agreement applicable Trade Union Freedom Act, to
employer in the event of disci- to your company should be employees who even if they lack of new inhabitants
plinary action being taken. carefully examined in order to are not workers’ representa-
In this sense the form and verify the exact procedure to tives or trade union repre-
effects of the grounds for dis- be followed when imposing a sentatives, are nonetheless
ciplinary dismissal are specif- sanction on this particular members of a trade union. After four centuries of history and of cloistered prayer, a convent
ically regulated in the Work- worker. More specifically, you in Malaga’s city centre has been forced to close as only four nuns
ers’ Statute as follows: “If the would need to comply with the , MORE INFORMATION. Landwell remained and no new ones were joining the order. The nuns, rarely
worker is a member of a union requirements concerning, Tax and Legal Advisers. seen and only heard when singing in Mass, were known for the
and the employer is aware of amongst other issues, the cor- PricewaterhouseCoopers exquisite sweets they made and sold to the public. Most of the con-
this, he shall previously hear respondence which should be Edificio Teatinos Plaza, Calle vent’s treasures will remain in the “Museo de Arte Sacro”.
the union delegates of the issued by the company, the Pirandello 16, 29010 Malaga
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COMMENT
Tsunami
survivors still
at sea
SHIVANI CHAUDHRY WOMEN’S FEATURE SERVICE
ed diversion of funds and irregularities
Four years have passed since the tsunami wreaked havoc
in India, yet survivors are still living in sheds which are
unsuitable even to house animals, and are being denied
their customary rights
‘HOUSING’. People are still using intermediate tin shelters: Padauk Tikri Shelter in
T is now over four years since the in spending. Little Andaman. / SHIVANI CHAUDHRY\WFS
tsunami wreaked its havoc. For most The issue of the continued violation
people in India, the tsunami is a of human rights of tsunami survivors
I
closed chapter. The national media prompted several organisations and
no longer considers it important to talk movements to hold a National Peoples’
about rehabilitation or the status of the Tribunal on Post-tsunami
tsunami survivors. After all, a four-year- Rehabilitation: Housing, Land,
old story is not ‘breaking news’, is it? Resources and Livelihoods in Chennai
No news is good news, one assumes. on December 18 and 19 last year.
Not in this case. Nothing can justify the Survivors from Andaman and Nicobar
current mess, nothing can pardon the Islands, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
government’s egregious lapses, nothing and Kerala came together to draw atten-
can condone the fact that survivors are tion to their prolonged suffering and
still living in tin sheds, unsuitable for raise a collective voice against the gov-
cattle habitation, in the Andaman and ernment’s failed rehabilitation. The
Nicobar Islands. Tribunal’s jury, headed by former judge
On the one hand, is the sheer neglect of Mumbai High Court, Justice Suresh,
and failure of the state to provide ade- strongly condemned the government for
quate rehabilitation and its direct role its failure to meet its moral and legal
in abetting human rights violations of responsibility. It also cited the absence of
survivors. On the other, is a more monitoring mechanisms and non-com-
planned political agenda of using the pliance with judicial orders which has
post-tsunami climate to maximise gains resulted in not just debilitating delays
at the expense of the survivors - the rise but in grave violations of human rights
of what Naomi Klein has termed “disas- to adequate housing, land, work, food,
ter capitalism”. health, education, and security.
While survivors languish in tin shel-
ters, sub-standard houses fall apart and Women
coastal communities are being denied Disasters impact different communities
their customary rights and forced to disproportionately, and women always
relocate to distant sites, the govern- face the worse. In the case of the tsuna-
ment has refused to fund ‘in-situ’ hous- mi, too, their livelihood concerns have INHUMAN. Survivors are living in sheds unsuitable for cattle habitation in the
ing reconstruction. Even the Coastal not been adequately addressed and they Andaman and Nicobar Islands. / SHIVANI CHAUDHRY\WFS
Regulation Zone Notification 1991 faces are not considered eligible for alterna-
threat of being replaced with the anti- tive housing. The aftermath of the in low-lying flood-prone areas. Tribunal
people Coastal Management Zone tsunami has also deepened the femini- Furthermore, families have not been Listening to the problems of the sur-
Notification 2008. While multilateral sation of poverty. given security of tenure over permanent vivors, the great damage being done in
development banks raise their post-dis- During the tribunal, Indravalli from housing. In Nagapattinam, people were the name of rehabilitation becomes
aster portfolios, funds are diverted Keechankuppam in Nagapattinam dis- given a conditional order stating that obvious. The Tribunal’s jury called
towards infrastructure and other devel- trict, testified that she lost her husband their houses could be taken by the gov- upon the central and concerned state
opment, and houses being built for in the tsunami, and now her livelihood ernment for a “public purpose” without governments to adequately restore
tsunami survivors shrink to a paltry was at stake. “Shifting us away from the any compensation. livelihoods; halt evictions of coastal
180 sq. ft. The ‘public-private partner- sea and denying us access to the coast is communities; implement the SC inter-
ship’ for profit maximisation under the like taking away our life. Our fishing Absence of basic services im orders and CAG recommendations
cloak of rehabilitation is slowly becom- activities are greatly affected,” she said. In Andaman and Nicobar Islands, of the related to the tsunami; urgently pro-
ing evident. Swapna Sundari from Nochi Nagar, planned 9,565 permanent shelters only vide basic facilities in all resettlement
Chennai, talked about the plight of Dalit 250 have been allotted. The situation is sites; develop a comprehensive post-
Being left out communities, lamenting that “even four horrifying as families have been living disaster policy, based on international
Although the state claims to have devel- years after the disaster, relief is still a in minuscule sheds for over four years, human rights standards; and develop
oped a comprehensive rehabilitation dream for us.” Kalyani, an Irula tribal and have to cope with overcrowding, effective accountability, monitoring
package, Dalits and Irulas in Tamil from near Mamallapuram, brought to leakages, excessive heat and humidity. and grievance redressal mechanisms.
Nadu find themselves being left out and light the fact that 13 Irula villages did not The absence of basic services in most K.N. Mahalingam from Hut Bay,
women-headed households are being have electricity, sanitation, roads or resettlement sites has contributed to Andaman, had travelled all the way to
denied housing. Today, almost 95 per drinking water. Several petitions were grossly inadequate living conditions. In Chennai for the Peoples’ Tribunal. He
cent of the tsunami-hit in the Andaman submitted to the government but no Wandoor temporary shelter in Port wanted a chance to have his story
and Nicobar Islands await permanent response was received. Blair, the capital of Andaman and heard, with the hope that it would make
housing. The Supreme Court interim Despite the fact that over 100,000 Nicobar, people lived without electricity the authorities act. He wanted perma-
order calls for consultation with affect- homes were destroyed or damaged in the and water for a year. The distance of nent housing, developed with people’s
ed communities, but housing plans in tsunami, a comprehensive post-disaster resettlement sites from schools and hos- participation. Tragically, he passed
the Islands fail to incorporate basic national housing policy does not exist. pitals has caused dropout rate of children away the day after the tribunal ended.
community needs and cultural prefer- Moreover, there has been no attempt to to rise and has adversely affected the Mahalingam died waiting for a
ences. While funds in India for tsunami consult affected communities or to moni- health of residents. Instances of women house. Let that not happen to anyone
rehabilitation amounted to a whopping tor housing. This has resulted in faulty giving birth in autorickshaws have been else. Rehabilitation is not merely about
Rs 1,19,070 million, the Public Accounts designs and poor construction, with reported, as they were not able to reach compensation but about fulfilling the
Committee and the Comptroller and houses already showing signs of disre- hospital in time, have been reported. right to live with dignity and peace.
Auditor General (CAG) have highlight- pair. Several housing sites are situated Rehabilitation is a human right.
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Andalucía has Spain’s JOSÉ MANUEL MARTÍN ALBA
FORMER ALCAUCÍN MAYOR AND SUSPECT IN 'ARCOS' CORRUPTION CASE
first dignified death law “I'm going to concentrate
Health professionals will have to inform
patients and respect their decisions on my flamenco now”
EFE health situation and prognosis AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ found under your mattress?
with the objective of helping Yes. The police didn't have to
The regional government of them make decisions. José Manuel Martín Alba has search for anything because I
Andaluía on Tuesday approved It discusses the right of citizens always protested his innocence gave it to them. My wife some-
Spain's first law setting up a series to receive treatment for pain, and has insinuated that the cor- times put it in other places but
of regulations to guarantee citizens including palliative sedation ruption charges against him we kept it there for fear of being
a dignified death, although it does when necessary and it guaran- are part of a plot to oust him robbed. I didn't like the idea of
not deal with euthanasia. tees comprehensive palliative from local politics. Despite putting it in a savings account.
The future law regulates the care, which will be implemented, everything that has happened,
