Spanish general election tipped to put the far right back in office for the first time since Franco

[ad_1] MADRID — Voters in Spain go to the polls Sunday in an election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to the populist right, a shift that would represent a major upheaval after five years under a left-wing government. Here’s what you need to know about the vote. ___ WHAT IS AT STAKE? Opinion polls indicate the political right has the edge going into the election, and that raises…

"Spanish general election tipped to put the far right back in office for the first time since Franco"

Spanish Government Gives Green Light to Medical Cannabis

[ad_1] Medical cannabis activists and patients in Spain had reason to celebrate after the Spanish government’s decision in June to legalize access to medicinal cannabis for a number of health conditions through the country’s public health system. Although Spanish scientists for several years have been at the forefront of ground-breaking cannabinoid research on cancer and neurological diseases, getting a prescription for standardized and regulated medicinal cannabis products from a doctor was not on the table…

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Facebook Spanish Language Moderators Say They’re Treated Worse Than English Counterparts

[ad_1] At the Richardson, Texas, office of Genpact, a Meta subcontractor, Spanish-language moderators told BuzzFeed News they’ve been required to report to the office since April 2021, despite the emergence of both Delta and Omicron variants that caused COVID infections to spike across the US. According to them, moderators responsible for English-language content review have been permitted to cycle through the office three-monthly. “Being in the office … has been nothing short of a nightmare,”…

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