Madrid: Several hundred Spaniards angry about their country's economic crisis protested on the outskirts of Madrid Saturday after spending about a month marching to the capital from their hometowns.
The marchers set off from Barcelona and Bilbao in the north, Valencia in the east and Cadiz in the southwest on June 25. En route, they were joined by other people angry about Spain's economic woes, including high unemployment, and what they see as their government's inept handling of the crisis.
Five columns of marchers are due to converge on downtown Sol square, adjacent to Madrid's town hall, for a large rally on Sunday.
"Every morning we were up early at 6 a.m. to respect the march's starting time," said Abdel Latif, 67, who described himself as an illegal immigrant from Tunisia.
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