Huelga means strike– at first I thought people were just spelling the name of the city I’m living in, Huelva, incorrectly. I’m not really sure who’s doing all the striking; since I’ve been here, I’ve seen a small demonstration due to frustration about the economic crisis, high school and university students went on strike to protest cuts to education programs, and teachers are on a “work to rule” strike in most places. In any case, until ‘la crisis’ passes, it seems like people will have reason to huelga.

Huelva is not unique in these strikes; some of these pictures were taken in Cordoba and Madrid, too.