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 Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo (C), mayor of Marinaleda and member of the regional Andalusian parliament representing the United Left (IU) party, talks with activists on August 8, 2012, east of Sevilla, between the towns of Osuna and Ecija. (Agencies) |
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A left-wing mayor of a small town in Andalusia has become a modern-day Robin Hood, organizing robbing raids on local supermarkets to feed the poor of his community. Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo has, over the past week, led several raids on supermarkets around the town of Marinaleda, near Seville in southern Spain, arguing that “someone has to do something so that families can eat.” Sanchez, 53, a man with a bushy gray beard who has been mayor for 33 years and a member for the regional parliament of Andalusia for the United Left party (IU), did not take part in the raids themselves but stood outside the supermarkets directing his “comrades” over a megaphone. At one Carrefour supermarket on Tuesday around a dozen carts were filled with staples such as milk, sugar, oil, pasta, before being wheeled through the checkout without payment. Another similar looting, at a Mercadona in the neighboring town of Ecija occurred later the same day and Sanchez vowed the raids would continue. “There are people who simply don’t have enough to eat,” explained Sanchez, describing the raids as a symbolic and peaceful reaction to the government’s handling of the economic crisis. “We’ve decided to expropriate basic foodstuffs and give them to the soup kitchens, which are struggling to provide for everyone because demand has increased.” The major political parties have condemned the raids, which come at a time when Spain is grappling with deep austerity cuts and a nationwide unemployment of nearly 25 percent. In the Andalusia region, where the collapse of the construction industry has hit particularly hard, the unemployment rate has soared to nearly 34 percent. Five people have been arrested for taking part in the raids but police have not arrested Sanchez because of his position as regional MP. Instead, he has been asked to give a statement in front of an investigating magistrate. Sanchez’s actions have led him to be dubbed in the nation's press as “the Robin Hood of Spain” and “the revolutionary of Andalusia.” Marinaleda, a town of 3,000 residents run by Sanchez since 1979, has attracted people from across Spain to join its farming cooperative and municipal housing program. (Read by Rosie Tuck. Rosie Tuck is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
安達(dá)盧西亞地區(qū)一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)的左翼市長成了現(xiàn)代版的羅賓漢，竟糾集民眾搶劫當(dāng)?shù)氐某薪訚?jì)社區(qū)貧困者。 馬里納萊達(dá)鎮(zhèn)位于西班牙南部的塞維利亞附近，在過去的一周內(nèi)，胡安?曼紐爾?桑切斯?戈迪略數(shù)次領(lǐng)導(dǎo)民眾搶劫該鎮(zhèn)周邊的超市，并稱“必須有人來做些什么，這樣人們才有飯吃?！?/p> 現(xiàn)年53歲的桑切斯蓄著一臉濃密的花白胡子，他已經(jīng)做了33年的市長，是聯(lián)合左翼黨安達(dá)盧西亞地區(qū)議會(huì)的議員。不過，他本人并未直接參與搶劫，而是站在超市外面，通過擴(kuò)音器指揮他的“同志們”。 周二在一家附近的家樂福超市，十二輛購物車沒有付款就沖出了收銀臺(tái)，車中裝滿了日常必需品，如牛奶，糖，油，還有意大利面。 當(dāng)天晚些時(shí)候，相鄰的埃希哈鎮(zhèn)內(nèi)一家梅爾卡多納超市也同樣遭遇打劫，桑切斯還發(fā)誓襲擊仍將繼續(xù)。 “還有人連飯都吃不飽?！鄙Ｇ兴菇忉尩?。據(jù)他描述，這些搶劫只是象征性的，是對(duì)政府處理經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)不力的一種和平的抗議方式。 “我們已經(jīng)決定征用基本食品，并將它們捐贈(zèng)給粥廠，由于需求增加，那里正在竭力為每個(gè)人提供食物?！?/p> 西班牙各主要政黨紛紛譴責(zé)搶劫行為，此時(shí)的西班牙正努力應(yīng)對(duì)深度緊縮性削減，全國失業(yè)率幾近25%。 安達(dá)盧西亞地區(qū)受建筑業(yè)崩潰的沖擊尤其大，當(dāng)?shù)厥I(yè)率曾一度飆升至34%。 到目前為止，已有5人因參與搶劫被捕，但由于桑切斯的身份是當(dāng)?shù)刈h會(huì)議員，警方尚未對(duì)其實(shí)施逮捕。不過，他被要求在預(yù)審法官面前陳辭。 桑切斯的行為使得他在本國媒體中獲得了“西班牙的羅賓漢”，以及“安達(dá)盧西亞的革命者”的綽號(hào)。 從1979年開始便由桑切斯領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的馬里納萊達(dá)鎮(zhèn)有3000位居民，該鎮(zhèn)吸引了來自全國各地的人們來加入其農(nóng)業(yè)合作和市政住房項(xiàng)目。 相關(guān)閱讀 （中國日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 陳丹妮 編輯：Julie） |
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Vocabulary: megaphone: 擴(kuò)音器 loot: 搶劫，洗劫 expropriate: 征用，沒收 |
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