A living heritage of the city of Madrid returns that had disappeared from the streets of the Rastro neighborhood - an area with more than 18,000 resid
A living heritage of the city of Madrid returns that had disappeared from the streets of the Rastro neighborhood - an area with more than 18,000 residents - on March 12, when the president of the Central District, José Fernández Sánchez, signed a closing decree Given the alarming numbers of infections that were already being registered in Madrid the week of March 9. A decision that caused the Rastro merchants to dismantle their stalls on Sunday, March 8, without knowing that the market would disappear for eight months. This was not the intention of some sellers who have found themselves in debt, some evicted, due to a situation they have been trying to fix since last June 5. The Rastro collective, made up of 1,000 families, sent the council a proposal to reopen the trail in June with only 50 percent of the stalls every Sunday, just what has just been approved. But the city council, led by José Luís Martínez Almeida, and according to the merchants, responded on June 24 with a proposal "that effectively dismantled the market, its history and its culture." They proposed that only 12 percent of the positions return, chosen by lottery, and located, some, up to a 20-minute walk from the epic
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