Katherine Bidegaray, judge of the Montana Supreme Court, is currently one of the most powerful representatives of the Basque American community in the United States
Born in a Baja Navarre family, he spent his childhood in the North Dakota border meadows, his parents' ranch. Bidegaray is very critical of Trump and the deportations of immigrants.
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Thousands of hectares have been burned and many people evacuated in Galicia and Castile and Leon as a result of the fires
Many citizens have expressed concern and powerlessness about the burning of their homes. More than 300 people have been evacuated from the Ponferrada area and 3,000 people are out of their homes in León.
Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak denounces "systematic violation of human rights" on the beaches of Gorliz and Plentzia
The Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak platform has carried out a new edition of the "Yellow Tide" initiative on the beaches of Gorliz and Plentzia to "denounce the systematic violation of human rights in the world." They have recalled the migrants killed in the march with a symbolic floral offering and reading of a manifesto. The platform has called for "an end to war policies and exclusion measures against those who exercise their right to emigrate."
Three Autonomous Communities issue a joint alert to prevent activities in the Peaks of Europe
Castilla y León, Asturiasand Cantabriahave used themassive emergency communication system on Saturday to ask citizens near the Peaks of Europe to cease any mountain activity. This is the first time three Autonomous Communities have used the service in a unified manner.
Pirotecnia Valenciana has won this year's Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Big Week International Fireworks Competition
The Super Amara Young Jury Award has been for the Peña Roja pyrotechnic in Castellón.
The wave of fires in Spain has united farmers and environmentalists: "The fire goes out in winter with the cleaning of the mountains."
The lack of professionalization and precariousness of fire prevention and suppression operations are other factors mentioned by various actors.
The 'Aita Mari' has accompanied two ships carrying migrants a few hours after leaving for the central Mediterranean
One of them carried 15 migrants, including five children and three women; the other, 30 people, including seven minors. From Algeria, most of the passengers are from sub-Saharan Africa.
Temperatures above 40 degrees in different localities of Euskal Herria
Thus, the Euskalmet station in Amorebieta has measured 41.6 ° C, the Iurreta station 41.5 and the Zorroza station in Bilbao 40.8 ° C. In Gipuzkoa, the thermometers in Arrasate have reached 40.6 ° C. In Álava and Navarra, thermometers are also close to 40 ° C.
Nervousness in Bilbao, waiting for Marijaia to arrive
The Queen of the Festivities of Bilbao will be received at 7:00 p.m. on the balcony of the Arriaga Theatre. The parties will burst with the txupin, and an hour later the txosnas compound will open.
A worker from Lodosa died at the Ebro factory in Barcelona
The worker died on Tuesday and the company has conveyed its "condolences" to his family and friends on what happened. The Lodosa Sports Association has also expressed its condolences to the people around it, as a former player there.
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In Álava, several villages in the Ribera Alta have cleared the forest and made a security perimeter around the homes
Lasierra is a village surrounded by encinars in the Ribera Alta (Álava), about a dozen inhabitants. Two years ago, a security perimeter of three hectares was built. With the assistance of the Council, eight workers cleaned the forest for a week.