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25 Sep, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Cuna del Alma – The Tenerife Island Council says that Adeje and the developer will analyse whether Cuna del Alma is within the area of ​​geological interest

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Cuna del Alma

“The president of the Tenerife Island Council, Rosa Dávila, said on Wednesday that it will be up to the Adeje Town Hall and the developer of Cuna del Alma to verify whether the project is within the geological interest site. The leader of Coalición Canaria made these statements two days after the Puertito de Adeje became part of the Catalogue of Sites of Geological Interest of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME). “We have to see what space and area is being protected,” said Rosa Dávila after the Puertito de Adeje became part of the Catalogue of Sites of Geological Interest of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain.”

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The president of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, and the island’s vice-president, Lope Afonso. (EFE, Carla Domínguez)
27 Sep, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Demonstration – SalvarElPuertito Instagram post call to action

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Demonstration

“We are back on the streets! This time in tourist areas. Five months after the historic demonstrations of 20-A, politicians and institutions continue to support a predatory tourism model. They continue to promote unlimited growth, while the population continues to suffer the consequences: more roads, more hotels, more tourists, more destruction of ecosystems, more precarious work and more poverty. Their hypocrisy is evident: they talked a lot about “rethinking the model” but the problems have not stopped getting worse. They have not even been able to stop projects riddled with irregularities, such as Cuna del Alma, the Chira Soria power plant or the Hotel de La Tejita. For this reason, we ask all those who are aware of the damage suffered by our land to take to the streets on 20-O with more force than ever, to make history again and to make it clear that this has only just begun. We will not stop until we achieve the change that the Canary Islands need.”

Infographic advertising the organised the 20th of October demonstration
13 Oct, 2024 - 11:00 AM

Stakeholder comment – Loro Parque owner censured comments

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Stakeholder comment

The owner of the Loro Parque Zoo, Wolfgang Kiessling, at the headquarters of the Presidency of the Government of the Canary Islands during an awards event  “José Carlos Francisco [the president of the Economic and Social Council of the Canary Islands (CES)] … said one day that it is easier to bring an illegal immigrant and give him a stay in Spain than to import a bird.”. The company sent an order to local television stations and media companies to remove Wolfgang’s comments from any recordings of the event.

“It is easier to bring an illegal immigrant than a bird”: statement made by the owner of Loro Parque (Canarias Ahora)
15 Oct, 2024 - 2:00 PM

Cuna del Alma – Puertito de Adeje sponsored by 1000 people

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Cuna del Alma

Thank you! We have over 1,000 sponsors helping to highlight the geology of Puertito de Adeje in Tenerife. Thanks to the “Adopt a Rock” project by @igme1849 we are now a thousand voices helping to bring attention to its internationally valued geology. In Puertito, there is a site of geological interest (LIG 4049 ) from the Spanish National Inventory of Geological Sites of Interest, with a HIGH protection priority.

20 Oct, 2024 - 2:00 PM

Demonstration -Some 10,000 people take to the streets again in the Canary Islands to protest against mass tourism

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Demonstration

“Several demonstrations have taken place on Sunday in the main tourist areas of the Canary Islands to protest against the “excesses” of tourism, overcrowding, the housing market crisis and what they consider to be the inaction of the Canary Islands Government. The protests have brought together some 6,500 people in Playa de Las Américas, in the south of Tenerife, and another 1,500 in Maspalomas, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, as well as hundreds of demonstrators in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma, according to data from the Government Delegation in the Canary Islands. According to the organisers, between 26,000 and 31,200 people attended the demonstration called in Tenerife.”

Demonstration this Sunday in the municipality of Adeje in Tenerife. ALBERTO VALDÉS (EFE)
Demonstration this Sunday in the municipality of Adeje in Tenerife. ALBERTO VALDÉS (EFE)
22 Oct, 2024 - 12:00 PM

Demonstration – Twitter user comparing the photos being used to represent the demonstrations

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Demonstration

“The photo they used yesterday as the front page/the photo they could have used. Journalism? #CanariasTimeisLimited”

Some traditional media have used the first image provided to feed the narrative that the protests were aggressive/confrontational towards the holiday-makers.

Twitter user compares the photos being used to represent the demonstrations