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Politics

Spain's Robin Hood mayor squares off with the law

Emma WallisApril 18, 2014

For the past 35 years, a small town mayor in southern Spain has been been fighting the establishment, squatting on land that belongs to Spanish noblesy, and building a collective farm in his town. One of his recent stunts saw him stealing food from supermarkets and handing it out to the poor, which brought the law down on his head. Our own Lauren Frayer traveled to Andalucía to meet him.

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