‘Canaries not for sale!’ Islanders protest oil drilling (VIDEO) — RT News.
Hundreds of people have protested against oil drilling by Spanish oil giant Repsol, in Spain’s Canary Islands. The islanders’ protest follows previous Greenpeace’s actions stopped by the Spanish Navy.
Protesters gathered in front of Gran Canaria’s government delegation building waving banners and chanting “Canaries, not for sale”. They are opposed to exploratory drilling on an oil platform around 50 km off the island’s coast. An organizer from ‘Coordinate Canaria Against Surveys’ said that despite drilling having begun, protesters would “continue to fight.”
Simultaneous protests also took place across the Canary Islands, coinciding with a public ballot over the issue, which Spanish Industry Minister Jose Manuel Soria has defended.
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