Only 60 villagers remain in a Spanish town of Libros. The town’s name translates to the word “books” in English, and now, a new young mayor thinks the key to the town’s salvation is in its name: #librosalibros. The grand vision? A state-of-the-art library to put the town on the literary map. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Libros, in northeastern Spain.
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