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With evictions already high, tensions boil over Spanish bank bailouts

August 15, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

Spain’s banks are moving to get rid of homeowners who aren’t paying their bills. But, at the same time, they’re turning to taxpayers to give them a hand, with a multi-billion dollar bank bailout. That has Spanish activists taking to the streets in protest.

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Homeowners in Spain Face Eviction

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