Galicia’s Biggest Protest in Years
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Galicia’s biggest protest in years
Thousands took to the streets in Pontevedra on Sunday, June 1, 2025, in one of Galicia’s largest environmental protests in recent memory. With the banners reading: “Fóra a celulosa” and “A ría é nosa, non da celulosa”. The demonstrators marched not only against the long-criticised ENCE pulp mill, but also to stop a new industrial project by Portuguese company Altri in Lugo’s Palas de Rei. For many… Source
Thousands of people have demonstrated this Sunday in Pontevedra against Ence’s permanence in the Pontevedra ria and against the project that the multinational Lusa Altri wants to install in Palas de Rei (Lugo). The march, which has been celebrated for several years, on this occasion “acquired a special meaning” when it was convened for the first time in a coordinated way by the Platform in Defense da Ria de Arousa, the Platform A Ulloa Viva and …
While the Galician Xunta blesses industrial projects as if they were mana fallen from the sky, the Galician people rise again with the dignity of those who know that the land is not negotiated. The demonstration in Pontevedra this weekend against ENCE and Altri has been a loud cry: "Galicia non is sold." Because what is at stake is not only a piece of land or a river flow, but the right to decide on the future itself, in front of the extractive …
Thousands of people demonstrated this Sunday in Pontevedra against the permanence of Ence in the Pontevedra ria and against the project that the multinational Lusa Altri wants to install in Palas de Rei (Lugo). The march, which has been accelerating for several years, on this occasion "acquired a special meaning" when it was first convened in a coordinated way by the Platform in Defense da Ría de Arousa, the Platforma A Ulloa Viva and the Platfo…


Pontevedra, 1 Jun (EFE).- Thousands of people have demonstrated this Sunday in Pontevedra to show their rejection of the "environmental bomb" assumed by the Ence factory in the Pontevedra ria and the macrocellulose that Altri projects in Palas de Rei (Lugo). Under the slogan 'Nin Ence na ria, nin Altri na Ulloa', this march, which is held annually against the Ence industrial project in Pontevedra, became this year a joint demand against two cell…
Thousands of people demonstrated this Sunday in Pontevedra against the permanence of ENCE in the Pontevedra estuary and against the project that the multinational Portuguese Altri wants to install in Palas de Rei (Lugo).
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