Spanish Anti-Tourists and North Korean Defectors: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing

Matt Goulding | “2017 has been a summer of discontent in the Catalan capital. The steadily-simmering anger and frustration surrounding Barcelona’s booming tourism industry finally boiled over in the early days of July, as groups of young malcontents aimed random acts of towards outsiders. Locals in Barceloneta staged beachside protests, unspooling floating signs in the Mediterranean as a reminder to visitors and officials alike, long a minor ailment in Spain, grew into a full-blown disease.”