The worst nightmare of Madrid's elites

BarcelonaIt is certainly moving to read a piece from the diary. The World entitled "Inside story of one of Almeida's saddest days: from the chaos of the Vuelta to the threat to the NFL and Formula 1... and with theenemy Albert of Monaco as a witness." Leaving aside the newspaper's fondness for long, convoluted headlines, suitable only for experts in the field, the truth is that it allows us to grasp how the pro-Palestinian protests of the Vuelta a España have hit the nerve where they do the most damage to the Madrid elites because they have done the most damage to the Madrid elites. business friendly that they have been sculpting for years with their ideological hegemony.

Thanks to journalist Carlos Guisasola, we discovered the panic that the images of the protests have caused among the administrations and the promoters of the major future events that the city is set to host, such as Formula 1 or an American NFL game, and also the aspiration to host the World Cup, which still lingers in some Madrid offices that refuse to accept the failure of the Gallardón-Botella era.

Thanks to The Country We also discovered another reason for Almeida and Ayuso's anger: the City Council and the Community of Madrid had apparently committed to spending €400,000 to promote Madrid's image during the final stage of the Vuelta. And now, obviously, after the stage's cancellation, they fear they'll have to pay the money anyway.

In the turbo-capitalist Madrid narrative, Sunday's images represent a kind of nightmare, that of a society mobilizing and not content with just its daily ration of beers and tapas.