A female basque pro independence demonstrator is detained by riot policeman as Santiago Abascal, leader of Spanish far right party Vox, holds a meeting during a General Election campaign, in Bilbao, northern Spain, Saturday, April 13, 2019. Spain’s political parties are set to launch two-week campaigns leading up to an April 28 election. (Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press)BILBAO, Spain — Police in Spain’s northern city of Bilbao have clashed with hundreds of protesters outside a rally by a far-right party that is running in Spain’s general election this month. Protesters threw bricks and other objects at police, who used batons and shields to clear the street outside a congress center where Santiago Abascal, leader of the far-right, anti-migrant Vox party, was holding a rally. Vox is trying to win its first seats in the national parliament in Spain’s April 28 election.

Source: Washington Post April 13, 2019 17:37 UTC