Cotos Station in 2023, 2nd December © Finales de otoño by CARLOS TEIXIDOR CADENAS . Licensed by CC BY 4.0 Spain: the land of tourism, olive oil, and jamon. Apart from its unmatched cuisine and stunning Mediterranean beaches, Spain is also renowned for its excellent railway infrastructure. It has the second largest high-speed railway system in the world, with approximately 4000 kilometres of high-speed rail. The only country ahead of Spain is China, which is 19 times larger

“We will no longer accept that. We will protect them,” stated Pedro Sánchez , the Spanish Prime Minister, at the World Governments Summit in Dubai last February. The questions that arise are the following: protect whom? Protect them from what? What is the Prime Minister referring to? The answer is that Pedro Sánchez, with such a statement, was aiming to create a major headline, the kind that moves society, and he succeeded. Not even 24 hours later, the headline appeared: “Spa