“There are many activities and areas in which there is complementarity between Madrid and Barcelona”, two cities between which “many bridges arise naturally”, stated Miquel Molina, deputy director of La Vanguardia, in an exclusive meeting with subscribers. held this afternoon at Casa Seat in Barcelona and which has been moderated by Joaquín Luna, journalist for the newspaper.
A lover of culture, of Barcelona and of cities, the first question that Molina has faced has been how Barcelona was culturally. “We tend to assess the cultural situation of Barcelona based on that of Madrid and I think we should avoid the temptation of thinking that things should be in some sections like those there,” he stated to then defend the complementarity of both. cities. "Madrid is two and a half hours away and we can enjoy its activities in the same way that any Madrid resident should feel that Barcelona's activities are their own."
“Leaving aside the political, economic or football conditions, there are many areas in which there is already this complementarity” because “in many ways these bridges between Madrid and Barcelona occur very naturally.” Molina has recognized that “Madrid has become a city with an incredible capacity for attraction” but has highlighted that one of the great potentials of Barcelona is that “interest in science, technology, culture and thought is converging here.” ”.
Luna has reviewed some of the journalistic reports that Molina has published in La Vanguardia such as the effects of Katrina. In the middle of August she sent herself to the area devastated by the hurricane. “I traveled to Atlanta, rented a car and went down,” explained the journalist, who recalled the difficulties he went through, such as lack of food, a place to sleep and Wi-Fi. “To get power for the computer you had to convince someone in the army to let you use a generator.”
Molina has also recalled the difficulties he went through when he covered the funeral of the black man from Banyoles in Botswana. The Spanish authorities did not send the exposed mannequin "but the little human that was inside, which was four bones." When they saw it in Botswana, they felt cheated. Upon leaving the funeral, Molina and photographer Kim Manresa were surrounded by hundreds of young people who were very angry “and who made us pay for 300 years of European colonialism.” They did not feel threatened “but they did not let us leave for three hours and I could hardly send the report to the newspaper.”
