No 892 Monday 8th - Sunday 14th November 2021
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SUPPOR T ON THE RISE F OR C A L A M O S C A P L AT F O R M
he Orihuela coast has suffered many brutal attacks in recent decades.
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Residents who have been here for a number of years have found it difficult to digest, so imagine how the many thousands of people, who grew up enjoying a coastline that had managed to keep many of it’s beaches intact, also feel.
Sand dunes they played on as children are now buried under tons of cement, deserted coves they dived in have disappeared, and many of the natural cliffs they clambered across have become promenades and are now besieged by buildings. Only Cala Mosca has managed to save itself from Orihuela’s greedy political vortex, that has systematically sold out the
coastline to insatiable constructors; but for how much longer will it remain as the Costa’s only kilometre of unspoiled land. As the last virgin stronghold on the Orihuela coast, the area has been under threat of being wrapped in cement for almost 25 years, during much of which time CLARO and Cambiemos have managed to stave off the arrival of bulldozers.
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