The manana syndrome

摘要

On a small plot of land near Cande-leda, in Avila province, Antonio de la Cruz is planting tobacco. It is years since he grew anything. During Spain's decade-long boom, he worked on construction sites, which paid better. But building has ground to a halt. "I've got to do something," he says. He is lucky: few of Spain's 4.3m unemployed (almost 20% of the workforce) have bits of land to plough.