a small municipality in the middle of the mountains in Catalunya has made a meaningful impact by contributing €7,250 to the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking (UNVTF) reflects their strong commitment to supporting victims of human trafficking This gesture stands as an inspiring example for other municipalities (especially those with greater resources) demonstrating how local communities can play a vital role in addressing human trafficking UNVTF extends its heartfelt gratitude to Centelles for their support Moltíssimes gràcies de tot cor ciutadanes i ciutadans de Centelles Ferran Centelles is the joint Regional Chair for Spain with Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW & Pierre Mansour at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2025 has been with the wine team at elBulli project since 1999 He was named Ruinart’s Best Sommelier in Spain in 2006 and was awarded the National Gastronomy Award in 2011 In 2019 he obtained the Best Alumni Award from the WSET He holds the WSET Diploma and the Advanced Level of the Court of Master Sommeliers Ferran Centelles is also the Spanish wine specialist for jancisrobinson.com He published his first book about food and wine pairing ¿Qué vino con este pato then his second in 2020 Las 100,75 preguntas que siempre quiso hacer sobre el vino See more 2025 Regional Chairs A national and international figure in the world of the wine experts Ferrán Centelles started his career at elBulli Since then he has not stopped studying and working in Spain and beyond He holds the WSET Diploma (London) and the CMS-Advanced Sommelier Certificate and has put together wine lists for some of London’s best restaurants – Aurora Cofounder of Outlook Wine (The Barcelona Wine School) and Wineissocial.com he won the Ruinart award (best sommelier in Spain) in 2006 and his valuable contribution to wine culture earned him Spain’s National Gastronomy Award 2011 and the Professional of the Year Award 2013 by the Catalan Association of Gastronomy He has recently published the book ‘What wine goes with this dish?’ (Ed an introduction to the essence of wine pairing which was received with outstanding critical acclaim prompting Ferran Adrià to celebrate it as Centelles’ recognition as one of the most significant figures in the world of wine He is one of the top sommeliers of the moment and one of the industry’s most influential voices.    Follow us: Foro de Debate SL Photo by: Getty ImagesBuckeyes End Paris Games with Pair of Top 7 Finishes7/25/2024 1:00:00 PM | Rowing Former Buckeye Elodie Ravera Scaramozzino (France) and Emma Lunatti finished third in the Semifinal A/B 1 Tuesday to make the Women's Double Sculls Finals A (medal race) Thursday (5:18 a.m./Peacock) at the 2024 Paris Olympics.#GoBucks#OlympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/yz8GZDH75S Former Buckeye Elodie Ravera Scaramozzino (France) and Emma Lunatti won their heat in the Women's Double Sculls Saturday to advance to A/B Semifinals (1) Monday (4:50 am/Peacock) at the 2024 Paris Olympics. #GoBucks In Heat 3 of the Women's Pairs Sunday, Ohio State alum Aina Cid I Centelles (Spain) with Ester Briz Zamorano finished fourth (7:24.09) to qualify for the Repechage Monday (4:30 a.m./Peacock) at the 2024 Paris Olympics. #GoBucks Ohio State alum Aina Cid I Centelles (Spain) with Ester Briz Zamorano finished second (7:36.98) in the Women's Pair Repechages Monday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The pair advance to the AB Semifinals Wednesday (4:54 a.m./Peacock).#GoBucks#OlympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/0IBtwZ6Rzw Ohio State alum Aina Cid I Centelles (Spain) with Ester Briz Zamorano finished fifth (7:30.36) in the Women's Pair Semifinal A/B 2 at the 2024 Paris Olympics Wednesday. The pair advanced to the B Finals Friday (4:54 a.m./Peacock).#GoBucks#OlympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/NF0qJPCKjU Receive the Latest News & Promotions Valencia-born photographer Agustí Centelles (1909-1985) certainly ranks with Robert Capa generally recognised as one of the greatest photojournalists to cover the Spanish Civil War Some of Centelles’s most memorable images are among the 100 or so now on display at the Vila Casas Foundation in Barcelona the first exhibition of his work since his death in 1985 but an opportunity to shed light on the Civil War one of the great and tragic events of the mid-twentieth century and the ultimate fascist victory has been missed in the current show Those unfamiliar with the complex history will leave the exhibition little the wiser as to why people in Spain in the 1930s were fighting and what they were fighting for The exhibition’s failure is bound up with unresolved questions of Spanish and European history—in particular the betrayal and defeat of the revolution by the Stalinist-led Popular Front government and the divisive effects of nationalism Centelles had an uncanny ability to be at the right place at the right time His subjects appear unaware of his presence The photographs on display have a remarkable ability to convey movement and make brilliant use of light and shadow Centelles was fortunate to receive a first-class training from Catalan cinema pioneer Ramón Baños and artist Josep Badosa He also took an interest in photographic developments internationally and made skilful use of the new lightweight Leica camera “While my colleagues waited patiently for the news with their huge cameras and magnesium cartridges I went out looking for it “A true photographic newsman has to be a good hunter with boundless intuition” The first room in the Barcelona exhibition displays 20 photos from the period of the Spanish Republic (1931-1936) following the fall of the Primo de Rivera dictatorship the landslide victory of a Republican-Socialist Party (PSOE) government and the exile of the king This was the beginning of the Spanish revolution One memorable image shows a group of priests led by the right-wing Bishop of Barcelona Manuel Irurita [1] as they parade arrogantly along the street in their finery Centelles captures them as they all lean to the left at the same time The other half of the photos in the room deal with political events. The earliest picture dates from 1931 and shows Francesc Macià leader of the Catalan Republican Left (ERC) and president of the Catalan government (Generalitat) from 1932 until his death in 1933 at just the moment he steps out of his car to preside over the Flag Ceremony held to replace the monarchist flags with republican ones proved incapable of resolving the economic social and political problems that confronted Spain problems that could only solved by the working class through a social revolution The government’s actions led to the loss of much of its support and paved the way for the election of a conservative coalition government in 1933 The appointment of right-wing Catholic ministers in October 1934 precipitated a social explosion across Spain including the uprising of the Asturian miners The exhibition ignores this broad movement referring to the events solely as the “1934 Catalan Nationalist Uprising” The Republican government sent in the army to suppress the revolutionary movement Centelles’s picture from October 1934 memorably captures that moment of tension as a lone young policeman in the centre of Barcelona begins to raise his rifle towards a crowd of workers grouped together in the distance a Popular Front coalition government was formed Nothing is said in the exhibition about the origins of the Popular Front but they lay in large part in the Seventh Congress of the Comintern in 1935 responding to the threat from the Nazi regime in Germany for whose coming to power his own policies were centrally responsible now linked the defence of the USSR to alliances with the imperialist democracies—Britain The various Communist parties were instructed to ally themselves with the parties of the “democratic” bourgeoisie—in Spain particularly the ERC led by Lluís Companys feted today as a hero of Catalan nationalism—sacrificing the political independence of the working class and the goal of socialism on the altar of Soviet Stalinist foreign policy and the bureaucracy’s national interests Centelles recorded the celebrations following the Popular Front victory and the release of leaders imprisoned after the 1934 uprising, including Companys [2], who comes across as a feeble individual, travelling in an open-top limousine, grasping the side door and clutching a handkerchief to his mouth. [Photo here.] “July 19: Start of the civil war,” consists of 14 photos In response to the launching of a coup by General Francisco Franco in 1936 followed by those in the other major cities Franco’s coup showed that the bourgeoisie was incapable of overcoming the crisis it faced other than by crushing the working class The Popular Front government was forced to disband the hated army and became dependent for its survival on militias, heavily drawn from the anarchist CNT and FAI and the centrist Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), led by former Trotskyist Andres Nin [3]. A situation of dual power came into being. Legal authority remained with the Republican government, but actual power had begun to pass into the hands of new, improvised revolutionary institutions—an embryonic workers’ state. The third room in the exhibition, “The Battle Front”, shows photographs after Centelles had joined the Stalinist-controlled Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) [4] and the newly created Generalitat Propaganda Commission. He was sent to report on the Aragon front, composed mainly of anarchist and POUM militias bitterly opposed to attempts to disband and incorporate them into the newly created bourgeois “People’s Army”. Most of the photographs here are from the bloody battles at Teruel and Belchite, but one intriguing photo shows PCE member General Pozas [5], commander of the Eastern Army, reviewing troops from the anarchist Durruti Column, which had been recently assimilated into the People’s Army and renamed the 26th Division. The reconstitution of the army, began in October 1936, would be almost complete by mid-1937. Of particular interest are the photos of a meeting called by Companys after the May 1937 uprising, captioned “The Stalinist PSUC gained the upper hand with the disappearances, both physical and political, of Trotskyist and anarchist groups and individuals”. This is the only reference in the whole exhibition to the counter-revolution. Another shows the mother of Ramon Mercader, the future assassin of Leon Trotsky, helping to dismantle barricades after the workers’ uprising. Centelles was manager of the SIM photographic archive at La Tamarita. This of course raises the question as to what sort of work he was engaged in, but this is pursued only tentatively by the exhibition organisers. Along with thousands of others, Centelles fled to France in 1939 just hours before Barcelona fell to Franco’s forces and took with him a suitcase full of negatives. He was to spend the next seven months in refugee camps in France, first in Argelès-sur-Mer and then in Bram, where he continued to take photographs, including three in the exhibition. He also took ID card photos for the camp commanders. In 1946, Centelles returned to Barcelona and gave himself up to the Francoist authorities. He was released and, although deprived of his licence, was able to work in commercial and advertising photography for leading Spanish companies. In 1976, with the death of Franco and the transition to bourgeois democracy, Centelles returned to France to retrieve the negatives he had left there during his exile. After the transition, the Catalan authorities bestowed the highest honours on Centelles as they attempted to co-opt him into the Catalan heritage industry. They were outraged when Centelles’s sons sold thousands of photographs in 2009 to the Spanish Culture Ministry for €700,000, instead of donating them to the region, and were left scrambling around for the 100 now on display at the Vila Casas foundation. [1] Irurita was a right-wing opponent of the Popular Front. Some claim he was assassinated in 1936, but others says he lived several more years. He is currently being considered for beatification by the Vatican. [2] Exiled after the civil war, Companys was captured and handed over by the Gestapo to the Franco regime and executed by firing squad in 1940. [3] Nin declared that Spain did not need soviets, in effect recognising the right of the Republicans and Socialists to rule the country. He followed the example of the anarchists, who joined the government whilst continuing to denounce all states, and became minister of justice in September 1936. One of the first actions of the new government was to set about dissolving the revolutionary committees and ending the situation of dual power. [4] The PSUC was created on July 23, 1936 a few days after Franco’s coup, through the fusion of the Catalan sections of the PCE and PSOE and two smaller parties. This suggests Centelles was a founding member. The PSUC initially comprised fewer than 2,500 members, but it leapt to 50,000 within months as it became the main bulwark against the social revolution.  My NewsSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSections news Alerts 'Galejadors' light bonfires in the forest during 'La Festa del Pi' (The Festival of the Pine) in the village of Centelles on Dec. 30, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Early in the morning men and women born in Centelles, who are named 'Galejadors' wear their traditional costume as they walk into the forest to chop down a pine tree, load it on an ox cart and take it to the church in the village. 'Galejadors' get dressed in their traditional costume including the Catalan red hat, known as 'Barretina.' People from Centelles gather around the selected pine. 'Galejadors' chop the chosen pine tree down early in the morning. 'Galejadors' fire their muskets during the festival. Smoke from muskets surrounds the pine tree as the Galejadors walk through the streets of Centelles. 'Galejadors' surround the selected pine tree. 'Galejadors' carry the selected pine inside the church during the festival. The pine tree is decorated with five bouquets of apples and wafers and hung inside a church until January 6. People dance beneath the pine tree hanging inside the church. 'Galejadors' celebrate inside the church, underneath the pine tree. The tradition has been documented since 1751 and it is believed its origins are related to the trees and the pagan worship of fertilization related to the winter solstice. First Team1-0: Good summer test and victory over Málaga CF Rubi begins to give more minutes to his players and made fewer changes than in previous pre-season games Centelles earned his name onto the scoresheet UD Almería had a good pre-season test against Málaga CF who will be LaLiga Hypermotion rivals next season in the friendly played at the Marbella Football Center where the Rojiblancos beat them 1-0 with a match-winning goal courtesy of Centelles after a brilliant collective play Head coach Rubi gave more minutes to the players than in the previous matches against Granada CF and SL Benfica which is beginning to be significant in shaping the squad for the official competition the Indálicos will face the fourth off-season test against Qatari side Al-Sadd SC at the La Quinta facilities where the team are carrying out their summer training camp UD Almería went into the break on a 1-0 lead although the clearest ones were those of the Rojiblancos with the same team who earned promotion to second-tier LaLiga Hypermotion went out onto the pitch with fierce intensity and direct play which made things quite difficult for the Rojiblancos who showed fighting spirit as in their previous matches The Starting XI picked out by Rubi did their best despite having trained hard in the morning It is worth highlighting in the opening half He triggered the 1-0 in a play that Arribas continued Ramazani got the delivery but it was Centelles who slammed it into the back of the net That is exactly when UD Almería showed greater quality which marked the differences as in the opportunities that Marezi and summer recruit Melamed would later squander Another aspect to highlight is the line of three that Arribas Melamed and Ramazani formed up front of the double pivot the gaffer only introduced one fresh face and gave continuity to the rest so the players have begun to have more minutes Rubi only made 6 more changes in the 58th minute on 82' putting as many players from the UD Almería 'B' team in the fray with the likes of Valen so the greater freshness in its players helped the Malacitanos take more of the initiative against a well-placed UD Almería who as the minutes passed took over control having possession of the ball and dictating the pace of the Andalusian affair Málaga CF: Alfonso Herrero; Jokin Gabilondo Antoñito and Chupe also featured in the game from the Andalusian Referees association (Córdoba) Luis Suárez as well as Alex Pastor from Málaga CF Goals: 1-0 (23') Brilliant collective play by UD Almería with Centelles scoring thanks to a shot taken from a wide area Observations: UD Almería's third pre-season friendly played on the main pitch at the Marbella Football Center Sold out game with almost an absolute majority of Málaga CF fans First TeamAlex Centelles is back in training with the group after shaking off two-month injury Milovanović and UD Almería 'B' youngster Rojas have also returned to work, although they have taken part in some of the drills as the left-back. UD Almería clocked in at the Power Horse Stadium for training after having Tuesday off with some new faces rejoining the squad on the grass. Alex Centelles has shaken off his two-month unfortunate injury and is now back in training with the group but the left-back is taking it easy. The player will be available depending on his progress, but he is about to be fighting fit again. On the other hand, Milovanović and UD Almería 'B' youngster Rojas, who usually trains with the senior bubble, are also back to work. On the contrary, Dyego Sousa has been exercising on the sidelines. The Brazilian has knee discomfort although everything indicates that he could join the rest of team-mates this Thursday when the squad will be focusing on tactics at the Power Horse Stadium to prepare for Saturday's match against Real Club Celta de Vigo. On Thursday and Friday, training sessions will be conducted behind closed doors at 1pm so that the players get more used to the upcoming afternoon kick-off (2pm Spain Time). Almost 60% of citizens polled believe that the information provided by the Spanish government during last Monday's blackout was "insufficient," while just 28.4% feel it was sufficient, according to a flash survey published this Saturday by Spain's national polling agency, CIS. Among those who found information lacking, 38.4% would have liked more data on the causes of the blackout, 26.3% point to information on when the service would be restored, and 24.1% believe that more "speed" was needed when appearing publicly. Among the causes of the blackout, 46.2% of Spaniards point to a possible "accident or failure" of the electrical system, while 26.6% believe that there was a deliberate act or a cyberattack behind it. Regarding the measures to prevent further blackouts, 44.2% believe that it is important to modernize the electrical network, 41.7% want more investment in critical infrastructures such as networks, electricity, or mobility, and 32.6% point to the need to have more generators installed in public entities and services. Just over half, 52.4%, of respondents said that the blackout affected them "a lot or quite a lot", 46.2% "a little or not at all," and 1.4% said that the degree of impact was "regular." 45.6% were at home at the time of the blackout, 27.6% at work, and 14.7% on the street. What respondents missed most during the blackout was the lack of electricity to cook, keep medicine or food in the fridge (62.1%), the fact that telephones did not work (55.5%), and the lack of internet (26.3%). The majority of Spaniards say that the blackout did not scare them, 78%, although 21.5% said it did. Women, at 29.1%, were more afraid than men, at 13.5%. By age group, those who were most afraid were the youngest: between 25 and 34 years old (31.6%) and between 18 and 24 years old (25.3%). 41.6% of those surveyed admitted that they missed things in their home during the blackout: 34.9% some non-electrical energy source for cooking, 15.5% a battery-operated radio, and 10% flashlights or candles. In addition, 7% missed water and 1.3% medicines. On Monday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez defended the government's actions during the blackout, emphasizing that it acted "with prudence and rigor" to clarify the causes of the incident. "Absolutely not, they never warned us," she said in an interview with Spanish public broadcaster TVE. At this point, she said, it cannot be confirmed that renewables were the cause of the problem. She also explained that the Spanish government's data analysis revealed that 19 seconds before the blackout, there was another loss of generation at several facilities "in southern Spain," which the system was able to absorb. Get the day's biggest stories right to your phone We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a replacement or refund your money Luis Duenas of Streamwood created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories Business people - March 27El Paso TimesReverse Mortgage Funding  Mirella “Millie” Garcia of El Paso has been named by Reverse Mortgage Funding as one of the company’s two top-producing Distributed Retail loan officers based on her outstanding performance in 2015 RMF recognizes the hard work and dedication of the company’s best performing loan officers on an annual basis Garcia joined RMF in 2014 as a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage loan specialist She has eight years of experience in the reverse mortgage business both as a reverse mortgage consultant and as a branch manager HUB International Insurance Services recently hosted its first annual Lone Star Awards Banquet Fifty-eight insurance producers from across HUB’s Texas offices were brought together to celebrate sales production success in 2015 received the top honor as Outstanding Small Business Producer in Texas having exceeded his annual sales goal by more than 300% Other El Paso producers recognized in the top 10 include Don Margo Area President of HUB El Paso (number two in the state); Randy McGraw Executive Vice President for Employee Benefits (number five); Jimena Centelles Employee Benefits Vice President (number seven); and Luis Rosas President and CEO, Max Villaronga, introduced Rick Pustejovsky as the new Vice President of Real Estate and Business Lending for TFCU. Pustejovsky has 35 years of credit union and bank experience where he has specialized in real estate and business lending. Catalonia's Civil Protection Service announced that at least 63% of Catalonia had recovered its electricity after a mass power outage that has been affecting the whole Iberian peninsula since 12:30 pm Monday The government estimates that 63% -around 3,000 megawatts- of electricity demand has been restored as of 11 pm on Monday night This figure was offered by Interior Minister Núria Parlon after the cabinet's fourth crisis committee meeting held on Monday She added that more than 2.5 million users in Catalonia have already recovered their supply and that schools will operate "normally" tomorrow Parlon predicted that work will continue in the coming hours to restore the service but recommended "prudence" because there could still be incidents tomorrow 58% of customers of electricity company Endesa in Catalonia have already had power restored by 11.00 pm on Monday spoke with the press at 8.30 pm on Monday evening in which he pointed out that recovering 100% of the power will not be a “simple operation” and that it will happen "gradually." The main Catalan hospitals and health care centers have recovered electricity and are “100% operational without any incidents,” Illa said adding that any scheduled non-urgent operations will be rescheduled for next week He also said during the press conference that he expects power to be back "in the coming hours," adding everything will "go back to normal" on Tuesday.  A similar message was shared by Spain's transport minister Óscar Puente. To help commuters return home authorities will reinforce all bus routes "as long as is required." During her statement, Parlon said that hospitals across Catalonia are "operating without any recorded issues," and that such medical centres are "prepared to be self-sufficient even in the face of difficulties." She urged citizens to stay informed through official channels and media outlets and to avoid mobile phones except for "emergency phone calls." Although the reason behind the power outage is as of yet unclear electricity use in Spain almost halved when the outage took place Power demand dropped from 27,000 MW to 15,970 MW.  which represents around 60% of the expected electricity services.  Red Eléctrica reported that 61.35% of Spain's network was back in service Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez addressed this issue during a televised speech hours after the power outage started.  Sánchez said that the government "does not rule out any hypothesis," as "there is no conclusive information on the causes of this power outage." Barcelona’s Sants and Camp de Tarragona's train stations will not close during the night between Monday and Tuesday. These will stay open for the passengers who have been unable to travel as a result of the blackout.  Other major train stations across Spain will keep their doors open at night, including Madrid’s Atocha station. This measure was announced by Spanish Transport Minister Òscar Puente after he had said that it was “unforeseeable” that mid- and long-distance train journeys would resume on Monday. Late on Monday evening, Spanish nuclear power plants that have been running on emergency diesel generators, including the Ascó I and II and Vandellòs I in Catalonia, announced that they had restored access to external power.  Previously, the Spanish Nuclear Security Council assured that the outage had not had an impact on nuclear plant workers or the environment. Catalan police, the Mossos d'Esquadra, will extend their shifts into the night to perform additional police controls. Law enforcement agents will patrol around areas left without any light. Mossos will assist people in need and will inform them of sites to spend the night, such as train stations and sports halls. First TeamAlex Centelles a formidable left wing-back moving from Valencia CFThe 21-year-old player moves from Valencia CF and signs with Almeria for two years the sixteenth in this hectic summer transfer window that comes to an end on Monday He is a left-back from Valencia CF who has just been transferred on a two-year deal He is 1,85 metres tall and provides customary lung-bursting runs down the left wing exploiting half spaces effortlessly He is an excellent crosser with great passing accuracy even without having to approach the goal line Alejandro Centelles Plaza was born on 30th August He started his football career at Valencia CF Youth moving up ranks until he became one of the key players at Valencia Mestalla competing in the third tier of Spanish football In the last 2019/20 campaign he made the leap to the first-team and was then loaned to the top-tier Portuguese club FC Famalicão He played for Valencia CF last season with Javi Gracia in the driving seat Alex Centelles was a highly-rated Spain Under-19s international who now becomes a new Rojiblanco player.  First TeamLuis Suárez will sit out Sunday's league match against SD Huesca The second-tier top scorer will have to serve a one-match ban as UD Almería's appeal is unsuccessful Gui Guedes and Rachad will also miss the game Marc Pubill and Centelles are one booking away from missing the next game First TeamFirst-team Almeria squad welcome Alex Centelles on board Almería perform their last training session ahead of the home match against the leaders the last signing made by UD Almería… so far has already joined the Almeria first-team’s training session under the guidance of the head coach The Rojiblancos undertook their last footie practice before taking on the leaders The players will be getting together at the Gran Fama Hotel located in Almeria city where the team will have a meal and take their ease until it is time to head to the Mediterraneo to play their second game of the season The head coach has all his players available except for Appiah and Akieme; the first underwent surgery a few weeks ago while the latter will miss the meeting as a result of having been booked on the last matchday.  the gaffer still does not know whether he will be able to have some players up for grabs due to bureaucratic procedures related to travel documents and for this reason he will wait until the last minute to submit the final squad list Match Reports2-1: UD Almería secure crucial victory to keep promotion hopes alive The Rojiblancos had a chance to thrash relegation-threatened FC Cartagena but the match became complicated in the closing stages due to a penalty awarded to the guests Rubi's men are now back in the play-off spots the unidentified black soldier in the photograph was one of the first Americans to die fighting fascism Now Spanish authorities want to put a name to him so they can present his picture to President Barack Obama when he visits Spain next year The black and white picture of the African American volunteer forms part of an extraordinary collection of civil war photographs that was bought recently by the Spanish state "All we know is that he arrived with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade of American volunteers and that he died in the battle at Brunete [in July 1937]," said Sergi Centelles The soldier is one of more than 90 African-Americans who volunteered to defend Spain's elected Republican government from a 1936 rightwing military uprising that sparked a three-year civil war Germany's Adolf Hitler and Italy's Benito Mussolini sent troops to back the rebel army of future dictator General Francisco Franco Leftwing and anti-fascist volunteers from around the world joined Russians sent by Stalin to help defend the Republic Obama defended the concept of waging a "just war" in his Nobel peace prize speech this month The New York-based Abraham Lincoln Brigades Association and New York University's Tamiment library have scoured their civil war archives to see if they could identify the man in the photograph Two possible candidates have emerged: Milton Herndon whose brother Angelo won a famous supreme court case against a sentence for "incitement to insurrection" "It is one of eight or nine photographs my father took of the Americans marching through Barcelona," said Agustí Centelles The photograph remained hidden for four decades after Agustí Centelles known as the "Spanish Robert Capa" fled Spain as Franco's forces looked set to win the civil war in 1939 "My father took his photographs with him in a suitcase because he was scared they would be used to identify people and carry out reprisals," said Sergi Centelles The photographer used the suitcase as a pillow in a French refugee camp to prevent it from being stolen He later moved in with a French family in Carcassonne but had to flee again after the second world war broke out and the occupying Germans heard that he was using his camera to take photographs for false passports so he walked back across the Pyrenees into Spain," said Sergi Centelles telling the French family not to and it over to anyone but him "It was passed down from the grandfather Agustí Centelles sent the French family a present every Christmas as a sign that he was still alive Spain did not give the photographer a passport until 1962 when the family travelled to Carcasonne to check the suitcase was still there that he dared pick up the suitcase and bring it home It contained hundreds of civil war photographs including one of writer George Orwell with a group of fellow international volunteers The mix of races in the International Brigades saw attempts made to observe a degree of racial equality otherwise unseen in western armies in the 1930s "We know there were quite a few African American volunteers and that many were treated badly when they went home as people thought they were communists," said Sergi Centelles "We have four or five names of possible candidates but what we really want to do is to find their family." If you know who the man in the main photograph is, or can provide any information that might help identify him, please contact giles.tremlett@theguardian.com Match Reports2-1: UD Almeria handed further boost in LaLiga Santander survival bid Baptistão and Embarba helped give UD Almeria a big push in the pursuit of safety against bottom team Elche CF who got stuck in the nail-biting end to the game UD Almería grabbed three massive points in the race for LaLiga Santander safety after a match that they dominated from the first quarter of an hour and in which Baptistão and Embarba earned their names onto the scoresheet The Rojiblancos could have extended their lead but frittered some chances away instead while Elche CF gained momentum in the 90th minute to pull one back that led to a nail-biting end to the game UD Almeria held out to chalk up a vital victory Head coach Rubi bet on the most regular players over these last Matchdays with the exception of the ones lined up at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium last Saturday: Fernando in goal; defenders: Pozo De la Hoz and Robertone; deadly trio Luis Suárez Elche CF started putting high pressure on the Rojiblancos who struggled to play the ball out of the defence UD Almería reacted and began to develop creativity in the final third Baptistão latched onto Ely's header inside the six-yard box and put it past the keeper Another set-piece that Rubi's side cleverly converted to head into half-time on the lead (1-0) UD Almería took the game to them looking to double their advantage and inside 52 minutes Following Elche CF’s clearance from a corner-kick the winger picked it up on the edge of the area dribbled past opponents and shot on goal emphatically (2-0) Baptistão missed a sitter from close range that could have increased their lead The Brazilian's strike went over the goal though Centelles was the next Rojiblanco to squander a big chance in the 56th minute UD Almería looked potentially threatening and yet again it was Embarba who spurned another goal-scoring opportunity through a thunderbolt from the edge of the area that crashed into the woodwork Pandemonium reigned in the Power Horse Stadium as Ponce pulled a last-gasp header goal back on 90 minutes but the Indalicos did everything in their power to grab three massive points in their quest to stay up in league Baptistão found the back of the net assisted by Rodrigo Ely with a powerful shot from the edge of the area from the Canary Islands Referees Association Game played at the Power Horse Stadium with 13,352 supporters in the stands all the women and youth teams from the UD Almería Academy and Foundation were honored Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW is joint Regional Chair with Ferran Centelles & Pierre Mansour for Spain at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2025 Alongside Ferran Centelles & Pierre Mansour Pedro Ballesterros Torres MW heads up the Spanish panels at the DWWA He has studied around the world, including in Spain, France, the US and Germany Among his qualifications he holds a degree in agro-food engineering and a masters in viticulture and oenology A columnist for magazines in Spain and Belgium He in on the governing board of the Unión Española de Catadores (the Spanish wine tasters’ union) the board of the International Federation of Wine and Spirit Journalists and Writers the wine committee of the Basque Culinary Centre and is an expert at the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine) He is a VIA Certified Italian Wine Ambassador a member of Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino and has been awarded the Spanish Command Order of Agricultural Merit See other 2025 Regional Chairs See what Pedro is up to on X @BallesterosMw Match Reports1-1: UD Almería settle for a draw despite commanding displayThe Rojiblancos created countless scoring chances in the first home fixture of the season Centelles opened the scoring 1-0 in the 76th minute and after 8 minutes Sporting grabbed the leveller through a controversial VAR decision First TeamUD Almería say goodbye to 2023/24 season with firm intention of returning to PrimeraThe first-team members are on holidays until the beginning of July 'The objective and obligation is to move back up to the top flight,' says the squad The 2023/24 season has come to an end for the UD Almería first team who have been relegated to Segunda with the firm intention of trying to move back up to top tier of Spanish football That is why they work in the Club because there are competitions that are still in contention as the professionals have a contract until 30th June… After the recently completed campaign Almost all the footballers have their continuity signed although obviously there will be changes to the retained and release lists 'Now it's time to clear our heads and come back with our batteries recharged,' highlights Álex Centelles to make an end to a season that has been atypical and tragic' because of how it has planned out since the relegation against Getafe CF was mathematically confirmed 'The objective and obligation is to win promotion to Primera,' says the squad but not at all impossible because UD Almería already have experience in this matter This does not exclude recognising: 'The Segunda Division is kind of scary,' as Alex Centelles emphasises in light of how the competition is in the second tier and will end on 1st June 2025 as soon as to the regular season is complete UD Almería will begin medicals and training during the first days of July and the idea is to start with an important base who does not hesitate to state: 'We must take responsibility and the total commitment to try to earn promotion The pre-season is fundamental,' something that failed last summer First Team2-1: UD Almería close out pre-season on a winning noteThe Rojiblancos edged past Callejón's Marbella FC on the Anexo pitch The squad members rest on Sunday and Monday they will focus on the LaLiga Hypermotion opening-day UD Almería closed out the 2024/25 pre-season with the eighth and final friendly against Marbella FC on a winning note after two consecutive promotions moved into third-tier Primera RFEF with aspirations of reaching professional football turned out to be a tough adversaries for the Rojiblancos who had to put in the hard yards -aside from the sweltering heat- to win 2- 1 Head coach Rubi rang the changes on the starting XI The system against Marbella FC was also different UD Almería took the lead early in the 5th minute through Nico Melamed The new UD Almería played a one-two with Marezi and opened the scoring 1-0 The Rojiblancos were in charge and had more of the initiative against resilient opponents who did not make it easy at all; quite the opposite Centelles squandered a chance with an explosive shot from the edge of the box The Indálicos' gaffer made 6 substitutions in the 57th minute the one that started very well were Marbella FC with forward Callejón making a difference with his fancy footwork and experience It was difficult for the hosts to regain control Ryan Marc finished a brilliant attacking collective play to level things up The visitors operated with greater intensity there was a sense of anticipation and despite Callejón being subbed UD Almería reacted and both sides exchanged chances the ball hit an opponent and was loose within the area It is a 2-1 narrow victory over Marbella FC to close out the 2024/25 pre-season the Rojiblancos resume training to focus fully on the LaLiga Hypermotion opening-day against Real Racing de Santander from the Andalusian Referees association (Almeria ) Nicol Melamed after playing a one-two with Marezi Ryan finished a brilliant attacking play for Marbella FC Observations: 8th and last UD Almería 2024/25 pre-season friendly match played on the Anexo pitch of the UD Almería Stadium due to the characteristics of the facility was played behind closed doors on a scorching summer evening.