Immigrants squeezed as Spain’s boom turns to bust (Los Angeles Times)

The downturn, strikingly similar to the one in the United States, has thrown tens of thousands of recent arrivals out of work. Lured by the promise of wealth in a booming economy, immigrants from North Africa, Latin America and other regions flocked to Spain in the last decade, quickly becoming Exhibit A in the Mediterranean nation's remarkable success story. ¶ But the surging economy -- ...