Interviews

Interview with Arrecife Mayor Yonathan de León

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At 41 years of age, Yonathan de León is the youngest ever Mayor of Lanzarote's capital and most populous council district, Arrecife.

Lanzarote’s only record label talks vinyl

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Malpaís Records is the only record label producing vinyl records on Lanzarote. We chatted to label boss Carlos “Charlie” Romero last month.

5 years of Indian Delights

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Indian Delights celebrates half a decade in business this August, and, if you know the restaurant, you'll know that the anniversary is going to be celebrated in glorious fashion. Owners Ramesh and Sara Saraswati look at the past five years and to the future.

“Lanzarote’s should be quality, not numbers”

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In Part Two of the interview we carried out with Cabildo President Oswaldo Betancort in May we address the hot topics of tourism and housing.

“We don’t want to grow, we want to improve”

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José Juan Cruz has been the mayor of Tías since 2019 and also served in the same position from 1995 to 2011. “Pepe Juan”, as he’s known to almost everyone in the town, has long experience of governing a council area that includes some of the loveliest rural areas of Lanzarote as well as its biggest and oldest resort, Puerto del Carmen. We chatted to him last month.

Lanzarote’s Special Craft Beers

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Long famous for its wine, Lanzarote is now the most important of the Canary Islands for craft beer production, with three well-established microbreweries producing a tempting range of high-quality beers. We spoke to the island’s three pioneer brewers last month.

Interview with Lanzarote President Oswaldo Betancort

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After 12 years as Teguise Mayor, Oswaldo Betancort became the President of Lanzarote’s island government, the Cabildo, in 2023, where his party, the Coalición Canaria, currently rules with the support of the Partido Popular. We recently had the opportunity to interview him and will be publishing his responses over the next two issues. In the first instalment, we address new projects, the water crisis, transport and the environment:

What is it like to have a baby on Lanzarote?

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What is it like to have a baby on Lanzarote? We spoke to a new mum to find out.

“Tourism has given so much to Lanzarote”

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Rita Hernández is a well-known face in Teguise politics and business, occupying council positions under three separate parties. Appointed Councillor of Tourism, Beaches and Planning in 2023, we spoke to her just four days after April’s floods caused chaos in Costa Teguise.

Gary Shearer’s disappearance on Lanzarote “makes no sense”

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Gary Shearer went missing in the busy tourist resort of Puerto del Carmen in Lanzarote on 16th March 2023. Two years on, there is still no sign of him. We met his devastated mother Ann and his niece Darcie last month as they returned to the island to seek answers and, perhaps, closure.