Packed onto the subway with Spaniards heading for Plaza de Toros, I was wondering how I’d react to seeing another bullfight. I hadn’t been to one in five years. At the last stop, everyone piled out ...

Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle in many Spanish-speaking countries. In it, a matador, or a professional bullfighter, fights and often kills a bull. While controversial, bullfighting has ...

GALAPAGAR, Spain — Angostura, hulking and black, with the number 12 branded into his side, probably doesn’t know he’s green. He is one of Spain’s legendary “fighting bulls,” and his benefits to the ...

MADRIDMADRID — Álvaro Alarcón plays out the moment when he will enter Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring for his final challenge as a “novillero,” or apprentice bullfighter. The 24-year-old has been ...

BARCELONA, Spain -- Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making it Spain's first major region to ban the deadly, centuries-old ballet between matador and beast after heated debate ...

MORALZARZAL, Spain -- Jesus Mejias is only 14, but he's already mapped out his future: he wants to become a matador and appear in the great bullrings of Madrid and Seville. He's just taken a big step ...