MADRID (AP) — 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 training ...

National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrating Hispanic history, culture and people begins Tuesday. Recognition of Hispanic heritage would be incomplete without including venerable Spanish bullfighting.

A matador dodges a charging bull in the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid. Animal rights activists are capitalizing on diminishing support to push for total bans on bullfighting — beginning with the ...

MADRID, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: (EDITORS NOTE: This image contains graphic content) Eugenio de Mora performs during 'Spain's National Day' bullfighting at the Monumental Las Ventas bullring on October 12, ...

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 ...

Spanish-style bullfighting, a tradition steeped in centuries of history, remains one of the most polarising cultural practices worldwide. It is a traditional spectacle practised in several ...

MADRID (Reuters) - A movement to outlaw bullfighting has become entwined in Spain's combustible regional politics, with Madrid calling for the traditional spectacle to be declared cultural heritage ...

Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, becoming Spain's first mainland region to do so after a heated debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of ...

MADRID (AP) — The death of Spanish bullfighting has been declared many times, but the number of bullfights in the country is at its highest level in seven years, and the young are the most consistent ...