The brain drain from Spain: how Spaniards are turning their backs on their recession-blighted homeland

The eurozone's a terrible place to be right now if you're out of work. Upwards of 18 million people are now unemployed. That's more than one in 10 of the working population. Unions have warned this could soon lead to political and social upheaval. Which helps explain why eurozone leaders are meeting for a jobs summit in Milan right now. But they face a formidable challenge. Crisis-hit countries like Spain are facing a population exodus. More than half a million people emigrated from Spain just last year. Many of them, seeking new opportunities in Latin America. 38 year old Ana Maria Bobo left Madrid for a new life in Santiago, Chile earlier this year. She tells us why.

And there are plenty of other Spaniards who've left in search of opportunities in faster-growing economies in Latin America, as we hear from Mark Johanson, a correspondent in Santiago, who's recently researched the subject for an article on the BBC Capital website.