Many still stranded by Air Madrid

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Hundreds of passengers of the Spanish budget airline Air Madrid remain stranded in Spanish airports after the company collapsed on Friday.

Many of those affected are Latin Americans trying to fly home for the Christmas holidays.

The company stopped flying and the Spanish government suspended its licence to operate after months of operational problems.

Spain's transport ministry has been trying to arrange replacement flights.

Dozens of people have been sleeping rough at Spanish airports, waiting for a flight home.

Air Madrid has been widely criticised for failing to tackle repeated delays that had sometimes left passengers waiting days for flights.

About 80 Colombians waiting for flights at Madrid's airport on Tuesday shouted "we want to fly, we want to fly," the Associated Press news agency reported.

"We are here with no breakfast and no lunch, not even a bottle of water," said one passenger.

Ecuador's government has said it would try to ensure that Ecuadoreans unable to return to work after being stranded in Spain would not lose their jobs, Ecuavisa TV reported.