Hi!... I'm mexican, and this year I'll visit to Spain, that will my second visit. I've had heard the same, and before I visit the country I was worry as u are now, but, besides accidents can happen, normaly, spanish people is nice.
Of course they tent to think ALL LATINAMERICANS we are possible illegal inmigrants, I have heard mexicans were not considered on this categorie, but in several times I was taken as southamerican (everyone who knows the continent knows that Mexico is not southamerica), and since this condition, I can tell u that I was very well treated.
My best friend lives in Córdoba, She's doing P.H.D. studies and she has not complains.
My best wishes for your holidays with your boyfriend, btw, mine is spanish

Okay, I have blonde hair, green eyes, fair skin, and a decidedly American accent. NEVER NEVER NEVER experienced, heard of nor seen ANYTHING like what you describe.

First of all, you are Spanish speaking, and will surely be quite welcome there.

I have ONLY had good experiences in Spain...people wonderful, warm, loving, generous, caring. I have NO IDEA where you got this idea.

Now, thirty - thirty five years ago, I was told it was accepted to spit on the gypsies...I never saw it happen. (and, to be honest, they aren't sitting with their hands out anymore, either...at least they now have SOME semblance of working for a living.) There is SOME prejudice and looking down on the shiftless and the illegals (they have just as much of a problem as we have here, in the US), except their problems is with the Africans who cross at Tarifa looking for work. Most of these guys wind up selling stuff on the beaches and at the restaurants' sidewalk and terrace seating. Some live by sleeping on trains without paying for tickets. There are indigents everywhere.

What you talk about is a problem with the expats who live near Málaga, where there may be some ill-will, but I cannot believe that the behavior you describe is accepted anywhere in Spain.

You won't be mistreated. I doubt very much that there are ANY such problems in Valencia. They are very modern and industrialized in Spain, and you are more likely to run into prejudice in France and Germany than in Spain. (particularly violence). Such things are terribly frowned upon. Besides, Valencia has just opened this huge, modern science city, held the Yachting race last year, and trying to hold their own as an up and coming toiurist center, and they are going to be very aggressive about protecting the tourists who are visiting such sites.

I really wonder what report you saw? Kicking someone, for any reason, would be considered assault, and a jailable offense.

No. Spaniards are very welcoming, and you should feel very much at home there. You might even find a few fellow Colombianos working there. I met one in the bar I hung out in in Madrid last year.

"in Spain they kick foreigners in the face and spit on them and is absolutely ok by their cultural standards"
that shows how much u know about our "cultural standars"

es injusto decir que todos los españoles somos racistas, seria como decir que todos los colombianos son traficantes de droga, los alemanes borrachos etc

seguro que tienes más posibilidades de que te escupan, te den una patada en la cara o te peguen un tiro en US que en españa

Being African American and Spanish I've had absolutely no problem in Spain I have family who lives in Sevilla and go to visit them every year. Trust me people in Spain are really nice and i will guarantee that you will have a great time.