Anti-NATO protesters gathered in Madrid on Sunday ahead of a summit of the Western alliance in the Spanish capital in the coming week. The demonstrators called for NATO to be dissolved and for military bases maintained by the United States in Spain to be closed. The organizers put the number gathered at 30,000, while the authorities said 2,200 participated in the march through central Madrid. They held up banners with “No to NATO, No to War, For Peace,” as they marched from Atocha station to Plaza España some 2.5 kilometres away. The rally, which was accompanied by a large police presence, wen…