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☆ Lauren Sánchez just made her Met Gala debut in a stunning black-and-white gown
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lauren Sánchez made her debut at the Met Gala on Monday night. AdvertisementLauren Sánchez has officially made her Met Gala debut. Lauren Sánchez attends the 2024 Met Gala. She told Vogue that she wanted something different for her first Met Gala than the "extremely sexy, low cut" styles she usually favors. Now, with a Met Gala under her belt, it's clear Sánchez hopes to join the ranks of fashion's biggest power players.

Persons: Lauren Sánchez, Oscar de La, Anna Wintour, Sánchez, —, Jeff Bezos, la, Jamie McCarthy, Vogue, It's, Bezos, Chrissy Teigen, Jessica Seinfeld, Keith McNally Organizations: Service, Vogue, White House, fashion's Locations: Hollywood

☆ Next week could cement Lauren Sanchez's rise as a fashion star
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lauren Sánchez may make her Met Gala debut on Monday, according to reports. AdvertisementLauren Sánchez is poised to walk the Met Gala red carpet for the first time on Monday, if media reports are to be believed. Page Six also previously reported that Met Gala host and Condé Nast chief content officer Anna Wintour was wooing Sánchez to attend. AdvertisementThe theme of this year's Met Gala is "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," according to Vogue, and the dress code has been dubbed "The Garden of Time." Sánchez is a rising fashion star, Business Insider's Amanda Krause previously reported, with her style evolving in recent years.

Persons: Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos, —, Amy Odell, Page, Condé, Anna Wintour, Sánchez, she'd, Bezos, Amanda Krause, Keith McNally, Chrissy Teigen, Jessica Seinfeld, Stephanie Ruhle Organizations: Service, Condé Nast, Vogue, House, NYC Locations: Sánchez, Instagram

☆ How Lauren Sanchez's style has evolved, from carrying Birkins to wearing see-through dresses
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Lauren Sanchez is a former news anchor, the fiancée of Jeff Bezos, and a rising fashion star. Her style has notably evolved over the years from casual minidresses to see-through gowns. But you could also call her a rising fashion star. But in recent years — especially while making her relationship with Jeff Bezos public — her style has leveled up. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, She's, — Organizations: Service, Business Locations: New Mexico

☆ A restaurateur learned the hard way not to mess with Lauren Sánchez
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

NYC restaurateur Keith McNally insulted Lauren Sánchez in an apparently unprompted Instagram post. And his latest target is Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of one of the most powerful people in the world, Jeff Bezos. McNally, who owns more than a dozen restaurants including NYC's famed Balthazar, wrote a seemingly out-of-the-blue Instagram post attacking Sánchez and Bezos on Monday. Chrissy Teigen commented on McNally's post, writing, "She's actually incredibly dynamic, accomplished and kind, and everyone who knows her would say the same." If his edited-down post is any indication, McNally sure learned the hard way not to mess with Sánchez, or her famous friends.

Persons: Keith McNally, Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos, He's, James Corden, Adele, Instagram, —, who's, Sánchez, McNally, Balthazar, Bezos, — Lauren Sanchez —, Sanchez, MacKenzie Scott, Chrissy Teigen, She's, Jessica Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, Lauren, Stephanie Ruhle, Rachel Zoe, Corden, Corden's, Megastar Adele Organizations: Service, MSNBC, Independent, Representatives, New York Times

☆ Watch out Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez — Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are trying out mob chic, too
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez aren't the only couple that's stepping it up in the fashion arena. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan were seen trying out the "mob chic" look at Saturday's UFC event. AdvertisementStep aside Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez; there's a new it couple in town, and they're coming for the "mob chic" crown. At the time, Zuckerberg wore an army-green T-shirt, while Chan wore a floral print dress. Related storyChan, meanwhile, appeared to be trying her hand at the "mob wife" aesthetic that's gone viral on social media.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez aren't, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Zuckerberg, swag, Chan, —, Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bottari, Lauren Sanchez, Gabbana parry, Jacopo Raule, Jensen Huang, Huang, Anant Ambani's Richard Mille Organizations: UFC, Service, Getty, Dolce, Gabbana Party, Milan, Nvidia, Meta, Business Insider Locations: Bezos, Milan

☆ 12 of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's best style moments
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Samantha Grindell | Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Jeff Bezos and Lauren S á nchez have been a public couple since 2019.nchez have been a public couple since 2019. They've started attending public events together in recent years, especially since they got engaged. AdvertisementJeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's relationship has been newsworthy since it became public in 2019, as their relationship came on the heels of the Amazon founder's divorce from MacKenzie Scott. After multiple outlets reported they were engaged in May 2023, they have been attending more public events together than ever. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren S á, nchez, They've, —, Lauren Sánchez's, MacKenzie Scott Organizations: Service, Business

☆ How the MS-13 Gang Actually Works, According to a Former Member
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Victor Hugo Febres | Dylan Brzezinski | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Alex Sanchez is a former high-ranking member of MS-13. He became involved in the gang in the 1980s in Los Angeles and participated in its expansion. He is now the executive director of Homies Unidos and is a violence-prevention worker and expert on gang culture. He speaks with Business Insider about the Los Angeles Police Department, tattooing, rules and codes, media perception, and the political language used to depict the gang, such as Donald Trump's comments in 2018. Sanchez's story is profiled in the books "MS-13: The Making of America's Most Notorious Gang" and "Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas."

Persons: Alex Sanchez, Sanchez, Donald Trump's Organizations: El, Homies, Los Angeles Police Department Locations: Los Angeles, El Salvador, Americas

☆ Jeff Bezos sells more than $2 billion in Amazon stock for third time this month
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sold roughly $2.03 billion of shares in his company over the past few days, according to a regulatory filing, bringing his total sales this month to over $6 billion. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Bezos sold about 12 million Amazon shares at an average price of $169.50 a share. Bezos sold about 12 million shares, worth $2 billion, between Friday and Monday, and sold another 12 million shares the week before that. The sales this month mark the first time Bezos has sold Amazon stock since May 2021, the year he stepped down as Amazon CEO, although he gifted about $240 million in Amazon shares last year. WATCH: Jeff Bezos sells $2 billion of Amazon shares

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Bezos, fiancée Lauren Sanchez's, Forbes, —, Annie Palmer Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Arrowhead, Amazon Locations: Kansas City , Missouri, Seattle, Miami

☆ We've made 165 recipes from celebrity chefs to find the best ones. Here are the winners in each category.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +39 min

Read previewBusiness Insider put the best recipes from celebrity chefs head-to-head to find the most delicious salads, desserts, bread, beverages, and more. AdvertisementRead more about the winning recipe and full battle here: I tried 3 celebrity chefs' recipes for blueberry pancakes, and the best used whipped egg whites. Read more about the winning recipe and full battle here: I made 4 celebrity chefs' recipes for overnight oats, and the best was served in a cantaloupe. This celebrity chef's garlic bread was buttery, spicy, and not at all soggyThe texture of Guy Fieri's garlic bread was spot-on. AdvertisementRead more about the winning recipe and full battle here: I tried 3 celebrity chefs' recipes for white sangria, and the best was also the prettiest.

Persons: —, Paige Bennett, Tiffany Leigh, Bennett's, Bennett, Carla Hall's microwaved, Bobby Deen's, Nancy, Nancy Fuller, Ina Garten's, Read, Ree Drummond, Alton Brown, Curtis Stone, Flay's, Paige Bennett Bobby Flay's, Guy, Guy Fieri's, Tiffany Leigh Fieri's, pico de gallo, Leigh, roja, Gordon Ramsay's, Paige Bennett Bennett, Giada De Laurentiis, Trisha Yearwood, Aarón Sánchez, Fieri's, Alex Guarnaschelli's, Alex Guarnaschelli, Rachel Ray, Paula Deen, Carla Hall's cornbread, Alton Brown's, dill, Sunny, Paige Bennett Garten, Anderson's coleslaw, Guy Fieri, Ina Garten, Sunny Anderson, Lucien Formichella, Brown, Bobby Flay, Keller's, Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud, skillet, Rachael Ray's, Alfredo, Katie Lee Biegel's fettuccine, Chelsea Davis, Ree Drummond's, Giada de, Chelsea Davis Davis, Drummond, De Laurentiis, Laurentiis, Davis, Duff, Bobby Flay's, Gordon, Bobby, Flay, papayas, pecans, caramelized pecans, we've, Sandra, Sandra Lee's boozy, milkshake, minty, Geoffrey Zakarian's margarita, Geoffrey, Rachael Ray's negroni, Ina Garten's mulled, Bobby Flay's Bloody Mary, Geoffrey Zakarian's, Ina, Gina Neely, Rachael Ray, Guarnaschelli, Ray Organizations: Service, Business, Insider Hall, Garten, kiwis, Alton, cranberries Locations: scone, Worcestershire, Garten, mayo, cayenne, Buffalo, Swiss chard, Ree, Moscow

☆ Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's new cabinet
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez takes the oath of office during a ceremony at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain November 17, 2023. Andres Ballesteros/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsNov 20 (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday announced his new cabinet, keeping the same number of 22 ministers, 12 women and 10 men, despite reshuffling some of their portfolios. SOCIALIST MINISTERS:NADIA CALVINO - ECONOMYCalvino remains as Sanchez's first deputy prime minister and top economic expert. FELIX BOLANOS - JUSTICEBolanos saw his profile boosted by heightened media exposure while acting as Sanchez's de facto cabinet chief. SIRA REGO - CHILDREN AND YOUTHThe second-in-command and main spokesperson for the United Left, she became an MEP in 2019.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Andres Ballesteros, NADIA CALVINO, Calvino, Sanchez's, TERESA RIBERA, Ribera, MARIA JESUS MONTERO, Sanchez, Montero, FELIX BOLANOS, JUSTICE Bolanos, JOSE MANUEL ALBARES, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, MARGARITA ROBLES, Robles, FERNANDO GRANDE, Miquel Iceta, PILAR ALEGRIA, Alegria, Isabel Rodriguez, ISABEL RODRIGUEZ, Rodriguez, JOSE LUIS ESCRIVA, DIANA MORANT, LUIS PLANAS, Puente, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, JORDI HEREU, Hereu, Hector Gomez, ANGEL VICTOR TORRES, Torres, ELMA SAIZ, Escriva, Redondo, Podemos party's Irene Montero, SUMAR, YOLANDA DIAZ, LABOUR Diaz, Sumar, MONICA GARCIA, Garcia, Isabel Diez Ayuso, ERNEST URTASUN, PABLO BUSTINDUY, Bustinduy, Alberto Garzon, Ione Belarra, SIRA REGO, David Latona, Aislinn Laing, Grant McCool Organizations: Spain's, REUTERS Acquire, Spanish, Monday, European Investment Bank, JUSTICE, High, Culture, Social Security, Universities, Democratic, Socialist, ANA REDONDO, LABOUR, Mas Madrid, Greens, European Free Alliance, Consumer Affairs, United Left, Thomson Locations: Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain, Dubai, France, Morocco, Ukraine, Melilla, Gandia, Valladolid, Barcelona, Canary, Bolanos, Pamplona, Navarre, Mas, Podemos, Gaza, SIRA, Israel

☆ Sanchez wins Spanish parliament's backing for new term as PM
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

His Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) had reached separate deals with a number of regional parties to earn their backing, including a contentious bill on amnesty for Catalan separatists that has sparked protests across Spain. Sanchez's bid garnered 179 votes in favour and 171 against, with no abstentions. The "nays" stemmed from the conservative People's Party, the far-right Vox and the People's Union of Navarre's lone lawmaker. PSOE's hard-left ally Sumar, Catalan pro-independence parties Junts and ERC, Basque parties PNV and EH Bildu, Galicia's BNG and the Canary Coalition all voted for Sanchez, who first acceded to the office in 2018. Reporting by Belén Carreño, Inti Landauro and Emma Pinedo; Writing by David Latona; Editing by Andrei KhalipOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, amnesties, Catalonia's, Sanchez's, Vox, Navarre's, PSOE's, Sumar, Galicia's BNG, Sanchez, Belén Carreño, Inti Landauro, Emma Pinedo, David Latona, Andrei Khalip Organizations: Spain's, Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party, PSOE, People's Party, People's Union, Junts, ERC, Canary Coalition, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Spain, Catalan, Basque

Sanchez's confirmation as premier would end four months of uncertainty since an election in July produced no outright winner. Authorities said 15 people were arrested in a 2,000-person protest on Wednesday night outside the Socialist Party headquarters in Madrid following clashes with police. Feijoo, who accused Sanchez of undermining the rule of law on Wednesday called for mass protests on Saturday Nov 18. Sanchez argued on Wednesday that an amnesty would help to defuse tensions in Catalonia. Reporting by Belen Carreño and Emma Pinedo; Writing by Charlie Devereux; Editing by Sharon SingletonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez applauds, amnesties, Catalonia's, Sanchez, Pedro Sanchez, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Jorge Pueyo, Sumar, Patxi Lopez, Feijoo, Miriam Nogueras, Nogueras, Belen Carreño, Emma Pinedo, Charlie Devereux, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Spain's, Socialist, People's Party, Sanchez's Socialist Party, PSOE, ERC, Socialists, Authorities, Socialist Party, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Spain, Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia, Madrid, Socialist

☆ Sanchez Wins Spanish Parliament's Backing for New Term as PM
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's lower house of parliament on Thursday voted to make Pedro Sanchez prime minister for another term by a wafer-thin margin, ending a protracted deadlock after an inconclusive general election in July. His Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) had reached separate deals with a number of regional parties to earn their backing, including a contentious bill on amnesty for Catalan separatists that has sparked protests across Spain. The "nays" stemmed from the conservative People's Party, the far-right Vox and the People's Union of Navarre's lone lawmaker. PSOE's hard-left ally Sumar, Catalan pro-independence parties Junts and ERC, Basque parties PNV and EH Bildu, Galicia's BNG and the Canary Coalition all voted for Sanchez, who first acceded to the office in 2018. (Reporting by Belén Carreño, Inti Landauro and Emma Pinedo; Writing by David Latona; Editing by Andrei Khalip)

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Sanchez's, Vox, Navarre's, PSOE's, Sumar, Galicia's BNG, Sanchez, Belén Carreño, Inti Landauro, Emma Pinedo, David Latona, Andrei Khalip Organizations: Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party, PSOE, People's Party, People's Union, Junts, ERC, Canary Coalition Locations: MADRID, Spain, Catalan, Basque

☆ Pedro Sanchez secures another term as Spain's prime minister, set to form government
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the investiture debate at the Spanish Parliament on Nov. 15, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. Spain's parliament has empowered acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to assemble a government, following two failed investiture attempts from right-wing opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Sanchez, who helms the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), won 179 votes in favor, with 171 against and no abstentions. It ends a four-month political deadlock following inconclusive general elections in July, when Feijóo's People's Party won a 136 majority of seats, while the Socialists clinched 121. Sanchez himself had called for the vote after his party hemorrhaged losses in regional and municipal elections in late May.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Sanchez, helms, Feijóo's, Vox, Junts, Carles Puigdemont Organizations: Spanish, Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party, PSOE, Feijóo's People's Party, Socialists, Catalan, Catalonian Locations: Madrid, Spain, Spain's, Catalonia, Galicia, Basque Country, Belgium

☆ Madrid streets barricaded ahead of tense Spanish investiture debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The amnesty deal with Catalan separatists has prompted a wave of protests across Spain. Authorities said 80,000 people gathered in Madrid on Sunday, while tens of thousands also attended demonstrations in Granada and Seville. Thousands have congregated each night for nearly a fortnight outside the Socialist Party (POSE) headquarters in Madrid. "We are Spaniards worried about Spain," said one young protester draped in a Spanish flag. The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an injunction by the far-right party Vox to suspend the investiture vote.

Persons: Sanchez, Pedro Sanchez's, Junts, Vox, Adolf Hitler, Esteban Gonzalez Pons, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Belen Carreno, Miguel Gutierrez, Charlie Devereux, Aislinn Laing, Emelia Organizations: Spain's, Amnesty, Spain MADRID, Police, ERC, Sanchez’s Socialists, People's Party, Authorities, Sunday, Socialist Party, Eastern, European, Sanchez's Socialist Party, PSOE, Junts, Thomson Locations: Spain, Spain's, Madrid, Catalan, Granada, Seville, Spanish, Hungary, Romania

☆ Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez had a 2nd star-studded engagement party attended by guests including Kris Jenner, Oprah, and Robert Pattinson
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Call it déjà vu: Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sanchez had an engagement party, again. Guests included the likes of Oprah, Kris Jenner, Barbra Streisand, and Robert Pattinson. AdvertisementWhy have one engagement party when you can have two? Guests included the likes of Kris Jenner, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Pattinson, Salma Hayek Pinault, and Barbra Streisand, per Vogue. AdvertisementGuests at Bezos' and Sanchez's first engagement party included big names like Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates, the Queen of Jordan, Andrew Garfield, and Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, according to Page Six.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, fiancée Lauren Sanchez, Barry Diller, Diane von Furstenberg, Oprah, Kris Jenner, Barbra Streisand, Robert Pattinson, —, Lauren Sanchez, Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek Pinault, Bezos, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates, Queen, Jordan, Andrew Garfield, Bumble, Whitney Wolfe, Sanchez Organizations: Service, Beverly, Vogue

☆ Spain to provide bodyguards for fugitive Catalan Puigdemont amid amnesty row
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont sits inside a car, on the day a deal was signed with Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) for Spanish government support, which is expected to include an amnesty law for Catalan separatist activists, in Brussels, Belgium November 9, 2023. Tensions are running high in Spain over a controversial amnesty law agreed with Puigdemont's party Junts that will exculpate hundreds of politicians and activists involved in an attempt to separate Catalonia from Spain that peaked in 2017. Puigdemont, who is the subject of an extradition order for leading the failed attempt, is likely to be the most high profile beneficiary of the amnesty law, a draft of which was registered in parliament on Monday. Opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo, of the centre-right People's Party that is leading protests against the amnesty, said the security agreement was "surprising". The prospect of amnesty has brought thousands of opponents to the streets for 12 days in a row.

Persons: Carles Puigdemont, Yves Herman, Pedro Sanchez's, Puigdemont, Felix Bolanos, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, He's, Junts, Sanchez, Charlie Devereux, Joan Faus, Emma Pinedo, Aislinn Laing Organizations: Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party, PSOE, Catalan, REUTERS, Rights, Socialist, Reuters, People's, Spanish, Thomson Locations: Brussels, Belgium, Rights MADRID, Spain, Catalonia, Catalan, Waterloo, Copenhagen

☆ Spain's Sanchez to Seek New Term as PM in Lower House on Nov. 16
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will seek to clinch a new term in a parliamentary vote on Thursday, the lower house speaker Francina Armengol said on Monday. The vote will follow a parliamentary debate scheduled to start at noon local time (1100 GMT) on Wednesday, she told reporters. Sanchez looks assured of winning a new term with an absolute majority of the 350-member assembly. The prospect of the amnesty has brought thousands of opponents to the streets over the past week. After an inconclusive election on July 23, Sanchez's Socialist Party spent weeks negotiating with smaller parties, most of which had supported him in 2020 for his previous term.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Francina Armengol, Sanchez, UPN's, Inti Landauro, David Latona, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: Junts, ERC, Sanchez's Socialist Party, Bildu, Canary Coalition Locations: MADRID, Catalan, Spain, Basque, Navarre

☆ Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, recounts the story of his proposal: 'When he opened the box, I think I blacked out a bit'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have been engaged for months. "When he opened the box, I think I blacked out a bit," Sanchez told Vogue. AdvertisementAdvertisementJeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez —your favorite tech titan-helicopter pilot power couple — got engaged months ago, and now they're sharing the story of how it happened. "When he opened the box, I think I blacked out a bit," she told Vogue. Sanchez told Vogue she's "looking forward to being Mrs.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Sanchez, —, Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, Vogue Organizations: Amazon, Vogue, Service, National Enquirer, Fund

☆ Spain's Sanchez to seek new term as PM in lower house on Nov. 16
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Susana Vera/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will seek to clinch a new term in a parliamentary vote on Thursday, the lower house speaker Francina Armengol said on Monday. The vote will follow a parliamentary debate scheduled to start at noon local time (1100 GMT) on Wednesday, she told reporters. Sanchez looks assured of winning a new term with an absolute majority of the 350-member assembly. After an inconclusive election on July 23, Sanchez's Socialist Party spent weeks negotiating with smaller parties, most of which had supported him in 2020 for his previous term. Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by David Latona and Andrew CawthorneOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Andoni Ortuzar, Susana Vera, Francina Armengol, Sanchez, UPN's, Inti Landauro, David Latona, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: Basque Nationalist Party, REUTERS, Rights, Junts, ERC, Sanchez's Socialist Party, Bildu, Canary Coalition, Thomson Locations: Madrid, Spain, Rights MADRID, Catalan, Basque, Navarre

☆ Tens of thousands protest across Spain at proposed Catalan amnesty
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people protested across Spain on Sunday against acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez's plans to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in exchange for support for another term in office. The government secured a deal with Catalan separatist party Junts on Thursday which includes passing a contentious law granting amnesty to those convicted over Catalonia's attempt to secede from Spain in 2017. "He (Sanchez) has betrayed coexistence, democracy...he can't keep governing," said banker Tomas Perez, 38, holding a sign reading "Sanchez traitor". After an inconclusive July 23 election, the Socialists spent weeks negotiating with smaller parties including far-left platform Sumar and Catalan, Galician and Basque nationalist parties. Reporting by Miguel Gutierrez and Guillermo Martinez; Writing by Jessica Jones; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez's, Junts, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Puerta, amnesties, Catalonia's, Sanchez, Tomas Perez, Inmaculada Herranz Castro, Miguel Gutierrez, Guillermo Martinez, Jessica Jones, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: People's Party, Authorities, Popular Party, Spain's, Socialists, Basque Nationalist Party, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Spain, Sol, Madrid, Spanish, EU, Barcelona, Granada, Seville, Malaga, Palma, Valencia, Galician, Basque

Key to the agreement signed Thursday is a massively controversial amnesty that could benefit Puigdemont and thousands of other secessionists. Puigdemont is one of several Catalan leaders who fled justice after an illegal independence referendum was held in 2017. 1 for many Spaniards, and Catalan independence a politically toxic issue, some wonder why Sánchez, who has long opposed any amnesty, is now pushing for it. Those include the two pro-secession Catalan parties who led the unsuccessful 2017 breakaway attempt. A LEGAL QUAGMIREAny amnesty approved by Spain's Parliament is likely to be contested by the opposition parties and several courts in Spain.

Persons: — Spain's, Pedro Sánchez ’, Carles Puigdemont, Sumar —, Sánchez, Junts, QUAGMIRE, Didier Reynders, Spain’s, ___ Wilson Organizations: MADRID, Socialist, WHO, AMNESTY, Sánchez's Socialists, Forces, Popular Party, Vox, Police, Socialists, Junts, Basque Country, Court, European Union Locations: Catalunya, Catalonia, Spain, Spain's, Puigdemont, CATALONIA, Barcelona, Madrid, Basque, Navarra, Belgium

Just holding the deal together through a full four-year parliamentary term will be a tough challenge, many predict. "The next legislative term will be very tough for the PSOE, it is likely it won't finish the whole term," said Catalan political analyst Joan Esculies. Spaniards have also been called to show their ire in town square demonstrations across the country on Sunday. For Andoni Ortuzar, the Basque Nationalist Party leader who also struck a deal with the Socialists on Friday, whether the government could hold would be a test of Spain's plurality. "We are different - we consider ourselves a different nation - and the question is whether we can live together comfortably," he said.

Persons: Sanchez, Pedro Sanchez, Francisco Franco, Junts, Carles Puigdemont, Joan Esculies, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Andoni Ortuzar, Susana Vera, Emiliano Garcia, Puigdemont, Lluis Orriols, Ortuzar, Belen Carreno, Joan Faus, Emma Pinedo, Aislinn Laing, Alex Richardson Organizations: Deal, Spain's Socialists, Socialist, PSOE, People's Party, Socialists, Basque Nationalist Party, REUTERS, Catalan Socialist, Carlos III University, Thomson Locations: MADRID, BARCELONA, Catalan, Belgium, Catalonia, Spain, Madrid, Castilla, La Mancha, Spanish, Catalunya

☆ Spain's Sanchez wins support for PM bid amid anger over Catalan amnesty vow
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"We have managed to secure a majority that will make possible the investiture of Pedro Sanchez," acting minister for parliamentary relations Felix Bolanos said in an interview with SER radio station. Opinion polls have painted a picture of a country divided over the question of amnesty, even within the ranks of the Socialist Party. With Junts and PNV and the national and regional left-wing parties, Sanchez would win an absolute majority of 178 out of 350 lawmakers. Later on Friday, the Socialist Party added one vote more to its wide coalition after Canary Islands' regionalist party Coalicion Canaria also agreed to back Sanchez. Bolanos said the Catalan amnesty law would help ease tension in Catalonia as it would free school directors, firefighters and other civil servants who helped organise an illegal referendum on the region's independence in 2017 from legal proceedings.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, Jon Nazca, Junts, Sanchez, Felix Bolanos, Bolanos, Canaria, Carles Puigdemont, Belen Carreno, Emma Pinedo, Inti Landauro, David Latona, Jessica Jones, Aislinn Laing, Toby Chopra, Nick Macfie, Hugh Lawson, Andrea Ricci Organizations: European, REUTERS, Rights, Catalan separatists, National Basque Party, Canaries ' Coalition, SER, Socialist Party, Socialist, La, Sigma, Sanchez's Socialist Party, Interior Ministry, El Mundo, Socialists, Police, Thomson Locations: Granada, Spain, Rights MADRID, Catalonia, Galician, Basque, Canary Islands, Junts, Madrid

☆ Spanish Socialists and Catalan Junts reach deal for government support, amnesty
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A law granting amnesty to those prosecuted over Catalonia's attempt to secede from Spain was included in the deal, political leaders said and the deal text showed. The agreement included Junts lending its votes in parliament to support legislation for a full four-year term, he said. But Junts, which seeks another independence referendum, said supporting each law would depend on progress in talks involving Catalonia's political conflict. As a deal between Junts and the Socialists edged nearer in the past week, the mood in the country has become increasingly febrile, with protesters clashing with police outside the Socialists' headquarters in Madrid. An amnesty could exculpate as many as 1,400 activists and politicians involved in the attempt to separate Catalonia from Spain.

Persons: Junts, Feijoo, Puigdemont, Pedro Sanchez, Santos Cerdan, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Sanchez, Carles Puigdemont, Jaume Clotet, Belen Carreno, Joan Faus, Graham Keeley, Aislinn Laing, Charlie Devereux, Alison Williams, Toby Chopra, Bernadette Baum, Sharon Singleton, Alex Richardson Organizations: Companies Spain's Socialists, Conservative, Socialist Party, PSOE, Socialist, Socialists, Police, People's Party, Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party, Basque Nationalist Party, Thomson Locations: Catalan, Madrid, MADRID, Spain, Brussels, Junts, Catalonia, Belgium, Waterloo

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