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☆ Are LGBTQ+ rights at stake in Spain's election?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Enrique Anarte | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Vox has strongly opposed LGBTQ+ rights. Both Vox and the PP have promised to take action against some pro-LGBTQ+ measures passed by the left-wing government. Spain is fourth in the ranking of European countries' LGBTQ+ rights by advocacy group ILGA-Europe, but LGBTQ+ activists said a PP-Vox government would roll back their rights. A right-wing government could also target LGBTQ+ rights by failing to implement existing laws, said Uge Sangil, head of LGBTQ+ umbrella group, FELGTB. Please credit Openly, the LGBTQ+ news website from the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters.

Persons: Alberto Nunez Feijoo's, Pedro Sanchez's, Feijoo, Vox, Virginia, Santiago Abascal, Uge Sangil, Sangil, Darko Decimavilla, Enrique Anarte, Jon Hemming Organizations: Thomson Reuters Foundation, People's Party, Pedro Sanchez's Socialists, Vox, Ministry, Thomson Reuters, Thomson Locations: Spain, MADRID, Madrid, Naquera, Europe

With polls indicating a PP/Vox coalition government as the most likely outcome of next Sunday's national election, the reversal signals what could be a broader shift in Spain's climate change policy. "We are going to continue building bike lanes," he told Reuters. Vox has also pledged to repeal Spain's climate law, which establishes an obligation to create LEZs in cities. "Bike lanes have to be useful and not generate social alarm, so each municipality has to analyse the most appropriate location," a PP official told Reuters. Valladolid has been awarded 10.6 million euros to create an LEZ and about 4 million for bike lanes.

Persons: Teresa Ribera, Vox, Alberto Gutierrez, Miguel Diaz, Santiago Abascal, Pedro Sanchez, Sanchez, Cristina Monge, LEZs, Carmen Moriyon, Frans Timmermans, Belén Carreño, Pietro Lombardi, Andrei Khalip, Charlie Devereux, Angus MacSwan Organizations: People's Party, Elche, Vox, Reuters, United Nations, Socialist, University of Zaragoza, EU, Brussels, Cars, European Environment Agency, Thomson Locations: MADRID, VALLADOLID, Valladolid, Gijon, Castello, Europe, Spain

☆ Spain's conservatives ahead of Socialists before election, opinion polls show
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, July 15 (Reuters) - Spain's opposition conservative People's Party (PP) is ahead of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's ruling Socialists (PSOE) but still short of winning a decisive majority in this month's general election, according to two tracking opinion polls published on Saturday. To secure an absolute majority of the 350 lower house of parliament seats needed to form a government after the July 23 election, the PP would almost certainly have to ally with the far-right Vox party, opinion polls have shown. The PP would win more votes than the PSOE and the far-left Sumar party together, the poll found. Sumar would win 25 seats or 11.4% of the vote while Vox would claim 11.7% of the vote or 29 seats. Meanwhile, the PP's share of the vote fell slightly according to a tracker poll by 40dB for El Pais, a centre-left newspaper.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez's, GAD3, Sumar, Vox, 40dB, Sanchez, Graham Keeley, Frances Kerry Organizations: People's Party, Socialists, PSOE, Vox, ABC, El Pais, El, Thomson Locations: MADRID, El, El Pais

☆ Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hits back at defense spending criticism
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hits back at defense spending criticismPedro Sánchez, prime minister of Spain, discusses his country's NATO goals and commitments after criticism that Europe is not spending enough on defence.

Persons: Pedro Sánchez Organizations: Spanish, NATO Locations: Spain, Europe

☆ 'We have to spend more': European leaders weigh in on defense spending across the continent
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'We have to spend more': European leaders weigh in on defense spending across the continentAs heads of state arrive at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, CNBC speaks to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister of Lithuania Krišjānis Kariņš, President of Poland Andrzej Duda, and Prime Minister of The Netherlands Mark Rutte about their respective policies on military expenditure in Europe.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Lithuania Krišjānis Kariņš, Andrzej Duda, Netherlands Mark Rutte Organizations: NATO, CNBC, Spanish Locations: Vilnius, Lithuania, Netherlands, Europe

☆ Conservative Feijoo emerges as winner from debate ahead of Spanish election
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MADRID, July 11 (Reuters) - Spanish opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo, leader of the conservative People's Party (PP), won an ill-tempered televised debate on Monday night ahead of an election later this month, a poll published by El Mundo newspaper indicated on Tuesday. With Feijoo leading in polls before the July 23 election, the onus was on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a Socialist, to go on the attack. About 54% of voters thought Feijoo won the debate compared to 46% for Sanchez, according to the Sigma Dos survey for El Mundo. It found that 22% of people who voted for the Socialists in the past election felt Feijoo had won the debate while only 6% of PP voters assigned the victory to Sanchez. The expectation is that the election at the height of the summer holiday season will also suffer from a lack of engagement.

Persons: Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Feijoo, Pedro Sanchez, Sanchez, Josep Marti Blanch, Vox, Spain's, GAD3, Barlovento Comunicacion, Charlie Devereux, Andrei Khalip, Angus MacSwan Organizations: People's Party, El Mundo, Sigma, Socialists, ABC, Atresmedia, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Spanish, La Vanguardia, Europe, Italy, Spain

☆ Spain 2023 election: PM Sanchez and rival Feijoo in chaotic live TV debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Spanish People's Party candidate Alberto Nunez Feijoo and Spain's Prime Minister and Socialist candidate Pedro Sanchez talk before a televised debate ahead of snap election in Madrid, Spain, July 10, 2023. With just under two weeks to go until the vote, opinion polls predict Feijoo as the likely winner, although he would probably need the support of far-right party Vox. Sanchez highlighted that Spain is among only a few European countries that has tamed inflation to below the European Central Bank's 2% target by 2023. Feijoo himself was recently pilloried for saying a Vox electoral candidate convicted of gender violence had a "hard divorce". Feijoo told Sanchez: "Those men who raped in the street are in the street because of you - there are more than 1,000 of them."

Persons: Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Pedro Sanchez, Juan Medina MADRID, gesticulating, Maria Jose Canel, Sanchez, Feijoo, Vox, Feijoo's, EH, Jose Miguel Contreras, Madrid's King, Madrid's King Juan Carlos University, Belen Carreno, Corina Rodriguez, Aislinn Laing, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Spanish People's Party, Spain's, Socialist, REUTERS, People's Party, Madrid's Complutense University, Socialists, AS, Central, Vox, Madrid's, Madrid's King Juan, Atresmedia, Thomson Locations: Madrid, Spain, Ukraine, Basque

☆ Spain's People's Party could win absolute majority with Vox - poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID, July 9 (Reuters) - Two weeks ahead of Spain's election, the conservative People's Party (PP) opened up its lead over the ruling Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) but would still need the help of the far-right Vox party to govern, according to an opinion poll published by a newspaper on Sunday. The far-left Sumar party would win 13%, just ahead of Vox with 12.6%, the poll found ahead of the election on July 23. Vox - the PP's most likely coalition ally - would win between 32 and 39 seats. If the results of the poll are correct, it means that a right-wing coalition of the PP and Vox would together win up to 180 seats, enough for an absolute majority. All polls have so far predicted that the PP would win the most votes in the elections.

Persons: Ipsos, Vox, Pedro Sanchez, Graham Keeley, Elaine Hardcastle Organizations: People's Party, Socialist Workers ' Party, PSOE, Vox, La Vanguardia, Socialist, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Sumar

☆ Far-Right Parties Are Rising to Power Around Europe. Is Spain Next?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Jason Horowitz | More About Jason Horowitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last month, after Spain’s conservative and hard-right parties crushed the left in local elections, the winners in Elche, a small southeastern town known for an ancient sculpture and shoe exports, signed an agreement with consequences for the future of Spain — and the rest of Europe. The candidate from the conservative Popular Party had a chance to govern, but he needed the hard-right Vox party, which, in return for its support during council votes, received the deputy mayor position and a new administrative body to defend the traditional family. They inked their deal under the cross of the local church. “This coalition model could be a good model for the whole of Spain,” said Pablo Ruz Villanueva, Elche’s new mayor, referring to upcoming national elections on July 23, which most polls suggest will oust the liberal prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party. The new deputy mayor from Vox, Aurora Rodil Martínez, went further: “My party will do everything that’s necessary to make that happen.”If Ms. Rodil’s wish comes true, with Vox joining a coalition with more moderate conservatives, it would become the first right-wing party since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to enter the national government.

Persons: Spain —, ”, Pablo Ruz Villanueva, Elche’s, Pedro Sánchez, Aurora Rodil Martínez, Rodil’s, Francisco Franco Organizations: Popular Party, Vox, Spanish Socialist Workers ’ Party, Aurora Locations: Elche, Europe, “, Spain

☆ The best places to eat in Andalusia — from a chef with three Michelin stars
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Evelyn Chen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The restaurant, located in the heart of the Bahia de Cadiz Natural Park, is helmed by Chef Angel Leon. Jerez: Bar MatyAccording to Leon, Bar Maty is arguably the "best bar in the world" to eat fried fish washed down with beer or wine. The stall serves churros finos (thin churros) and churros gordos (fat churros), which can be eaten with coffee or chocolate in one of the nearby bars. La Taberna del Chef del MarLocated at the original site where Leon founded Aponiente, La Taberna del Chef del Mar is an informal tavern in El Puerto de Santa Maria with convivial service by Leon himself. La Taberna del Chef del Mar serves "easy-going food with marine soul," according to its website.

Persons: Chef Angel Leon, Leon's, Alvaro Fernandez Prieto, Leon, Benito Gomez, Bardal's Benito Gomez, Bardal Gomez, Pedro Sanchez, Chateau, Martin Berasategui, quisquilla de, Jose Sanchez, Carlos, Paco Ruiz Salguero, Bar, Antonio Gonzalez, Churros, Salguero Venegas, churros, Mar, Aponiente, del Mar Organizations: Michelin, Baga, Casa Antonio, Chateau de, Marinos Jose Los Marinos Jose, Arcos, Frontera, Santa Maria, Santa Locations: Andalusia, Aponiente, Bahia, Cadiz, Spain, Ronda, Bardal, Catalan, Barcelona, Jaen, Casa, Chateau de Bagnols, Baga, Motril, Fuengirola, Costa del Sol, Rejas, Cardiz, Arcos de, White, Malaga, Buen, Jerez, Leon, El Puerto, Santa Maria, del

☆ Spain's conservative PP party, ally Vox lose ground, still ahead as election looms - polls
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The conservative People's Party (PP) and the far-right party Vox, a potential coalition ally, would still win enough seats for an absolute majority in the 350-member lower house, two polls released on Monday showed. All polls have found the PP would need support from Vox to form a government. The PP would win between 150 and 154 seats, according to a GAD3 poll for ABC newspaper carried out on June 29-30. An earlier GAD3 poll conducted between June 5 and June 8 had given the PP between 150 and 153 seats. A third poll by 40DB, hired by El Pais newspaper, showed PP and Vox falling short of the 176 seats required for an absolute majority.

Persons: Vox, Pedro Sanchez, Podemos, GAD3, El, 40DB, Inti Landauro, Charlie Devereux, Gareth Jones Organizations: Socialists, PSOE, People's Party, Vox, Sumar, ABC, IMOP, El Pais, Thomson Locations: MADRID, 40DB's

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy says 'serious threat' remains at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, July 1 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned on Saturday that a "serious threat" remained at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and said Russia was "technically ready" to provoke a localized explosion at the facility. Zelenskiy cited Ukrainian intelligence as the source of his information. Zelenskiy called for greater international attention to the situation at the facility in southeastern Ukraine, which is Europe's largest nuclear plant. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, located near the city of Enerhodar in southern Ukraine, has been occupied by Russia since early March last year, shortly after Moscow's invasion. Russia has previously denied Kyiv's accusations that Russia was preparing an explosion at the plant.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Pedro Sanchez, Sanchez, Olena Harmash, Tom Balmforth, David Holmes Organizations: Spanish, Ukraine, Thomson Locations: Russian, Russia, Kyiv, Ukraine, Spain, Enerhodar, Moscow, Soviet Union, Europe

☆ Spain's conservative PP party makes gains a month ahead of national vote, poll shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID, July 1 (Reuters) - Spain's conservative People's Party is set to win the most seats in the lower house of parliament in a national election next month, ahead of the ruling Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), a poll released by El Mundo newspaper showed on Saturday. The survey, carried out between June 26 and 30, showed the PP widening its lead over Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's PSOE, pollster Sigma Dos said. The poll estimated that the PP would get between 140 and 143 seats in the 350-member lower house, up from 140 in the previous poll held between June 16 and 23. The PSOE would get between 102 and 105 seats, it showed, compared with 102 in the previous survey. The far-right Vox party, the PP's likeliest post-election ally, would get 34-36 seats, compared with 35 seats previously.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez's, pollster Sigma Dos, Podemos, Sanchez, Jessica Jones, Alex Richardson Organizations: People's Party, Socialist Workers ' Party, PSOE, El Mundo, Pedro Sanchez's PSOE, pollster, Vox, Thomson Locations: MADRID

CNN —At least 21,000 Wagner mercenaries have been killed fighting in Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian leader said the private military company had suffered “enormous losses,” particularly in eastern Ukraine where its “most powerful group” was fighting. “Our troops killed 21,000 Wagnerites in eastern Ukraine alone,” Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv on Saturday, adding that another 80,000 Wagner fighters had been wounded. Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Because it’s only in Russia that they want to kill me, whereas the entire world wants to kill him.”

Persons: Wagner, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, “, ” Zelensky, Zelensky, Pedro Sanchez, Sanchez, William Burns, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko, Vladimir Putin, Mike Pence, Ukraine – Organizations: CNN, Wagner PMC, Spanish, of, European Union, CIA, Moscow, Belarusian, Wagner, Republican Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Spain, Russian, Belarus, United States, Russia

☆ Serious threat remains at Ukraine nuclear plant, Zelenskiy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Rescuers and police officers attend an anti-radiation drill in case of an emergency situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine June 29, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File PhotoKYIV, July 1 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned on Saturday that a "serious threat" remained at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and said Russia was "technically ready" to provoke a localized explosion at the facility. Zelenskiy called for greater international attention to the Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's largest civil nuclear facility, and urged sanctions on Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom. Energoatom, Ukraine's nuclear power authority, said on Friday it had conducted two days of exercises simulating the effects of an attack on the Zaporizhzhia plant. Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, suffered the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986, when clouds of radioactive material spread across much of Europe after an explosion and fire at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.

Persons: Stringer, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Pedro Sanchez, Russia's Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, U.N, Vassily Nebenzia, Sanchez, Olena Harmash, Tom Balmforth, David Holmes, Ron Popeski, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, Spanish, Thomson Locations: Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Russian, Russia, Rivne, Belarus, Spain, Enerhodar, Soviet Union, Europe

[1/4] Spanish Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz reacts during a campaign rally for her new left-wing umbrella party Sumar in the southern district of Orcasitas, Madrid, Spain, June 24, 2023. POPE'S BLESSINGOnce a Communist, Diaz now shies away from labelling herself as such or appealing solely to left-wing voters, although she rarely misses an opportunity to criticise capitalism. "We need better wages, especially in a country where the causes of inflation are tremendous corporate margins," she said. Two days later, Diaz registered Sumar, which first surfaced as a loose movement to unite the left in 2022, as a potential kingmaker bloc to run in the election. Reporting by Belén Carreño and Elena Rodríguez in Madrid; editing by Andrei Khalip and Mark HeinrichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Yolanda Diaz, Isabel Infantes, Pedro Sanchez, Diaz, Sanchez, Vox, Sanchez's, Shostakovich, Billie Eilish, Pope Francis, Pope, Podemos, Belén Carreño, Elena Rodríguez, Andrei Khalip, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Spanish Labour, REUTERS, Socialists, Reuters, Socialist, People's Party, Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party, PSOE, Communist, Spanish Catholic Church, Thomson Locations: Orcasitas, Madrid, Spain, MADRID, Sanchez's, Ukraine

☆ Spain's conservative PP party lead narrows one month ahead of national election - poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The survey, carried out between June 16 and 23, showed the PP would get 140 seats in the 350-member lower house, down from 141 a week earlier. The poll, commissioned by El Mundo newspaper, showed far-right party Vox, the PP's likeliest post-election ally, would get 35 seats, down from 36 a week earlier, Sigma-Dos said. A likely coalition between Vox and PP would be one seat short of the 176 outright majority. Sanchez on May 29 called a surprise snap election after his party and its junior coalition partner Podemos were routed in regional and municipal ballots. Following the May municipal and regional elections, local negotiations between PP and Vox resulted in bickering in some cases.

Persons: Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, Jose Luis Martinez, Read, Pedro Sanchez's, pollster, Vox, Sanchez, Podemos, Yolanda Diaz, Inti Landauro, Angus MacSwan Organizations: People's Party, of, Almeida, El Mundo, Pedro Sanchez's Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party, PSOE, pollster Sigma, Sigma, Vox, Labour, Thomson Locations: of Madrid, Madrid, Retiro, Spain, MADRID, Pedro Sanchez's Spanish

☆ Spain's conservative PP party widens lead ahead of national election, poll shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, June 19 (Reuters) - Spain's conservative People's Party is set to win the most seats in the lower house of parliament in next month's national election, far ahead of the ruling Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), a poll released by El Pais newspaper showed on Monday. The survey, carried out between June 12 and 14, showed the PP widening its lead over Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez' PSOE, pollster 40DB said. The poll, commissioned by El Pais newspaper, estimated that the PP would get between 128 and 142 seats in the 350-member lower house, up from 131 in the previous poll held between May 31 and June 1. The PSOE would get between 99 and 109 seats, it showed, compared with 107 in the previous such survey. The previous poll carried out between May 31 and June 1 had attributed 41 seats to Sumar.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, pollster 40DB, Sanchez, Podemos, 40DB, Gareth Jones Organizations: People's Party, Socialist Workers ' Party, PSOE, El, El Pais, Vox, Inti, Thomson Locations: MADRID, El Pais

☆ Once Scorned, Far Right Secures Foothold in Spanish Cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Spain’s far right took office in a string of Spanish cities and in a powerful region over the weekend by forging coalition agreements with the moderate right, in a move that may foreshadow a broader alliance to govern the country after next month’s general elections. The agreements came about three weeks after the center-right Popular Party crushed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s left-wing coalition in regional and local elections. To secure control of dozens of cities, the Popular Party struck coalition deals with the far-right Vox, which also performed well, embracing part of the party’s nationalist, anti-migrant agenda. Both parties will now govern together in some 25 cities of more than 30,000 residents, including five regional capitals, giving Vox, a party once considered anathema by most voters, crucial political leverage. They have also teamed up to run the wealthy Valencia region, which accounts for 10 percent of Spain’s population.

Persons: Spain’s, Pedro Sánchez’s, Vox, Sandra León, ” Organizations: Popular Party, Carlos III University Locations: Valencia, Madrid

☆ Barcelona gets Socialist mayor in consolation for prime minister Sanchez
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BARCELONA, June 17 (Reuters) - Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was given a last-minute consolation on Saturday when Barcelona's city council appointed a new Socialist mayor after a deal involving two rival parties. Despite pro-independence parties appearing certain to run Spain's second city, Jaume Collboni, the Socialist candidate, became mayor after the far-left Barcelona en Comu of the outgoing mayor Ada Colau gave him its support in a move supported by the conservative People's Party. The decision was a boost for the Socialist Party, which leads the national government, after mostly poor results in local elections around the country on May 28. Xavier Trias, 76, who represents the pro-business, pro independence party Junts per Catalunya, had been favourite to become mayor until the 11th-hour deal favouring Collboni. The political shift in Barcelona is a further setback for Catalonia's pro-independence movement, which has faltered in recent years.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Jaume Collboni, Ada Colau, Sanchez, Xavier Trias, Graham Keeley, Joan Faus, David Holmes Organizations: Socialist, People's Party, Socialist Party, Thomson Locations: BARCELONA, Barcelona's, Barcelona, Catalunya, Comu

☆ Spain begins exhumation of 128 Civil War victims from Franco mausoleum
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Relatives have been fighting for years to give their loved ones a burial under their own names and near their families. "Spanish democracy is finally providing answers for these victims," government spokesperson Isabel Rodriguez said on state-owned TV station 24H. The process of identifying the remains could take weeks or months, meaning the results will probably be published after the election. Spain transitioned to democracy following Franco's death in 1975. Reporting by Inti Landauro; editing by Charlie Devereux and Angus MacSwanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Read, General Francisco Franco, Franco, Pedro Sanchez, Isabel Rodriguez, Sanchez, Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, Inti Landauro, Charlie Devereux, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Socialist, People's Party, Falange, Association, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Cuelgamuros, Madrid, Spain, MADRID, Spanish

☆ Child plane crash survivors get medical care in Bogota after weeks in jungle
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Luis Jaime Acosta | Thomson Reuters | Luis Jaime Has Worked At Reuters For More Than Years. While He Chiefly Covers Colombia'S Armed Conflict | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A view of ambulances and a plane from San Jose del Guaviare bringing in child survivors from a Cessna 206 plane that crashed in thick jungle, at the CATAM military airbase, in Bogota, Colombia, June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Luisa GonzalezBOGOTA, June 10 (Reuters) - Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in a jungle in Colombia's south following a deadly plane crash arrived in the capital Bogota early on Saturday for medical treatment. In photos shared by Colombia's military, the four children - three girls and a boy - appeared gaunt as they were being cared for by rescuers. After the plane carrying the children landed in Bogota, four ambulances were waiting at to collect them and take them to a military hospital for specialist medical care. Three adults, including the pilot and the children's mother, died in the crash and their bodies were found inside the plane.

Persons: San Jose del Guaviare, Luisa Gonzalez BOGOTA, Hope, Pedro Sanchez, gaunt, Luis Jaime Acosta, Oliver Griffin, Jamie Freed Organizations: Cessna, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: San Jose, Bogota, Colombia, Colombia's, Colombia's Caqueta, Araracuara, Caqueta, Guaviare

☆ Spanish PM calls snap general election for July
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSpanish PM calls snap general election for JulySpain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a surprise snap election for July, instead of December, after his party suffered big losses at local elections at the weekend.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez Organizations: Spain's

☆ Spain PM taking a 'huge gamble' by calling snap general election, economics professor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSpain PM taking a 'huge gamble' by calling snap general election, economics professor saysJavier Díaz-Gimenez, professor of economics at IESE Business School, discusses the potential ramifications of what he describes as a "huge gamble" taken by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to call a snap general election.

Persons: Javier Díaz, Gimenez, Pedro Sánchez Organizations: IESE Business School

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