martes, 25 septiembre 2012

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SOCIAL CRISIS

A policeman clubs a protester after police charged demonstrators outside the Spanish parliament in Madrid. / Paul Hanna (Reuters)

Police use nightsticks to keep protesters away from Madrid Congress building

El País Madrid 3

Thousands converge in front of parliament in demonstration called to demand Rajoy's resignation

CATALAN QUESTION

Catalan leader fixes date for early election showdown

Miquel Noguer Barcelona 6

Regional premier tells Catalonia's assembly he wants to go the polls on November 25

How Rajoy plans to avoid confrontation with Catalonia

Vera G. Calvo / El País Madrid / Barcelona

Prime minister to maintain a conciliatory stance as he plots a political escape route to keep Spain intact

PROFILE

The would-be leader of a "nation"

Àngels Piñol Barcelona

Artur Mas has taken Catalonia's search for identity to a new level after a steady rise through the ranks of CiU

Central government public deficit hits 4.7 percent of GDP

El País Madrid

Figure for first eight months of year already exceeds 2012 target of 4.7 percent

REGIONAL DEBTS

Andalusia to ask regional liquidity fund for close to five billion euros

EFE Seville

Demands on government pot now amount to 14 billion euros out of total available of 18 billion

FINANCE

Merkel highlights mistakes made with Spanish banks

Agencies Berlín

German leaders points to European Banking Authority’s failure to detect their problems

T-bill rates rise in latest primary market auction

El País Madrid

Government still mulling second bailout. Pensions will rise to compensate for higher inflation

OPERATION POKEMON

Police chief arrested in widening Galician corruption probe

Pablo Taboada / Elisa Lois / José Precedo / Cristina Huete Ourense / Santiago de Compostela

Mayor of Ourense refuses to step down despite being stripped of Socialist Party membership

Planes from Iberia’s fleet at Madrid’s Barajas International Airport. / CRISTÓBAL MANUEL (EL PAÍS)

“Big brother” Washington decides whether you can board your flight

Natalia Junquera / Mónica Ceberio Belaza Madrid

Consumer organizations question whether US-EU treaty that allows for passenger pre-screening violates personal data protection laws

A helicopter flies over a burning fire in the Valencia province on Monday. / JOSE JORDAN (AFP)

Fire in Valencia area sees 2,000 people forced to abandon homes

Ferran Bono / Miguel Olivares Valencia

Flames and smoke cut off a number of roads in the area

PORTUGUESE AUSTERITY

Portugal to hike taxes after dropping universal wage-cut plan

Antonio Jiménez Barca Lisbon

Passos Coelho government studying alternative measures to meet deficit-reduction target after social security U-turn

Riot police called out in full force to guard Congress

El País Madrid

Protestors plan to surround the parliament building but say that they will not block lawmakers' access

ROAD SAFETY

Firefighters salvage the body of Víctor Cabedo from the mountainside last week.

Spain "not cycling safe"

Eduardo Rodrigálvarez Bilbao

Death of pro-team rider Víctor Cabedo raises issue of driving culture

BUSINESS

Corporate tax payments fall by more than 60 percent since 2008

Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid

Tax authorities' figures show improvement on historical low of 2010

Two Spanish businessmen kidnapped in Venezuela

EFE

Ransom demands on the rise in South American nation blighted by growing crime rate

ENVIRONMENT

A bluefin tuna is caught off the shores of Tarragona. / JOSEP LLUIS SELLART (EL PAÍS)

Bluefin tuna bounces back

Rafael Méndez Madrid

Species recovers in just six years following implementation of recovery plan

TOWARD THE END OF TERRORISM

Basque diaspora seeks home vote

José Luis Barbería

Unknown numbers of residents of the northern region have been forced to flee ETA harassment aimed at "cleaning up" the electoral rolls

Death of ETA leader in 1970s will remain a mystery

Manuel Altozano Madrid

The relatives of “Pertur” wanted to know whether he was killed by hardliners over his anti-violence stance

FORMULA 1

Alonso happy to limit Singapore swing

Reuters / El País Singapore / Madrid 1

Vettel cuts gap in championship as Spaniard finishes third

MURDER CASE

Police officer suspected of killing lawyer over child custody battle

Miguel Ángel Molina (EFE)

El País Granada

Client was upset about the turnout of a child custody case ruling against him. Attorney was concerned about her safety following a campaign of harassment

AIR TRAGEDY

Angry Spanair victims’ group plans on seeking justice outside of Spain

José Antonio Hernández Madrid

Families furious at Madrid court’s decision to drop charges against mechanics

Scotsman faces court case for removing Franco plaque

Natalia Junquera Madrid 3

Clifford Torrents maintains he had the permission of the council to remove the monument

FAREWELL TO A HISTORICAL LEADER

Tributes paid to Carrillo, a key figure in the democratic transition

El País Madrid

He “chose coexistence and reconciliation” over party interests, says Socialist leader Rubalcaba. Deputy PM Santamaría: We should remember "the light" over the dark

EDITORIAL: Carrillo’s legacy

Santiago Carrillo, emblematic Communist leader, dies aged 97

Joaquín Prieto / El País Madrid 2

Controversial leftist who led defense of Madrid during Civil War had key role in the Transition after Franco's death

Más información

SPORTS

“Get out of the water, fat ass!”

El País Barcelona

Former synchronized swimmers publish letter detailing abuse under coach

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

17 things Spain should say to Catalonia

It is time to show how much we care... before it is too late

FEATURES

ENTERPRISE

The reluctant entrepreneurs

Susana Pérez de Pablos

Unemployment, pay cuts and the disappearance of whole sectors of the economy are prompting more Spaniards to start up companies

POLITICS

Esperanza Aguirre led the Madrid region for almost a decade. Will she be back in search of something more...? / ÁLVARO GARCÍA

Esperanza Aguirre: the career politician who could have had it all

Soledad Alcaide Madrid 1

The former regional premier from Madrid is bowing out from politics unscathed

Madrid’s iron lady Esperanza Aguirre resigns as regional chief

Loyal heir ready to jump in the ring for his boss

José Manuel Romero

Intimidation, threats and cornering are just some of the strategies González has used to get what he wants from his fellow PP members, say officials

ANALYSIS

Theory of Spain’s political class

César Molinas 9

In 2013, César Molinas will publish ¿Qué hacer con España? (or, What to do with Spain?). This text is an excerpt from one of the chapters, in which he analyzes some of the causes at the root of the country's current problems

POLITICS

The mayor of Marinaleda, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo. / JULIÁN ROJAS (EL PAÍS)

The mayor who made it his mission to destroy the myth of capitalism

Amidst rampant unemployment and recession, an Andalusian town has been preaching an alternative to the current system. In this extract from his new book, journalist Dan Hancox goes in search of Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, the leader of Marinaleda, a little-known "communist utopia" where another way seems possible

ENCLAVES

The last remains of the empire

Mónica Ceberio / Ignacio Cembrero / Miguel González

Spain continues to hold on to isolated islets and crags with no strategic value off the coast of North African to ward off greater demands by Morocco

LATIN AMERICA

Paraguay asked to skip summit to stave off boycott

El País / F. P. Madrid / Buenos Aires

Madrid diplomats work quietly to urge Argentina's leader to attend

Rival Bolivian miners in deadly clash after dynamite attack

Mabel Azcui La Paz

Spoils from expropriated mine at stake

Internal Zetas war poses new security challenge for Mexico’s PRI

Luis Prados Mexico City

Peña Nieto will have to deal with fallout

Acquittal still doesn't settle Peru’s first family quarrel

El País Madrid

President Humala’s brother threatens electoral challenge

Última hora

TV & CINEMA

The dark past of illegal adoptions

Jesús Duva Madrid

Antena 3 is screening a show based on the true stories of missing babies

This week’s movie releases

Simon Hunter

Woody Allen returns with a trip to Rome, while there's action galore from Nicolas Cage and Brad Pitt

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

Venezuela’s great polarizer

Though he has a lead in the polls, the elections are suggesting a future without Chávez

OPINION

The vote as signpost

Josep Ramoneda

Independence has ceased to be taboo. It has acquired a respectable status in Spanish political life and become a touchstone of political rhetoric

EDITORIAL

A credible budget

The government is underestimating the impact of the crisis on public accounts in the near future

OPINION

The narrative

José Ignacio Torreblanca

With the passage of time, class conflicts have been blurred, ideologies eroded, and political parties have emerged that political scientists call catch-all parties