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Death of Hugo Chávez

King Juan Carlos leads Spanish tributes to Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez

El País Madrid

Monarch and leftist leader had famous spat at 2007 summit

Editorial: A man who made a mark

OBITUARY

Hugo Chávez attending a military parade in Caracas in 2005. / JORGE SILVA (EL PAÍS)

Coup leader who won at the polls

Maye Primera Caracas

Baseball-loving leftist triumphed in four elections and changed the Constitution

Venezuelans bid farewell

El País / E. Scharfenberg Madrid / Caracas 1

Thousands of mourners walk alongside the president’s coffin as it is carried through Caracas; controversial leader leaves a political vaccum

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE

Catalan parties join forces to defy Madrid on sovereignty question

Miquel Noguer Barcelona

Regional chief prosecutor under fire for pro-status vote comments resigns

Attorney general to fire Catalonia prosecutor for referendum remarks

Fernando Garea Madrid

Martín Rodríguez Sol said sovereignty vote was legitimate but it lacked any recognized legal framework

Marcelo latest Real Madrid star caught offside in his car

Patricia R. Blanco Madrid

Brazilian player found to be still driving after passing the legal limit of license penalty points

Benzema, Essien and a Porsche traveling at 260km/h

BANKING SECTOR

Brussels says Spain has room to raise VAT further

Claudi Pérez Brussels 3

In its report card on Madrid’s compliance with the terms of the bailout for Spanish banks, the European Commission urges stricter control of regional finances

Bankia chairman wants bank to be privatized from 2014-2015

Íñigo de Barrón Madrid

Goirigolzarri acknowledges it was a mistake to list the bank in light of its massive losses

Spain will not sell CatalunyaBanc “on the cheap,” minister says

Agencies Brussels 1

Public tender for sale of bank aborted due to lack of competitive offers

PUBLIC FINANCES

Deficit may be lower than estimate of 6.7 percent of GDP: minister

El País Madrid

Montoro says final figures for local corporations not yet available

LABOR DISPUTE

We are not amused; Crown staff members to strike during Easter

Álvaro Romero Madrid

Two-day stoppage is to protest enforced changes to working conditions established in collective agreement

LABOR DISPUTE

Mediator proposes cut in number of layoffs planned by Iberia

Cristina Galindo Madrid

Labor law expert suggests 3,141 job cuts instead of 3,800

Iberia workers occupy Barajas terminal at start of new stoppage

EFE Madrid

An estimated 1,300 flights to be canceled this week affecting other airlines at Spanish airports

Bed and board: Valdevaqueros beach in Tarifa is due to be developed to make way for a hotel and residential complex. / Julián Rojas

Andalusia turns back to the brick

Reyes Rincón Seville 1

Towns throughout the southern region are pushing ahead with ambitious building projects in a bid to generate employment and kick-start local economies

TERRORISM

Norway expels ETA members after seeing no moves toward peace talks

El País Madrid

Spanish Interior Ministry said it is not aware of the expulsions

Human Rights Court awards damages to Nazi bookseller

El País Madrid 1

Barcelona businessman had sought 125,000 euros in compensation over unfair trial

ROYAL SCANDAL

Ties that have Royal Household in a bind laid bare in Nóos investigation

Andreu Manresa / Natalia Junquera Palma de Mallorca / Madrid

Palace secretary and Duke of Palma seek to distance king’s family from scandal

Valencia mayor and ex-regional chief Camps dragged into Nóos

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Urdangarin tells judge how he got big contracts from Barberá and Camps, who are accused of sidestepping bidding process

Urdangarin judge believes Nóos associate’s emails are genuine

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Royal son-in-law shown to be engaged in suspect institute dealings after king had warned him off

Urdangarin says king played no part in suspect business

US warns Catalan government about proposed “Coca-Cola tax”

Rafael Méndez Madrid 2

Despite lobbying by ambassador to ditch the levy, premier Artur Mas remains inflexible

recession

Official unemployment rises above five million for the first-ever time

El País Madrid 3

February rise in joblessness is the lowest since 2008

THE PP'S HIDDEN FINANCES

Bárcenas appeals judge’s decision to confiscate his passport

El País Madrid

Popular Party drops regular Monday press meeting as slush fund investigation deepens

Mystery still surrounds police inspection at PP headquarters

Bank deposits by Bárcenas’ wife under scrutiny

El País Madrid 1

Former PP treasurer's spouse Rosalía Iglesias held no job when she paid in more than 600,000 euros

PP moneyman admits he held €38m

Bárcenas scandal deepens as police investigate alleged theft

Jorge A. Rodríguez / Francisco Mercado Madrid 2

Officers turn up at PP headquarters after ex-treasurer files complaint. Judge seeks to include slush fund ledgers in Gürtel inquiry

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CONTROVERSY

PP backs away from minister’s “personal opinions” on gay marriage

El País Madrid

Clergy’s celibacy also doesn’t guarantee “the continuation of the species,” says one PP deputy

GLOBAL WEALTH

Amancio Ortega moves up to third in Forbes list of world’s richest

Sandro Pozzi New York

Number of Spaniards with wealth of over $1 billion increases to 20 from 16

INTERVIEW

Gibraltar's chief minister, Fabian Picardo. / García Cordero (EL PAÍS)

“Gibraltar can no longer be a tax haven in today’s Europe”

Luis Gómez Gibraltar

Rocky relations prevent British colony from sharing tax information with Spain, says Chief Minister Fabian Picardo

interview

“Big stakes in listed firms no longer make any sense for us”

Miguel Ángel García Vega

Ignacio Garralda, the chairman of insurer Mutua Madrileña, thinks that free public healthcare is on the way out

EURO CRISIS

A woman brandishes a leaflet saying "Passos Troika Out!" during Saturday's march in Lisbon. / patricia de melo moreira (AFP)

Mass protests held across Portugal against cutbacks and the troika

Antonio Jiménez Barca Lisbon 1

Austerity overload brings record numbers of people onto the streets in Lisbon and Oporto

Más información

Almodóvar’s pleasure cruise

Our verdict on the director's latest, 'I'm So Excited,' a frothy farce set aboard a plane in peril

Carlos Areces (foreground), Javier Cámara (middle) and Raúl Arévalo (back) play a trio of camp flight attendants in I'm So Excited. / © PAOLA ARDIZZONI / EMILIO PEREDA

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Chávez’s debut

Remembering the failed coup that marked out 'el comandante' as Venezuela's man of destiny

FEATURES

The scene at a 15-M movement demonstration in Madrid's Puerta del Sol. / LUIS SEVILLANO

Waiting for Spain’s Beppe Grillo

Luz Sánchez-Mellado Madrid

Discontent is rife, but no one seems willing to front the protest movement

democracy health check

More than a number? Spain’s deputies submit to discipline

Pere Ríos

Selected via closed lists and mostly anonymous to the electorate, politicians are steadfastly loyal, held in check by parliamentary groups and rarely daring to question the party line

A NEW TRANSITION

Víctor Lapuente is an assistant professor at Gothenburg's Quality of Government Institute. / ROBIN ARON OLSSON

Rebuilding the future

Luis R. Aizpeolea Madrid

Faced with Spain's serious political and economic crisis, EL PAÍS has put forward 10 reforms that would transform the country, and discussed them with leading intellectuals