Three years ago, Spain took in over 700 Cuban refugees in a much-publicized humanitarian action. Today, the dissidents are struggling to get by and unable to leave

EFFECTS OF THE CRISIS

Carlos and Gema in their home in the south of Madrid. / CARLOS ROSILLO

The households bereft of workers

Joseba Elola

There are nearly two million family units in Spain without a single active member in employment

GASTRONOMY

Multiple carving at Madrid's Gourmet Ibérica. / BERNARDO PÉREZ

How to get a cut above

Lola Hierro Madrid

Crisis or no crisis, sales of top-quality Spanish cured ham are on the rise, backed by growing interest in how best to serve this porcine delicacy

INTERVIEW

“Falciani’s future isn’t going to be decided in a Spanish court”

José María Irujo

French public prosecutor Éric de Montgolfier discovered the HSBC tax evasion whistleblower’s encrypted files in a small town in southern France

Spanish court refuses extradition request against Falciani

RIGHT TO LIFE DEBATE

A protest calling for the legalization of abortion in 1978 in Madrid. / CHEMA CONESA (EL PAÍS)

Abortion: A trip back in time

María R. Sahuquillo / Fernando Garea / EP Madrid 1

Planned reforms to the laws covering pregnancies would take Spain back to the 1980s, say critics

Debate "open" on abortion within Popular Party

PROPERTY

Your home is not a hotel

Lluís Pellicer 3

Government to change law on renting out of privately owned properties to tourists.

ECONOMY

One of the "white tide" demonstrations in Madrid against cutbacks and the privatization of public healthcare. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

A thousand days of austerity

Joaquín Estefanía 1

Three years on from the day Europe-imposed cutbacks were first imposed, Spain's suffering has never been more acute

LATIN AMERICA

Colombia uncovers murder plot against researchers and journalist

Inés Santaeulalia Mexico City

Seeking out the “Messi dollar”

Francisco Peregil Buenos Aires

Argentineans make ferry crossing to Uruguay to withdraw hard currency

Brazil frees nearly 3,000 from virtual slavery

Juan Arias Rio de Janeiro

Afro-Brazilians face discrimination due to longstanding social deprivation

Venezuelan troops take to streets to battle crime

E. Scharfenberg / El País Caracas / Madrid

Human rights groups fear abuses by military in unfamiliar role

HENRIQUE CAPRILES / Venezuelan opposition leader

“They stole the election victory from me”

Ewald Scharfenberg / Alfredo Meza Caracas

Pope Francis canonizes Mexican and Colombian among first saints

Pontiff calls on two countries to work toward peace

Euroleague basketball

Greek legends crush Real

El País / Robert Álvarez / Faustino Sáez Madrid / London

Olympiacos outplays Spaniards to retain Euroleague title

EFE

LA LIGA

Neighborly assistance

El País / Luis Martín / Juan I. Irigoyen Madrid / Barcelona

Barça gifted 22nd Liga title as cross-town rival Espanyol ties 1-1 with Real Madrid

FORMULA 1

Alonso delights fans with Spain win

El País / Manel Serras Madrid / Barcelona

Ferrari driver beats Raikkonen to claim commanding victory in Montmeló

Última hora

CINEMA

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

A pact merits a tryout

El País

Rajoy rules out a national agreement on employment and offers dialogue on pensions

OPINION

Legacy

Joaquín Estefanía

It was the Popular Party that fuelled the property bubble

EDITORIAL

Recession takes root in the euro zone

El País

Dyed-in-the-wool fiscal consolidation policies weaken the economies of the single-currency bloc

OPINION

Now, Eurunemployed

José Ignacio Torreblanca

If the 6.2 million unemployed Spaniards decided to set up their own state, there would be no less than 11 states dwarfed by this hypothetical Republic of the Dole

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