miércoles, 19 febrero 2014

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Urgente

Francisco Granados (PP) renuncia esta mañana a su acta de senador El popular ha reconocido que tuvo una cuenta en Suiza entre 1996 y 2000. Asegura que se va harto de los comentarios generados en su partido »

Última hora

ABORTION DEBATE

Rajoy hints at possible U-turn on controversial abortion reform

El País Madrid

Fetal deformities may now be included as grounds for terminating a pregnancy, as was the case in 1985 legislation

ENERGY

Iberdrola to cut Spain investment in wake of energy sector reforms

Miguel Ángel Noceda London

Chairman says company “feels more British, Mexican and American than Spanish” as earnings fall on regulatory changes

CANAL IMPASSE

Panama says differences remain with Sacyr group over canal project

Agencies Madrid

Deadline for reaching agreement to finish work on widening waterway expired on Tuesday

UK accuses Spanish Navy of incursion into waters off Gibraltar

Agencies Madrid

Madrid Defense Ministry denies there was “any incident”

Rosell embraces Neymar on the day of his presentation. / efe

Prosecutor wants Barcelona FC made suspect in Neymar case

María Fabra

Club failed to pay over nine million euros in tax by not declaring all contracts from Brazilian’s signing, says High Court attorney

Valencia and Betis angry at kickoff time changes for teargas tribute

Cayetano Ros / El País Madrid

Liga organization rejigs schedule to accommodate special recognition of Villarreal fans’ “civic” behavior during incident

PUBLIC FINANCES

Portugal’s borrowing costs drop to four-year low at bill auction

Bloomberg

Debt agency meets issuing target of 1.25 billion euros

IMMIGRATION

Immigration law change in works, interior minister tells the Senate

Carlos E. Cué Madrid

Fernández Díaz confirms plans to bolster exclave border patrols as Rajoy defends civil guards’ reaction to tragic Ceuta stampede

Brussels denies receiving Spain’s request for border assistance

Luis Doncel / J. Jiménez Gálvez Brussels / Madrid

Melilla chief asks for security forces to be given free rein against migrants to prevent sub-Saharan “pull effect”

30,000 sub-Saharan migrants awaiting border crossing attempt

terrorism

Captured ETA terrorists had been living quietly in Mexico for 22 years

Jesús Duva Madrid

The couple's children were unaware of their parents's past

crime

Members of ring that forced minors into prostitution given 59 years

Andreu Manresa Palma de Mallorca

Sixteen-year-old girl died after taking cocaine with gang ringleader

ABORTION DEBATE

“Social criticism requires greater sensitivity than painting flowers”

María R. Sahuquillo Madrid

Yolanda Domínguez encouraged women to register their bodies to protest abortion reform

Popular Party moves to fast-track amendment of universal justice law

Fernando Garea Madrid

Government hoping to shelve a dozen embarrassing cases

Coca-Cola axes layoff plan and offers buyouts for workers

Cristina Delgado Madrid

Iberian Partners bottling company insists it will not change its mind on the closure of four plants, however

Antonio Caño, left, and Javier Moreno. / EL PAÍS

EL PAÍS to name new editor next week

El País Madrid 9

Washington chief Antonio Caño nominated to replace Javier Moreno

Sean Connery denies involvement in Marbella scandal

Esperanza Codina Marbella

Judge shelves proceedings against James Bond star, but his wife remains under investigation after controversial home-sale deal

Default rate hits new record high at end of 2013

El País / Claudi Pérez Madrid / Brussels

Non-performing loan ratio rises to 13.6 percent in December

TELECOMS

Vodafone: Telefónica and Jazztel imposing a fiber-optic “monopoly”

Ramón Muñoz Madrid

British operator asks anti-trust watchdog to force its internet rivals to open up their networks in fair conditions

regional politics

Corruption rows cause gridlock in Navarre’s regional assembly

Javier Doria Pamplona

Opposition parties gang up on conservative regional premier Yolanda Barcina to prevent legislation from being passed

Employers’ groups reject call to weigh in on Catalan secession

EFE Barcelona

Spain's CEOE and Catalonia's Foment del Treball call on politicians for stability and more dialogue

ENVIRONMENT

A gas platform in the Ebro Delta. / LLUIS GENE (AFP)

Oil prospectors make Balearic bid

Elena G. Sevillano / Andreu Manresa Madrid / Palma de Mallorca

Residents and politicians are alarmed at plans to start drilling in the Mediterranean

ENERGY

Tariff deficit exceeded four billion euros in 2013

Álvaro Romero Madrid

Government fails in bid to bring down difference between cost of electricity and amount charged to consumers

Longing for Sefarad — but not enough to go back

David Alandete Jerusalem

A government plan could see descendants of expelled Jews get a chance to apply for citizenship. But it is not yet clear how many Israelis could become eligible for Spanish nationality

Chief rabbi calls on Spain to apologize for expulsion of Jews

EFE Jerusalem

Pinchas Goldschmidt says step would be preferable to offer of nationality for those with Sephardic roots

JUSTICE

Under the judges' shield

María Fabra Madrid

Citizens are increasingly turning to the courts to change the course of politics

BUSINESS

Businessman Joaquín Rivero. / LUIS SEVILLANO

Spanish businessmen accuse Blackstone fund of fraud

Cristina Galindo Madrid 1

Former Metrovacesa chairman Rivero seeks to recover 31-percent stake in French real estate company Gecina

BANKING INDUSTRY

Santander fined 17 million euros over sale of convertible securities

El País Madrid

Bank to appeal the fines for two infractions

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

No more free lunch? Meal tickets now just another part of wages

Cristina Galindo / Manuel V. Gómez Madrid

Employee perks will now be subject to Social Security contributions in the same way as salaries

BUSINESS

Workers at a factory belonging to Spanish firm Gestamp in Jiangsu. / Z. A.

Chinese burned

Zigor Aldama Shanghai

A number of Spanish companies are abandoning China because of the problems that they encounter when doing business there

SEX ABUSE

Social services treated school abuse victim but did not report case

F. Javier Barroso Madrid

Madrid regional government says its hands were tied because such crimes are considered a semi-private issue

GALICIA TRAIN TRAGEDY

Rail crash judge slams Adif for “playing with people’s lives”

David Reinero Santiago de Compostela

Magistrate says reduction of safety systems on new high-speed track is “suspect of criminality”

CULTURE

Spain’s Cabinet approves “Google tax” on use of copyrighted material

Iker Seisdedos / Tommaso Koch Madrid 1

Levy on reproduction of “fragments” of information retrieved by search engines included in reform of Intellectual Property Law

justice

Murder-for-hire suspect Áurea Vázquez Ríjos testifes before Spain's High Court in December. Her extradition to Puerto Rico was approved. / EFE

Widow fights extradition to face contract killing charge

Martin Delfín Madrid 2

United States assures Spain that Vázquez won’t even be put away for life if convicted of husband’s slaying

Más información

“I want to die because I love life”

Terminal cancer sufferer José Luis had to fight the system before he could get access to sedation that would end his suffering

José Luis Sagüés, pictured here in his bedroom, just days before his death. / ULY MARTÍN (EL PAÍS)

TRANS-IBERIAN BLOG

Barcelona’s Santa Eulàlia: light, gothic fish tanks and a beating paper heart

The city that has it all also gets to pay tribute to two very different patron saints

SOCIAL NETWORKS

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LATIN AMERICA

Venezuelan opposition leader taken into custody

Leopoldo López says he is turning himself in to an “unfair justice system” but vows not to go into exile

Peña Nieto and Obama seek to reinforce NAFTA

Verónica Calderón / Eva Saiz Mexico City / Washington

Leaders meet to push for stronger bonds

Brazil plays with fire as World Cup deadline looms

Cost overruns and strikes prompt many to ask whether country was ready to host tournament

Homophobic ex-officer wants to lead Brazil’s rights panel

María Martín São Paulo

Bolsonaro’s candidacy seen as apathy over human rights issues

Argentina comes clean on inflation figures

Alejandro Rebossio Buenos Aires

January 3.7-percent rate is a “plausible” number, say experts

Murdered Mexican journalist couldn’t resist a great story

Juan Diego Quesada Mexico City

Bar owner charged with hiring hit men to kill crime reporter

FEATURES

GASTRONOMY

Semi-mature cheese produced in Colmenar de Oreja, 50 kilometers southeast of Madrid. / SANTI BURGOS

Booming are Madrid’s cheesemakers

Ana Pérez Barredo Madrid 1

Artisanal production is all the rage in capital region, where 11 of its 28 mold-breaking producers have been set up in three years

Spanish pilgrims of Muslim charity

Miguel Ángel Medina

Three women explain how they were able to travel into the heart of Islam thanks to a little help from the United Arab Emirates

PRINCESS IN COURT

The royal couple's wedding on October 4, 1997, in Barcelona. / M. h. de león (AP)

How ideal couple’s life went to hell

Luis Gómez Madrid

The official rose-tinted version of the marriage of Cristina de Borbón and Iñaki Urdangarin was one of an idyllic union. But the Nóos inquiry court papers paint a very different picture

HISTORICAL MEMORY

France’s camp of shame

Miguel Mora Rivesaltes

Near Perpignan, Rivesaltes has housed Jews, Spanish republicans and, more recently, immigrants - Now the place is to become a memorial museum

DISABILITY RIGHTS

Jesús Díez Rodríguez won the right to vote through the courts. / ULY MARTIN

How come I can’t vote?

Marta Fernández Maeso 1

Congress has agreed to lift restrictions on the electoral rights of the 80,000 mentally disabled people excluded from the political process

POLITICS

Vox Popular: PP rebels take a step to the right

Joaquín Prieto Madrid

The launch of a new party appears to reflect the rise of extremism across Europe, but analysts say it has more to do with national issues on turbulent Spanish political scene

DRUGS IN SPORTS

The antidoping commandant

Carlos Arribas

The Civil Guard agent who uncovered the massive Puerto blood doping ring is the new head of Spain’s national agency

Última hora

CINEMA

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

The economic world stands firm

El País

The failure of Mas’s secessionist challenge to business leaders creates a rift in his power base

opinion

Normalizing corruption

The widespread practice is expensive and undermines the trust and confidence with which we ought to be represented. It endangers democracy, and favors a drift toward authoritarian habits

EDITORIAL