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EUROPEAN ELECTIONS

Politician says he went easy on opponent in TV debate to not look “sexist”

Top European candidate for Spain’s Popular Party did not want to seem to be “intimidating a defenseless woman.” Arias Cañete says he worried about abusing his “intellectual superiority” over Socialist rival

What went on inside the minds of politician Isabel Carrasco’s killers?

Luis Gómez León

Criminologists are surprised at how neither mother or daughter suspected of murder talked the other out of the plan. They say women shared a “toxic idea,” which they obsessed over for two years

First arrest made after Twitter users praise León shooting online

Authorities detain 19-year-old from Valencia town after he wrote a slew of tweets calling for more politicians to be shot. Interior minister has pledged to go after anyone who glorifies killing

The story behind the shooting of politician Isabel Carrasco

Luis Gómez León

The career of Montserrat Triana Martínez was progressing. But something went wrong, setting off a chain of events that led to murder

A political whirlwind

Justino Sanchon Valladolid

Both feared and admired by her allies and opponents, Isabel Carrasco, who was shot dead on Monday, had a passion for politics, and was never afraid to face up to criticism

Video of the man's arrest supplied by the authorities.

Drug trafficker arrested over body found with incision in stomach

El País Madrid

A young lawyer, thought to be a drug mule, turned up dead in Málaga in 2010. The suspect is alleged to have let the man die before cutting out cocaine bags from his intestines

Security tapes belie ex-Madrid premier’s version of hit-and-run

Esperanza Aguirre spent less than five minutes with police officers before driving off, not between 15 and 20, as she told the media

A SYSTEM under scrutiny

Overrun costs or corruption? Why Spain’s public works are in crisis

Rafael Méndez Madrid 2

The government has paid €10bn to cover excess construction bills in six years, the same amount it cut from health and education. Arrests over high-speed rail works point to an overly abused system

ONLINE PRIVACY

EU court forces Google to uphold “right to be forgotten” online

Legal battle between tech giant and Spanish data protection agency ends in favor of privacy rights. Around 200 cases in Spain were awaiting Luxembourg ruling, which applies to all search engines

BUSINESS

The new Costco warehouse club in Seville. / PACO PUENTES

US wholesaler Costco opens first Spanish megastore in Seville

Warehouse club confident it can overcome reticence of local customers to pay an annual membership fee

HERITAGE

Visitors in Córdoba’s Mezquita. / GARCÍA CORDERO

A legal tug-of-war over the ownership of Córdoba’s Mezquita

State Heritage Office dismisses claim that Church “usurped” historic building. It was purchased for just €30 by the bishopric, which wants to wipe out traces of its Islamic past

THE HIDDEN ECONOMY

A worker glues shoes together in an illegal workshop in his home. / Joaquín de Haro

The police put their foot down on Spain’s illicit shoemakers

The authorities are going after the 100,000 people estimated to be employed illegally in Alicante. But as the crisis bites deeper, combating the submerged economy is getting harder

CASTELLÓN QUAKES

The processing platform for the Castor gas storage plant is installed. / Gudnus.com

Earth tremors in Valencia were caused by gas plant, report confirms

Scientists link offshore Castor storage project to 512 quakes – the biggest of which measured 4.2 on the Richter scale – recorded in Castellón province last September. Plant has been shut since

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SPANISH SOCCER

Barcelona’s Leo Messi during training on Friday. / Manu Fernandez (AP)

New deal with Barcelona makes Messi world’s best-paid player

Star had clashed with club over image rights while hammering out terms of contract, which will be worth €20 million a season and run until 2018

EDITOR’S PICK

Argentina becomes a Cannes powerhouse

Francisco Peregil Buenos Aires

With four films competing for the first time, the nation’s government and press are celebrating. What has made it possible?

Journey to the art of ‘Iberoamerica’

Valencia’s IVAM museum draws on its own collection to offer glimpse of the works produced in the Americas over last century

Filmmaker J. A. Bayona’s creatures of the night

Rocío Ayuso Los Ángeles

The director of ‘The Impossible’ is back with a TV show set in Victorian London

This week’s movie releases

Bringing an indie flavor to the Hollywood blockbuster, Gareth Edwards’ new ‘Godzilla’ stomps into town

Spain set for emotional rugby league debut

Nicholas Rigg speaks to the coach of Los XIII del Toro, ahead of the team's first ever competitive match, in Brussels

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LATIN AMERICA

Anti-World Cup protests spread across all Brazil

Marches against hosting of tournament extend to 50 cities, with police expecting events to intensify

Rebel states boycott Mexico’s education reform

Paula Chouza Mexico City

Study finds 2,000 ghost schools and teachers earning more than the president

“I want Brazil to lose”

Pedro Cifuentes Rio de Janeiro

Only 55 percent of Rio residents will cheer for their national team in the upcoming World Cup games

Talks stall in Venezuela after opposition storms out

Opponents of Nicolás Maduro say his government only wants to clean up its image abroad

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

No time for speculation

A flurry of theories over the motives for the killing of a Popular Party politician is out of place

The latest in European science

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