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EUROPEAN ELECTIONS

Spanish conservatives forgive sexist remarks by their European contender

Women at Popular Party rally play down Miguel Arias Cañete’s views about male “intellectual superiority”

Politician “went easy” on debate opponent to “not look sexist”

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

EVICTION CRISIS

Spanish home repossessions increased 10% in 2013

Álvaro Romero Madrid 1

Lenders took back nearly 50,000 properties last year. Figures released by Bank of Spain suggest more borrowers are handing back keys in payment

Anti-abortion activists protesting outside the Dator abortion clinic in Madrid. / LUIS SEVILLANO

Abortion clinics in Spain report rise in vandalism ahead of law reform

As government drags its feet on planned legislation to restrict access to terminations, anti-abortion activists step up pressure

CRIME

Russian mafioso linked to 33 murders arrested at Spanish border

El País Madrid

Described as “extremely dangerous,” Dmitry Zavyalov had been spotted strolling with woman around Costa Brava resort town

MARCOS MORENO

Spain ups border checks in Gibraltar

Authorities allege a spike in tobacco smuggling, while The Rock says controls are politically motivated

SHOOTING IN LEÓN

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

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

Más información

WEB PRIVACY

A European court has recognized the “right to be forgotten.” / C. A.

Erasing your past from the internet

Celebrities and regular citizens alike are increasingly hiring firms to remove damaging data. New European ruling on “right to be forgotten” will help resolve open cases, companies say

EDITOR’S PICK

Alternative madrid

Jitterbugging the economic blues away

Crisis-hit Madrileños are turning to the lindy hop, jive and other styles to brighten up their own dark times

TV PREVIEW

Spanish successes spice up fall schedules in the US

Fox’s ‘Red Band Society’ and NBC’s ‘The Mysteries of Laura’ both have their roots in shows produced in Spain

CINEMA

Argentina becomes a Cannes powerhouse

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

The game of the name

Ahead of an upcoming vote on whether to rename the Spanish town of “Killjews,” Jeff Wiseman visits some of Spain’s other unusually named locations

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LATIN AMERICA

Mexican right chooses collaboration over confrontation in primaries

Opposition PAN re-elects leader who forged reforms with President Peña Nieto

Group of influencers urge Obama to open up to Cuba

Joan Faus Washington

Politicians, military personnel and businessmen signed the petition

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

OPINION AND EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

The law is sufficient

Excesses committed on social networking sites in the wake of the murder of politician Isabel Carrasco can be pursued without toughening the penal code

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