29 octubre 2014
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POPULAR PARTY CORRUPTION SCANDALS

PM apologizes to “all Spaniards” over party corruption

El País Madrid

Mariano Rajoy stresses latest bid-rigging scandal only reflects “personal greed,” not illegal PP financing. “I understand citizens’ indignation,” he says

Ex-PP minister Acebes denies knowledge of party slush fund

Former politician tells High Court judge he did not authorize purchase of shares in media company using undeclared cash

Operation Púnica

Corrupt network took kickbacks from energy-efficiency contracts

Sources say politicians were paid commissions from measures designed to save money in the midst of the economic crisis

Esperanza Aguirre at a press conference in Madrid on Monday. / LUIS SEVILLANO

PP rushes to kick out suspects named in latest kickbacks scandal

But with the exception of ex-Madrid premier Esperanza Aguirre, party leaders fail to make public statements on Operation Púnica

EBOLA IN SPAIN

Ebola nursing aide’s family to file complaints over handling of case

Husband will challenge Madrid health official who criticized Teresa Romero, as well as the decision to put down their dog

Ebola victim’s husband released after 21 days in isolation

El País Madrid

Javier Limón did not develop any symptoms of the virus during his three weeks in quarantine at Carlos III Hospital

INDEPENDENCE BID

Madrid seeks ways to appeal Catalonia’s alternative self-rule vote

Government asks state lawyers to examine if new poll scheduled for November 9 breaks any laws

Catalonia pressures mayors by email to help with November vote

Only five villages are resisting calls to lend out local premises for the non-binding alternative to the self-rule referendum

Gómez-Iglesias greets Felipe VI on the day of his coronation.

Hoaxer or high-flyer? The strange case of “Little Nicolás”

Just how did a 20-year-old student, now facing fraud charges, end up rubbing shoulders with Spain’s political elite?

Filming the documentary ‘The maestro of Altamira.’ / j. l. l. l.

Are visitors, or Mother Nature, damaging Altamira’s cave art?

Ministry has been given conflicting reports about the preservation of the prehistoric paintings at the Unesco site

A screenshot of the eMule P2P file-sharing program.

Court halts music sector plan to collect pirates’ IP addresses

Record companies would have been able to glean information with which to sue illegal downloaders

ROCK OF CONTENTION

Atunara beach in Spain, with The Rock in the background. / claudio álvarez

Madrid, London and Gibraltar to resume talks on an ad hoc basis

Andalusian regional government representatives will also be involved in discussions, after two years of impasse

Catalan ex-leader Pujol’s youngest son arrested in tax fraud probe

Oleguer Pujol Ferrusola becomes latest member of family to be targeted as police search his home and businesses in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Melilla

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EDITOR’S PICK

Santiago Calatrava in Madrid. / Samuel Sánchez

“There is a campaign to discredit me with electoral ends”

In a rare interview Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava responds to accusations of cost overruns, leaky roofs and unstable bridges

When porn replaces sex education

With the subject often ignored in schools, many Spanish teens have been left to learn about sexual relations from adult videos

L@w enforcement via Twitter

With more than a million followers, Spain’s National Police have made effective use of the network to rally the public in the fight against crime

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LATIN AMERICA

Venezuela pays external debt but overlooks private sector

Strict exchange rate controls prevent pharmaceutical firms, airlines and food industry from taking profits out of country

Uruguay to choose President Mujica’s successor in runoff

Francisco Peregil Montevideo

Frente Amplio and Partido Blanco candidates to face off on November 30

Brazilians re-elect Rousseff by smallest of margins

Workers’ Party leader will have to resolve deep social division created by weeks of passionate campaigning

Both presidential candidates support reforming Brazil’s ungovernable Congress

But Rousseff and Neves disagree on how to bring order to body with 28 parties

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