8 mayo 2015
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TRAGEDY in Nepal

“As each day passes, there’s less hope we will hear from them”

Family members of the six missing Spaniards in quake-stricken Nepal prepare for the worst as rescue teams continue to comb Langtang Valley

Players to female referee: “All you’re good for is cleaning toilets”

Rafael Pineda Seville

Andalusia soccer federation launches inquiry after 17-year-old woman official is jostled after lower league cup game

POLITICS

PP in lead as Podemos loses ground in latest voting intention poll

Anabel Díez Madrid

New CIS survey shows conservatives on 25.6%, Socialists close behind on 24.3% and the emergent Ciudadanos rising to 13.8%

CORRUPTION

Púnica ringleaders hid €11 million in Singapore and Switzerland

Ex-Madrid regional government official and his constructor friend are believed to have charged commissions to unlawfully award up to €250m in public contracts

TOURISM

Spain has the world’s most competitive tourism industry

Country comes out on top in new World Economic Forum report analyzing 141 nations and their efforts to promote travel as a driver of growth

The Ortega y Gasset Awards ceremony on Wednesday. / B. P.

Ortega y Gasset Awards pay tribute to bravery of the free press

Media restrictions in Venezuela take center stage at Madrid ceremony for EL PAÍS-awarded journalism prizes

universal justice

Supreme Court approves inquiry into 1989 El Salvador priest deaths

Reyes Rincón Madrid

Judges say changes to Spain’s universal justice doctrine do not affect it from assuming jurisdiction as five of the eight massacre victims were Spanish

Cameron’s Conservatives win UK elections with absolute majority

Pablo Guimón London

Tory party achieves the 326 seats it needs to govern alone as Scottish nationalists sweep 56 seats and Labour and Lib Dems get wiped out in many constituencies

Germanwings co-pilot rehearsed how to crash plane five times

Andreas Lubitz programmed the autopilot controls to descend several times on the flight before the incident in which 150 died

POLITICS

Podemos drops most radical ideas in program for “citizen rescue”

Party leader Pablo Iglesias promises to help people and small businesses deal with their debt but fails to prove the economic viability of his plans

Five-time Oscar winner Francis Ford Coppola. / K. Sergei (CORBIS)

Francis Ford Coppola to receive Princess of Asturias Arts Award

The US filmmaker is the first of eight 2015 winners to be announced by the Oviedo-based foundation

ECONOMY

Brussels raises Spanish 2015 economic growth forecast to 2.8%

Claudi Pérez Madrid 1

But European Commission says unemployment will remain above 20% despite positive April figures published by Labor Ministry

BBVA bank undergoes major shakeup to drive digital change

Chairman replaces COO and other executives in move that caught many by surprise at Spain’s second-largest lender

A photo taken by a ferry passenger after being evacuated / EFE

Burnt-out passenger ferry to be towed to Valencia port

The Sorrento, which was evacuated after it caught fire last week, was carrying 740 tons of fuel, prompting fears of ecological disaster

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EDITOR’S PICK

The museum is situated in Cuenca’s Hanging Houses. / g. m. (picture aliance)

Cuenca’s abstract art museum to mark 50th year with new extension

Gallery situated in city’s picturesque Hanging Houses will create more space to show works by annexing the building next door

Keeping old Madrid alive online

Hundreds of blogs and social network accounts exploring the history of Spain’s capital have sprung up in recent years

Lighthouses into hotels: Shining examples of reconversion?

Spain is finalizing plans to allow some old towers to be turned into accommodation

Barcelona in revolt over ‘tourism monoculture’

The city is facing a crisis over how to manage the millions who visit it each year, says Sam Edwards

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LATIN AMERICA

Mexican police capture one of the masterminds behind the Iguala massacre

The suspect, a former deputy police chief, was arrested at an exclusive country club

Bachelet ditches her Cabinet as Chilean crisis deepens

Scandals and controversies surrounding her son and the interior minister put the president's popularity at an all-time low

Paraguay refuses to let child rape victim have abortion

International NGOs say the slight-framed 10-year-old’s life is in danger, but authorities refuse to budge

Mujica: “Corruption is killing the left in Latin America”

The former Uruguayan president talks to EL PAÍS about Spain's anti-austerity party Podemos, Cuba and Colombia's FARC

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