OPINION
Chávez has no substitute
Neither Maduro nor his rival Cabello fulfill the first requisite of a populist leader: charisma
Opinion
Eternal life
She looks at her daughter and doesn't recognize her, but listens to her and recognizes herself on the other side of time
Those who leave
The new migratory mobility, particularly that of the young, takes the wind out of the sails of those who might transform their countries of origin
My old idol
In an age when subjectivity is viewed as some sort of crime, the Duke of Edinburgh keeps on shooting from the hip
The EU without GB?
It is painful to see that while Spain clearly doesn't work, nor does the European Union
Locked in one dimension
Politics and political science, says Ulrich Beck, share a weak point: the chronic underestimation of the power of social movements
OPINION
Painful mistakes
As “austericide” bites, deep, the IMF is beginning to accept that it has been blinkered in its thinking
Why did Mas fail?
Overnight, everyone in Catalonia seemed to have turned secessionist; the news media, intellectuals and priests
Allen, old craftsman
This new documentary helps you to love Woody, or at least to reconcile those of us who are miffed at his tourist pilgrimage of recent years
OPINION
Drug policy smoke signals
There have been more changes concerning the legalization of drugs in Latin America and the United States in recent months than in whole decades
Big news in 2012
There are some stories that have received relatively little coverage, yet seem to me to be among the most important of last year
Invitation to crime
The right is tough on immigration but soft on mafias and casino tycoons
Results of the revolution
Though much has changed since the Arab tsunami began, some observers are disinclined to admit its importance
OPINION
Is Hollande another Zapatero?
The French president is accused of not stimulating competitiveness and doing nothing to reduce public spending
Presidential memoirs
The first installment of Aznar’s autobiography is a stolid, self-justifying tome
A bad symptom
The Collell monument to Francoist victims of execution is also part of “historical memory”
Socialists in need
If the PSOE wants voters to believe it represents change for Spain, first it must overhaul itself
The world’s most murderous people
Latin America needs action to end the region’s peaceful coexistence with violent crime
OPINION
A foreign country
It seems amazing now to read that 50 years ago, Duke Ellington's band toured the East in representation of the US government
Discrepancy
Technology has raised to the third power the possibility that a group of people can bring pressure to bear on a single individual
An exemplary end
The crash was sudden. Many restaurants closed, others opted to purchase inferior but cheaper fish, and so on with shops, supermarkets and wholesalers across the continent
OPINION
A date with Bolívar
Maduro may well be the government candidate, but the next elections in Venezuela will be a plebiscite on Chávez’s rule
Old friends of the young
Spain’s drug-dealing mafias, nightlife entrepreneurs and their connections in the municipal government make for a lethal cocktail
Catholic and elitist
The education reform is designed to demolish the legacy of secularization and underline national linguistic unity
A British Europe
If the UK were to make an exit, the Union would be a poorer one
Lifesaving missiles
Israel's Iron Dome system not only saved the lives of Israeli civilians, but also prevented the deaths of thousands of innocent people in the Gaza Strip
A few points
According to a select group of Silicon Valley experts, the prodigious advances in new technologies serve as new theoretical support for the existence of a single God
EU vs. Israeli settlers
The policy of occupation and progressive settlement of the Palestinian territory, and the cruel manner in which this is happening, is causing more irritation every day
Story of Spain
When word went round of plans to demolish some houses, the women of the neighborhood linked arms and made a human shield
Mao vs. the market
To just what extent Bo's fall will mean the abandonment of his Chongqing experiment in favor of other models, is hard to say