Chavism is here to stay
Some think that with the death of Chávez, his regime and party will crumble. But the reality seems to be otherwise
Opinion
Harping on the past
Starting with the prime minister, Spain’s leading politicians are not facing up to the real issue of today
Papacy, Realm, Party
Institutions are not only a means or a solution, but can often become a problem of the first order
Germany’s poor
Rajoy’s government does have a plan, but it is too ugly to adorn any electoral platform
Crossroads in Tunis
Current instability in North African nation is not unlike the situation during transitions which are held up as models
Europe, Syria and global warming
The very complexity of 21st-century political structures is making international agreements hard to come by
Hateful statistics
A director of the CEOE Spanish employers' association, Joan Rosell, has voiced doubts about the validity of our country's Active Population Survey (EPA)
OPINION
Fire and sword
In Europe, Portugal and other countries have begun to consider alternatives to the punitive and prohibitionist policy on drugs imposed by the United States since 1971
Pardon me?
Are government pardons so exceptional as we imagined? Not at all. All our prime ministers in recent decades have given them out with generous hands
Ultra-Catholics 1, Pope 0
Throughout his mandate the orthodox German cardinal has cut a solitary figure
Long live sanctions!
The irrational and counterproductive US embargo on Cuba is a good example of the failure of such measures
In the chimp seats
Racism in Spain’s soccer stadiums has to be seen as everybody’s problem before progress can be made
New rich / new poor
Next week's state-of-the-union debate needs to address disparities in economic growth and public trust to create agreements and resolutions
OPINION
The dignity of pop
The trail left behind by Amy Martin calls for a re-thinking of the dignity, the poor-but-honest image of Spanish pop
Appliances on the blink
The feeling is current among us that the tacit principles of cheating, abusing, fixing are inherent fixtures of economic reality
Who is more powerful, Merkel or Murdoch?
The future of Britain in Europe, and that of the EU itself, depends in part on this battle
When a passport is news
In Cuba, confidence is hard to build after decades of bureaucratic opacity
We’re Mexican, after all
Even the average observer can see that the Spanish political elite have little "elite" about them
Latin and Arab dictators
Syrians no longer define themselves by nationality but by religion
Transition
News of the PP’s slush fund on the back of financial scandals deepen the desire for a fresh start
Mali and its neighbors
The challenge is to foster regional stability of the kind Afghanistan has never enjoyed
The road movie
Expect the Popular Party’s liberalizing “reforms” to unleash a new wave of corruption and incompetence
Blackmail or suicide?
Insensibility, ignorance, disconnection - it's as if Cameron's Cabinet were made of up journalists from the tabloid newspaper The Sun
Healthcare: facts & lies
Most of the opinions in the media about our healthcare system are characterized by ignorance and/or political sectarianism
OPINION
Spanish eyes
Madrid’s perception of a lack of influence in Europe is right; and there are good reasons for this
Planning for muddle
There are crises that no one sees coming, but Mali was not one of these
Prescription for Rajoy
How did Bárcenas squirrel away so many millions without attracting suspicion?
Inbreeding
The political parties must be forced to open up their finances to independent scrutiny
Poor and competitive
The smokescreen of austerity blurs the line between obligations imposed by necessity and ideological designs of choice
OPINION
Spanish rock vanishes
Only one Spanish band made it on Rolling Stone's list of 'best Latino rock albums of all time'