The fires that are devouring thousands of hectares throughout Spain during this torrid summer are not an isolated phenomenon. Nor are the heatwaves that are lashing us. It is possible that there are still those who believe that the climate crisis is an invention of annoying environmentalists. All…
“Without use, purpose, or patrimonial intent” could have been a phrase from Captain Alatriste, but José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero said it yesterday on television in response to a question about the jewels in his safe. We have been seeing and hearing similar things for so long –statements,…
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero broke his silence yesterday, which had lasted two months, to send a very clear message of support to the Government. Just 24 hours after Julio Martínez Martínez threw him under the bus with his statement to the judge, the former president wanted to…
Madrid’s political scene is much hotter than usual, and not so much because of the heatwaves, but because of the judicial investigations affecting Pedro Sánchez and his inner circle. The capital’s rumor mills are full of speculation about the next steps that will be taken…
The verdict in the Mascarillas case has set the path. A very harsh sentence against the corrupted –José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García– and exoneration for the corruptor –Víctor de Aldama–. The rules of the game are clear, and whoever wants to follow them has options to avoid jail….
The Spanish national football team has excited not only for having won the World Cup, but also for how they achieved it. To the undeniable talent of the players has been added the exaltation of teamwork, humility, and the importance of the culture of effort….
The days leading up to the start of the World Cup, we asked the chief sports editor of La Vanguardia, Joanjo Pallàs, if he believed this was going to be the strangest World Cup edition in history due to the circumstances surrounding it: Three host countries, long…
Three in the afternoon today in New York, when the World Cup final kicks off, is the right moment for the aliens to finally land and analyze the behavior of the dominant species on planet Earth. Thanks to their advanced technology, they will observe that, except…
The Barça Masia football factory had a day of glory to remember in its history: January 10, 2011. That day, Leo Messi won a new Ballon d’Or and the two players who preceded him in the voting were Andrés Iniesta and Xavi Hernández. The three…
I don’t know if you have noticed the disproportion with which we usually respond to a complex question that we adopt lightly and pronounce as a greeting. Some applications for learning English warn that you should never ask “How are you?” if you don’t want to…