Bogotá —where the popular neighborhoods massively voted for the leftist candidate Iván Cepeda— woke up yesterday to the reality of the new politics of heart-stopping surprises, “ultra” presidential candidates emerging out of nowhere, and snowballs driven by social networks.
The candidate of Por Andalucía for the Presidency of the Junta, Antonio Maíllo, presented this Saturday in Algeciras (Cádiz) the coalition’s fiscal proposal, “a key tool to strengthen public services that would allow raising more than 1,000 million euros without affecting the working majority.”
The political and diplomatic war unleashed around Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s institutional trip to Mexico has entered uncharted territory after the Community of Madrid issued a harsh official statement directly accusing Claudia Sheinbaum’s government of trying to sabotage the presence of the Madrid president at the Platino awards and of having caused, through their pressures, the early cancellation of part of the trip’s agenda. This decision became known just a few hours after the Madrid opposition accused her of having taken a “paid vacation” in Riviera Maya, after clearing her official agenda for 48 hours to travel to the Mexican tourist area.
The Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has appeared at the headquarters of the General Directorate of the same armed institute to collect documentation about a reserved information – as internal investigations in the force are known – that was opened to police commanders investigating the PSOE on suspicion that they might have leaked information.
Although Argentina formalized its exit from the World Health Organization (WHO) last March 19, a year after having communicated its intention to leave this organization, the hantavirus outbreak detected on the Hondius cruise ship, which had departed from the Argentine town of Ushuaia, does not have a direct relationship with the resignation to coordinate health efforts with the rest of the countries, because there has not been enough time for the negative consequences that it may have in the longer term to develop. Already last year, Argentina was the country in the region that had reported the highest number of hantavirus infection cases, with 66, from November to January 2025.
The strike by forest firefighters in the Community of Madrid is causing the units of the 22 fire stations to have fewer personnel. Before, there was a unit with a truck and two or three forest firefighters in 19 stations. Now, none.
La Fundación ”la Caixa” strengthens its role as one of the major drivers of biomedical research in Europe with the launch of CaixaResearch Institute, a project that synthesizes more than 120 years of commitment to health, science, and talent. Since its origin in 1904, driven by Francesc Moragas, to the present under the presidency of Isidro Fainé, the entity has maintained a social vocation aimed at improving quality of life, with special attention to the most vulnerable groups.
Rosalía has been forced to postpone the start of the US leg of her LUX Tour after canceling upcoming dates in Miami and Orlando, on June 4, 6, and 8, due to a “family emergency,” Live Nation announced in a statement without providing further details, though explaining that it hopes to reschedule them later.
Are you in agreement that the province of Alberta should stop being part of Canada to become an independent state? This is the question that many voters in this region, bordering the United States, will have to answer after the separatist group “Stay Free Alberta” collected the necessary signatures to call a referendum. 178,000 were needed; they got 300,000. This fact marks a before and after for the province, which sees its secessionist aspirations approaching under the watchful eyes of Washington and Moscow.
A gunman killed eight children in Louisiana in several domestic violence-related shootings that occurred in different homes early Sunday morning, Shreveport police reported. The victims were between one and 14 years old, said Shreveport police spokesman Chris Bordelon. A total of ten people were wounded by gunfire. The gunman later died after a pursuit with officers who shot him, Bordelon explained.