The price of Brent crude oil has exceeded $125 early this Thursday after negotiations between the United States and Iran stalled, increasing uncertainty about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and pushing away the possible definitive end of the war.
The Secretary of State for Health, Javier Padilla, assured today that none of the passengers of the MV Hondius ship, where a hantavirus outbreak has broken out, have expressed opposition to undergoing quarantine when they are evacuated to the Gómez Ulla Military Hospital in Madrid from the port of Granadilla de Abona in Tenerife, where the technical team from the Ministry of Health will also be deployed tomorrow.
The roller coasters of Spanish politics do not rest. Now it is José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero who is descending vertiginously. The order from the judge of the National Court José Luis Calama, made public this week, states that the former Prime Minister (2004-2011) must undergo a thorough investigation for an alleged crime of influence peddling and money laundering in the management of the bailout of the airline Plus Ultra during the pandemic. The order is not an indictment. It is a reasoned exposition of the elements that lead to the opening of a judicial investigation, with the mandatory notice to the people who become investigated. (Until 2015, the term was accused, but the Criminal Procedure Law was modified in favor of softer language). Accused or investigated, Zapatero is currently on the conveyor belt of public scandal. Felipe González, his great adversary in the PSOE since Zapatero promoted the reform of the Statute of Catalonia, called the order “impressive” yesterday and said he felt “great sadness” for what is happening.
The agreement between PP and Vox for Castilla y León contains 19 sections and more than 300 measures in 62 pages. In general terms, it is quite similar to the pact that both parties already sealed in Extremadura and Aragón. With this understanding, the forecast is that PP and Vox will govern together and Alfonso Fernández Mañueco will be invested next week.
The long journey of Leo XIV has ended. An extensive 11-day tour, which touched four countries and had begun with the weight of the very serious accusations directed by Donald Trump against the American Pope for his anti-war positions. A burden from which the Pontiff tried to free himself immediately, responding to the president: “I am not afraid of the Trump administration,” but making it clear that he did not want to “debate” with him. A request reiterated in the following days to journalists who had interpreted some of his speeches as messages directed at the White House.
If the 23 days of strike this school year have made anything clear, it is that Ustec has decided to test strength with the Salvador Illa Government. Or rather, to twist its arm. The logic was simple. If the Executive took a step forward, it had to be stopped. If it proposed an agreement, raise the…
The head of Barcelona’s investigating court number 24, María Antonia Coscollola, has closed the case opened against three Mossos d’Esquadra officers accused of having helped the former president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, during his fleeting visit to Barcelona on August 8, 2024, coinciding with Salvador Illa’s investiture session in the Parliament as president of the Generalitat.
Koldo García wanted to become yesterday the protector and squire of his former boss, José Luis Ábalos, during his interrogation as an accused in the trial held at the Supreme Court for the so-called mask case. The former advisor took on as his own the actions that were for the former Minister of Transport because, as he said, “he will always be grateful” for appointing him as his personal advisor after meeting him during the PSOE primaries in 2017, after which Pedro Sánchez was proclaimed secretary general.
The first session of the trial against David Sánchez, brother of the Prime Minister, took place this morning at a slow pace. Sánchez arrived at the Audiencia de Badajoz, where he is being tried for alleged crimes of influence peddling and malfeasance, at 9:40 in the morning. He got out of the car, put on his blazer, and entered the Palace of Justice calmly.
“While the scheming opposition can continue maneuvering, we will keep governing until 2027 and for as long as the Spanish people want,” warned Pedro Sánchez. In a climate of total uncertainty amid the flood of legal cases surrounding the political and family environment of the Prime Minister, and without knowing how far these processes may escalate but also with no expectation that the storm will subside, nothing is better than a good warm bath of youthful socialist militancy to try to catch one’s breath and, at the same time, attempt to inject fighting spirit into troops torn between indignation and discouragement.