The image of a railway crossing in an advertisement was used in 2017 to call for the 1-O and end up before the judge. “You were born with the ability to decide. Will you give up?”. Now the railway crossing is played by ERC, but not heading towards independence, rather between Vilanova i la…
In the absence, for the moment, of that electoral super Sunday that hovers over every political conversation in Madrid after the regional collapse recorded by the PSOE in the recent elections, the right has celebrated its own reivindicative super Saturday this Saturday in which several tens of thousands of people have marched between Colón Square and the Victory Arch, in Moncloa, called by Sociedad Civil Española to demand the resignation of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
Without a doubt, the word of the week has been mango, whether referring to the clothing store you can find on any central street identical to any major capital in the world, or as the first person singular present tense of the verb mangar. It has been very curious…
The judge of Martorell Raquel Tierno Galván listed in the detention order of Jonathan Andic a “series of clues” that made him a suspect in the death of his father, Isak Andic, on December 14, 2024. Among these circumstantial evidences, the magistrate mentioned the disappearance “under strange circumstances” of the iPhone 14 that the accused was carrying the day his father fell into the void in Montserrat. The phone change took place on March 26, after Jonathan warned via a WhatsApp from his computer to his secretary at Mango that his mobile had been stolen. He requested a new one, an iPhone 16 Pro, which he activated as soon as he landed.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was a political asset and a business asset. He was, at least, until this Tuesday when his indictment in the National Court for leading an influence network broke out. The former president was a draw because of his relations with Pedro Sánchez’s government, but not only for that. The case includes a list of businessmen, lawyers, and politicians who had connections with him, and in some cases those ties were linked to commercial and economic relations.
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 dotted line through which the tentacles of the plot allegedly led by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero extend internationally has a special stop in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The case reveals that the former president sought to set up a commercial lobby between the United Arab Emirates, Spain, and Latin America to expand his influence. The idea, together with his trusted man Julio Martínez, and an expert in commercial transactions in the Arab country, Tomás Guerrero Blanco, was to help Arab companies enter the Spanish or Latin American market and vice versa.
Rosalía received this Thursday in London the Ivor Novello Award for International Composer of the Year, one of the most prestigious in the industry, which places her at the very top of the musical pantheon, on the same level as Paul McCartney, Elton John, or Adele.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced the deployment of 5,000 additional soldiers to Poland, thus reversing the Pentagon’s decision to suspend a military deployment amid its criticism of European allies for their stance on the war in Iran.
It should be noted that the ruling by Judge José Luis Calama against José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was made public two days after the Andalusian elections vote. If the judicial document, which has already dropped like a bomb this week among the socialist ranks, is…