Catalina Gómez Ángel, contributor to 'La Vanguardia', receives the recognition for excellence of the Gabo Award 2026

Catalina Gómez Ángel, contributor to ‘La Vanguardia’, receives the recognition for excellence of the Gabo Award 2026

The Gabo Foundation announced today that it has awarded Colombian journalist, Catalina Gómez Ángel, the Gabo Award for Excellence 2026. A journalist based in Tehran, the organization highlights “her courage, independence, and narrative rigor” in covering some of the most complex conflicts in the contemporary world “from a Latin American perspective that places victims and human experience at the center of the story.”

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The first contact in Catalunya of a hantavirus victim lives in Barcelona

The first contact in Catalunya of a hantavirus victim lives in Barcelona

A woman, considered the first contact in Catalonia of a fatal victim of the ‘Hondius’ hantavirus, will remain in quarantine at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona for between three and six weeks. She is a resident of Barcelona who coincided for a few minutes, on April 25, on the plane covering the Johannesburg-Amsterdam route with the cruise passenger who ended up dying in the South African capital. She is around 40 years old, sources from the Departament de Salut told this newspaper.

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Esther Niubó: “We have to redirect the situation to finish the course well”

Esther Niubó: “We have to redirect the situation to finish the course well”

The Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Esther Niubó, speaks with La Vanguardia one day after chairing the meeting between her department and the unions that have been holding a standoff in the streets for two months. Niubó defends the agreement, claiming that never before had 2 billion euros been put on the table for educational improvements. She believes there is room for agreements within it and assures that the Government will not leave the table until it is achieved.

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The electoral board validates the endorsement of Enrique Riquelme, who will face Florentino

The electoral board validates the endorsement of Enrique Riquelme, who will face Florentino

In the same place where Joan Laporta delivered the final blow to Barça’s 2021 elections, with his famous banner in front of the Bernabéu alongside the slogan “Looking forward to seeing you again,” Florentino Pérez launched an electoral campaign 22 years later. A message to highlight his legacy, with the names of the seven cities where the white team lifted the Champions League under his leadership, and a message for the future: “Much history to make.” The omnipresent “best president in history” won the elections in 2000 and 2004, left a year later, and returned in 2009 after a period during which Ramón Calderón led the club.

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France's notes in the semifinal against Spain

France’s notes in the semifinal against Spain

There will be no fifth World Cup final for France, after having been in the last two consecutively (Russia 2018, Qatar 2022). The first team in the FIFA ranking, the one that had displayed the best play in the tournament in the USA, Mexico, and Canada, was a caricature in the hands of Spain. The Bleus never performed at the level they had shown, not even close, defeated in all lines by De la Fuente’s players.

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