Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794), father of modern Criminal Law, argued that “the more just and useful the punishment is, the sooner it is and the closer it is to the committed crime.”
Focusing on migration and the humane treatment that migrants deserve, both those who embark on a cayuco on the African coasts and risk their lives to cross the Atlantic and the Latin Americans who leave their countries and set out on the path to seek a better life, is the main reason why the Canary Islands are one of the stops of the Pope on his first visit to Spain.
The best biographies are often the result of an obsession. And then there are those driven by a love of art, which adds a plus to any portrait of an artist. The writer Marta San Miguel (Santander, 1981), journalist and José Hierro Poetry Prize winner, has novelized the life of Enric Granados (1867-1916) alternating the not so well-known story of the composer from Lleida with a narrative that follows his footsteps from a contemporary perspective.
“No vengo a pedir favores, ni tampoco a regalarlos”. This is how the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, positioned himself this morning at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cercle d’Economia following yesterday’s defense of a majority with Junts and PNV to force the calling of elections.
The alleged influence scheme of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is said to have met with a “guy from SEPI” (State Society of Industrial Participations), according to a report from the Economic and Financial Crimes Unit of the Police contained in the case file accessed by La Vanguardia. In that meeting, in addition to the “guy from SEPI,” one of the shareholders of Plus Ultra, Roberto Roselli; the friend and alleged frontman of the former Prime Minister, Julio Martínez Martínez; and Zapatero himself participated in a “clandestine” manner.
Pasapalabra is one of the most memorable game shows on television in Spain, both in format and participants, as well as its hosts. Since it premiered in 2000 with Sílvia Jato at the helm, the program has gone through many stages and memorable moments, whether with Christian Gálvez or Roberto Leal. However, its move from Telecinco to Antena 3 triggered the start of an intense legal battle, which was not resolved until last May 21, with a result that affects the San Sebastián de los Reyes network.
The renowned chef Jordi Roca has publicly denounced the identity theft of ‘El Celler de Can Roca’ (Girona), through a video on his official Instagram account. It is not the first time. This statement adds to the official communication issued by the restaurant itself on May 5, which warned precisely about the existence of a website that, posing as the establishment, offered reservations in exchange for advance payments.
The air on the seventh floor of number 42 Reina Street in Valencia had not moved since the postwar period. It was not simply stale: it was a dense, almost solid mass that swallowed sounds and exhaled a smell of camphor, old dampness, and rancid sweat
There is a smell of pact —of non-aggression— in the courtroom of the National Court where the trial for Operation Kitchen is taking place, the alleged police plot launched in 2013 to steal incriminating information against the Popular Party from its former treasurer, Luis Bárcenas. After the tense confrontation between former Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz and his former number two Francisco Martínez during the investigation phase —over some SMS messages that led to the former’s indictment— this Thursday an expert suggested manipulation of those incriminating messages without the former Secretary of State, who took them to a notary, refuting even the slightest shadow of doubt cast.
The Department of Agriculture has asked the Tour de France organization to make a change in the route in the final section of the second stage of this cycling competition to avoid passing through Collserola, an area affected by swine fever. The Generalitat argues that “this is not the first time a route has been changed due to a health crisis.”
