“The great advantage of Sánchez is that almost no one benefits from elections”

“The great advantage of Sánchez is that almost no one benefits from elections”

The possibility of a motion of no confidence against Pedro Sánchez is once again gaining prominence in the political debate, but the difficulties in forming an alternative majority remain enormous. This is the view of Lola García, deputy director of La Vanguardia, who argues that neither Junts nor the PNV currently find an easy way out of the current situation. “What would interest them is for the current Government to be stronger and more solid, able to present budgets and not be harassed by corruption cases,” she said. In her opinion, the alternative of an Executive led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo with Vox as part of the equation is also not attractive to them.

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A non-aggression pact hovers over Kitchen

A non-aggression pact hovers over Kitchen

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.

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Sheinbaum reproaches Ayuso for her defense of Hernán Cortés in Mexico

Sheinbaum reproaches Ayuso for her defense of Hernán Cortés in Mexico

Isabel Díaz Ayuso has turned her institutional trip to Mexico, to “intensify” relations with what is the second largest investing country in the region, into a new episode of the cultural battle that she has been fighting in Spain for years around Hispanidad, which has earned her quite a few criticisms in the North American country. Even from the president, Claudia Shienbaum, who has warned that those who seek to vindicate Hernán Cortés and his atrocities are destined for defeat.

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Zapatero: The summary and the search of his office tighten the noose around the former president

Zapatero: The summary and the search of his office tighten the noose around the former president

The details of the judicial summary have only worsened the legal situation of the former head of government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who in a week has to appear before Judge José Luis Calama to try to convince him that everything stated by himself, the UDEF, and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office is a series of errors or malicious interpretations. About thirty jewels kept in the safe of his official office were seized by the Police, who must now assess them.

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Stabbed and buried in a house, the cruel end of the witness to the CAM crime

Stabbed and buried in a house, the cruel end of the witness to the CAM crime

The mysterious disappearance in mid-March of Jesús Tavira made headlines due to its connection with the most high-profile criminal case Alicante has experienced in recent decades: the unsolved murder of Maria del Carmen Martínez, widow of the former president of the Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo, Vicente Sala. The discovery of the businessman’s body, stabbed multiple times and buried in a modest house on the rural outskirts of Alicante, no matter how sordid and gruesome the crime, would not have drawn so many cameras and so much public speculation without the link that connected Tavira to another murder committed almost ten years ago that remains unsolved, that of the matriarch of a wealthy family embroiled in inheritance disputes.

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