Política

Andalusia, this time its waters of Huelva, has once again been the scene of a tragedy that strikes the Civil Guard. On the day the institution celebrated the largest cocaine seizure so far in the world, two of its men, a captain and a civil guard, aged 54 and 55, died when their Maritime Service vessels, the patrol boat Rio Antas and a rigid inflatable boat of the corps in which the two deceased were traveling, collided while trying to cut off the passage to a drug-running boat. The rigid inflatable boat is 12 meters long and has three engines, similar in structure, but much larger and faster than the zodiac run over by a drug-running boat in Barbate, in February 2024, in which two civil guards died.

The president of the Junta of Andalusia and PP candidate in the elections, Juanma Moreno, has described this Thursday the idea of national priority promoted by the ultranationalist party Vox as “propagandistic.” In his opinion, it is a proposal that in some aspects is unrealistic, and even illegal.

An election campaign basically consists of raising a bell tower. The higher it is, the bigger the bell and the farther the ringing reaches, the better for the officiating parish priest. However, it happens that sometimes, down on the street, things happen that distract people to the point that no one pays attention to the ringing.

While some PSOE ministers have begun to spread out across Andalusian cities in events supporting their candidate and former Government colleague, María Jesús Montero, she continues her crusade in defense of public services, becoming the main and almost sole argument of her electoral campaign. Montero talks about the deterioration of healthcare wherever she goes.

An election campaign basically consists of raising a bell tower. The higher it is, the bigger the bell and the farther the ringing reaches, the better for the officiating priest. However, it happens that sometimes, down on the street, things happen that distract people to the point that no one pays attention to the ringing.

The visit of Isabel Díaz Ayuso to Mexico continues to chain episodes of tension and verbal clashes with President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has accused her of displaying “ignorance” and a lack of historical knowledge about the figure of Hernán Cortés in what is already the third clash between them in just three days.

Aliança Catalana (AC) currently constitutes a unique political phenomenon in Spain. It is the party that is indisputably growing, according to all polls. More than Vox, since some surveys and the elections in Castilla y León point to a certain stagnation of Santiago Abascal’s party, pending what the Andalusian elections on the 17th may dictate. But the case of AC is a perfect assembly in demographic terms, as it is gaining potential voters not only from abstention but from several parties. If this continues, it could also disrupt the entire distribution of seats in the Parliament. Why has Aliança Catalana managed to gain ground so decisively, above Vox?

A United States citizen on vacation in Mallorca has requested political asylum in Spain due to fear of the policies implemented in that country by Donald Trump. The man, 34 years old, appeared a few days ago at the Civil Guard barracks in Felanitx accompanied by his lawyer to make the formal request, according to Ultima Hora. The Civil Guard has forwarded the request to the National Police, which is responsible for carrying out these procedures.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has urged the European Commission to protect prominent figures defending international law from the sanctions imposed by the US government and has requested the immediate activation of the Blocking Statute, the main instrument of the European Union to neutralize the effects of foreign sanctions on European territory, as he himself announced on the social network X.

The Spanish-Palestinian activist Saif Abukeshek, detained by Israel in international waters as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla heading to the Gaza Strip, began a dry hunger strike this Wednesday and stopped drinking water as a form of protest.