Política

Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has dismissed the appeals filed by Begoña Gómez, her advisor in Moncloa Cristina Álvarez, and businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés against his decision to refer the case to a jury if it ultimately goes to trial, while also once again rejecting the dismissal of the investigation for the crimes of influence peddling, corruption in private sector business, embezzlement, and misappropriation of public funds in relation to the chair held by the wife of the Prime Minister at the Complutense University of Madrid.

The mask trial that has brought the former Minister of Transport and former Secretary of Organization of the Socialist Party, José Luís Ábalos, to the dock comes to an end today still with some questions yet to be resolved. Clearer are the effects that this case has had on

León XIV will visit the Brians 1 prison, in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, on the same day he will go to the Montserrat abbey and bless and inaugurate the Jesus tower of the Sagrada Família, on June 10. This is the penitentiary center that houses people from the Barcelona area who are in preventive detention, awaiting trial. Specifically, there will be a meeting with the women of one of the modules, and this event will take place after the recent visit to the Bata prison during the Pope’s trip to Equatorial Guinea, just a few weeks ago.

The trial for the so-called mask case will be ready for judgment this Wednesday, barring any last-minute changes. The three defendants, led by former minister José Luis Ábalos, have given their respective explanations, some more accurate than others. These, along with more than 70 witness and documentary pieces of evidence, will be the entire set of evidence that the seven judges will begin to evaluate from Thursday to reach a verdict of conviction or acquittal. The nature of the court is to try to issue a sentence as quickly as possible to avoid unnecessary speculation, so the decision is already expected to be known before the summer holidays.

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.

In a turbulent international context, dominated by armed conflicts and the rise of the far right, the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, positioned Spain this Tuesday as a hub of security and commitment to peace and a multilateralism based on solid rules, thanks to the political stance of the Government to which she belongs. Robles claimed this Spanish position, opposed to the two fundamental wars currently affecting Europe and therefore Spain, those of Ukraine and Iran, for being contrary to international legal order. “Spain says no to illegal offensive wars that do not have international backing.”

The Minister of Defense is the new protagonist of Foros de Vanguardia, in a session held this Tuesday at the MGS Auditorium. Margarita Robles will talk about defense and peace in a world full of uncertainties.

The first televised tournament among the five candidates, five, for the Quirinale was like a meeting of ill-matched neighbors – where each community member repeats their traumas and no one talks about the stairwell spillage – rather than a (civilized) exchange of views. There was no duel,

This election campaign has so far been a balm for the president of the Junta and candidate for re-election for the PP, Juanma Moreno. Until tonight’s debate broadcast by Televisión Española and directed by Xabier Fortes and Laura Clavero.

Carlos Garaikoetxea, the first lehendakari after Francoism (1980-1985) and a key figure in the recovery of Basque self-government, has died at the age of 87 due to a heart attack, according to the Basque public television portal Orain.