A total of 21 migrants, all of them Moroccan, have been detained in the last few hours in Ceuta for their alleged involvement in a new stone-throwing attack on a military patrol, as well as on civil guards, without any injuries occurring.
Beyond the institutional profile of Princess Leonor, there is the lesser-known story of a twenty-year-old young woman with concerns typical of her generation, but who is being trained to be a 21st-century queen. Leonor arouses curiosity, which is natural given the importance of the role she is destined to play in the future, but also because of the limited information that emerges about her. In a two-year project, journalist Angie Calero, newly joined to the editorial team of La Vanguardia in Madrid, delves into these questions about the public and personal side of Felipe VI’s heir to create a complete portrait in her book Leonor de Borbón Ortiz. A Queen for the Future (La Esfera de los libros).
A human tsunami arrived on July 30 at El Tarajal beach in Ceuta, leaving thousands of clothing items, flip-flops, and personal belongings, but also a giant political crisis that is eating away at Pedro Sánchez’s government, and a question that no one has answered yet: where and how does the wave begin?
The worst scenario a ruler can face during a crisis is that citizens do not believe their version of an event that has impacted public opinion, without even considering whether those explanations are true or not. This is what is happening to Pedro…
Last week, Minister Félix Bolaños called for “respect” for Morocco. He asked this of the ERC deputy Francesc-Marc Álvaro in a Congress committee. “Morocco is a country with which we must collaborate and maintain good neighborly relations.” On Monday of this week, the…
Minister Ángel Víctor Torres (Arucas, 1966) has been responsible since last August 25 for the unified command to manage the Ceuta crisis. With experience in migration emergencies during his time leading the Canary Islands Government, he advocates collaboration with Morocco, trusts in restoring normality as soon as possible, and accuses the PP of “turning their back” on Ceuta.
Las pescaderías Yunes in the central market of Ceuta are selling far below usual on a Saturday at nine. “Normal, elderly people no longer go out to shop or walk in the afternoons,” says a stallholder. Fátima is a security guard at the University Hospital, the only one in a city whose patience determines the governability of Spain. “My 20-year-old daughter does not go out after dark for fear, and in Ceuta life was on the street.” Third warning: Mercadona, Almadraba neighborhood, soldiers at the doors, carts overflowing. A couple of Muslim Ceutíes: “This is not going fast, when the cold arrives they won’t be able to sleep outdoors and hunger is very bad.”
“The change is getting closer, but it is not done… and we cannot think that everything will fall like forbidden fruit.” With the general elections increasingly present, although they still have no date, memories of 2023 remain very alive in the Popular Party. Alberto Núñez Feijóo wanted to start his speech at the beginning of the political season in Madrid from there. Even before confronting Pedro Sánchez, the popular leader warned his followers of the risk of becoming complacent and called for an extra effort to maintain tension until the polls. Because the goal is no longer just to win. It is to do so with enough margin to remove Sánchez from La Moncloa “without the investiture pacts” frustrating his plans again.
The central government has taken control of the port of Ceuta to install a tent where immigrants who remain in the autonomous city can be housed. It is estimated that around a thousand people could access these new facilities that the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migrations is going to install. The central government had to sign an emergency resolution, which was done by the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, to be able to take this measure that was negotiated in the board of directors of the Port Authority but that the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, refused to concede at the last minute.
In the absence of solutions, affection is good. Spanish football, to be solemn, began yesterday in Ceuta the national tour of the De la Fuente (coach)-Louzán (RFEF president) tandem to showcase the World Cup and extend its effluvia of national unity.