Spain

Madrid (EFE).- Spain’s Supreme Court rejected on Friday the suspension of the government’s extraordinary migrant regularization program, as requested by the Community of Madrid government, the far-right party Vox, and other plaintiffs. The Spanish royal decree for mass regularization took effect on Apr. 16, aiming to grant residency and work...

Mexico City, May 7 (EFE).- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum published on Thursday an edict from the Spanish King Charles I, dated 1548 in the city of Valladolid, in which, in her opinion, the «atrocities» of Hernán Cortés were discussed. This move comes amid the controversy surrounding the recent defense of...

Mexico City (EFE).- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum lashed out on Tuesday against the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and her defense of the Spanish conquest and the figure of Hernán Cortés during an event held the previous day in Mexico City. “To those who revive the...

Madrid (EFE).- Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado called from Spain on Friday for the displacement of the Venezuelan regime, represented by interim president Delcy Rodríguez. Machado, currently on a European tour, spent the first day of her official agenda in Madrid in intense meetings...

Madrid, (EFE).- Noelia Castillo, a 25-year-old Spanish woman, passed away on Thursday at the Sant Camil Residential Hospital in Barcelona after receiving euthanasia. Her death concludes a judicial dispute of over a year and a half against her father. Noelia suffered from paraplegia with permanent and irreversible after-effects following a...

​Washington/Madrid, Mar 4 (EFE).- White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that Spain agreed to cooperate with the United States military, which the Spanish Foreign Ministry denied. ​»I think they heard the president’s message yesterday ​loud and clear. It is my understanding ​over the past several hours they’ve agreed to...

​Washington, Mar 3 (EFE).- United States President Donald Trump slammed Spain after the Spanish Government prohibited the use of the Rota and Morón bases for the Iran war and threatened to “cut off all trade on Tuesday, during a bilateral meeting at the White House with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz....

Madrid, 25 (EFE).- Antonio Tejero, the former lieutenant colonel of the Spanish Civil Guard who led the coup attempt on Feb 23, 1981, died Wednesday at the age of 93 in Alzira, Valencia. His death coincided with the Spanish government’s declassification of secret documents pertaining to the attempted coup. «It...

New Delhi, (EFE).- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez defended on Wednesday the necessity of imposing rules on social media platforms to counter algorithms that propagate violent, pornographic, or hateful content, criticizing X owner Elon Musk for reacting with «crude» and «threatening» responses. «Ultimately, insecurity is not generated by a 14-year-old...

Madrid, (EFE).- The Spanish Congress of Deputies rejected a bill on Tuesday promoted by the far-right Vox party that sought to ban the use of Islamic veils such as the niqab and the burqa in public spaces. The initiative was defeated with 177 votes against, primarily from the governing coalition...

Madrid (EFE).- Storm Joseph caused the death of a woman in Málaga on Tuesday, as well as accidents, floods, landslides, and evacuations in Galicia, Andalusia, and Castile and León. It is expected to strengthen on Wednesday. As of Tuesday, the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) warned of the destruction caused by...

Barcelona (EFE).- Four people were seriously injured, and 33 others were treated by medical teams following the accident on Tuesday night when a retaining wall collapsed, killing the driver. The accident occurred on a commuter train between the towns of Sant Sadurní d’Anoia and Gelida, some 40 kilometers (24 miles)...