Tag: Pedro Sanchez

Monday, August 21st 2023 - 08:30 UTC
Spanish Socialists closer to forming a new coalition government

Spanish caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is closer to forming a new government following on the election of Francina Amengol as the speaker of Spain's congress. Armengol is the former leader of the Balearic Islands region, where Catalan is widely spoken, received a majority of 178 votes in the 350-seat chamber.
Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
No majority achieved after Spain's snap elections

Spain's conservative opposition Popular Party (PP) won Sunday's general elections but is short of votes to make Alberto Núñez Feijoó, even though an alliance with the far-right VOX movement, it was reported in Madrid after over 98% of the polling stations were counted.
Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 10:45 UTC
Spain exhuming Civil War remains and returning them to their families towns

A team of experts in Spain has begun work to exhume the bodies of more than 100 civil war victims from a huge basilica complex near Madrid, where dictator Francisco Franco once lay.
Thursday, April 27th 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Spanish PM promises Lula he will push for EU-Mercosur deal closure

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday insisted in Madrid on his unorthodox view regarding the war in Ukraine but the approval of the Mercosur-European Union (EU) deal signed in 2019 that still needs to be ratified looked closer following Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's comments.
Friday, November 4th 2022 - 19:58 UTC
Paraguayan President brokers EU-Mercosur deal in Madrid

Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez discussed bilateral issues in Madrid, particularly the ratification of the Mercosur-European Union trade agreement.
Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 19:55 UTC
Ukrainian crisis tops agenda in Fernández-Sánchez meeting in Madrid

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday met in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on the first day of his European tour which will also include encounters with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Spanish sailors in Falklands honor their fellow crew members from Villa de Pitanxo lost off Newfoundland

Crew members from the Spanish fleet which operates with Falkland Islands licenses met on Monday in the capital Stanley for a poignant ceremony to honor their fellow mariners who went down with the fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo, off Newfoundland.
Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Brazil: Lula wants to return to power but it's not up to just him

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has explained in an interview published over the weekend that he wants to return to power “so that people can eat three times a day.”
Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Chile's Piñera human rights policy condemned by Amnesty International during his European tour

Amnesty International has sent a letter to European leaders who Chilean president Sebastian Piñera is currently visiting expressing concern about the serious human rights violations and impunity that continue to put all people in Chile at risk. Piñera is currently visiting France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, and the Vatican.
Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 09:38 UTC
Argentine President's gaffe overshadows Spanish PM's presence at Casa Rosada

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's presence at the Casa Rosada Wednesday was shadowed by a racist remark from Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who said that “Mexicans came from the Indians, Brazilians came from the jungle, but we Argentines came from the ships, and they were ships that came from Europe, and that's how we built our society.”