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Montevideo, October 19th 2025 - 01:25 UTC

Tag: Pedro Sanchez

  • Saturday, May 4th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Milei's Office condemns slanderous statements by Spanish official

    PM Sánchez has more urgent matters to focus on, the Office of the Argentine President said in a statement

    The Government of Argentina was angered Friday after Spain's Transport Minister Oscar Puente said President Javier Milei was “ingesting substances.” Casa Rosada replied with a communiqué outlining the alleged involvement of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife in a case of corruption that nearly led to his resignation and insisted Madrid should remain focused on those affairs.

  • Friday, March 8th 2024 - 08:47 UTC

    Spanish PM insists before Lula: EU needs new partners such as Mercosur

    Brazil and Spain are facing “extremism, the denial of politics, and hate speech, fueled by fake news,” Lula told Sánchez

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Wednesday signed a series of bilateral agreements at the Planalto Palace. The documents dealt with communications; science, technology, public administration, and health issues, Agencia Brasil reported. Both heads of government also concurred on the importance of expanding political, commercial, and investment relations.

  • Monday, February 26th 2024 - 11:04 UTC

    Paraguayan President kicks off busy agenda in Spain

    Peña is to stay in Spain until March 1

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña landed in Barcelona Sunday for a series of engagements with Spanish authorities, including Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and King Felipe VI. In the meantime, the South American leader held encounters with local businessmen and Barcelona City officials.

  • Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Tuesday Spanish congress votes on amnesty for Catalan separatist leaders, massive protests

    Demonstrators held numerous Spanish and EU flags, but also as placards reading “No to amnesty” and “Sanchez traitor,” in reference to president Pedro Sánchez of the center-left PSOE party

    Some 50,000 people, according to police estimates, gathered in the Spanish capital Madrid on Sunday to reject a fragile coalition government proposed amnesty for Catalan separatists.

  • Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

    Spain expresses its support to Daniel Noboa against violence in Ecuador

    Ecuador must “show the world how things are improving,” Noboa told King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Sánchez in Madrid

    Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa admitted Wednesday in Madrid that it was very hard for him to leave his country amid the current wave of violence by drug-trafficking gangs but insisted it was necessary “to face the world” at the same time. The South American leader's words came during the opening of the Fitur 2024 tourism fair in the Spanish capital.

  • Friday, December 1st 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Pedro Sánchez promises Paraguayan president to work for Mercosur deal finalizing

    Peña insisted that Mercosur has other arrangements in sight, such as Singapore and the United Arab Emirates

    Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a telephone conversation this week with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña during which he insisted on his country's commitment to finalizing the trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur while he held the rotating presidency of the northern alliance. The deal would unite 800 million people and represent a quarter of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). If things go on as projected, Mercosur would obtain duty-free access for 93% of its exports to the EU, with a 10-year deadline to achieve this goal.

  • Friday, November 17th 2023 - 09:01 UTC

    Sánchez re-elected Prime Minister of Spain

    “The process that has brought us to this day and this moment has not been easy,” Sánchez reckoned

    Spain's parliament on Thursday re-elected Socialist Pedro Sánchez as prime minister by 179 votes to 171, it was reported in Madrid. “I declare the confidence of the Congress in Mr. Pedro Sánchez,” announced the speaker, Francina Armengol.

  • Monday, October 30th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

    Lula tells Pedro Sanchez to make a last effort on EU-Mercosur deal

    Lula's pro-tempore presidency of Mercosur ends in early December

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez during a telephone conversation last week that he was keen on finalizing the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur.

  • Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 20:18 UTC

    PM Pedro Sánchez invited to form a new coalition, if he fails Spain will call a snap election January 14

    After July's general election produced a strung parliament consisting of 350 legislators from 11 different parties, coalition-building has proven difficult.

    Spanish political party leaders were called in for a new round of talks with King Felipe VI on Monday ahead of a fresh attempt to form a new government. After July's general election produced a strung parliament consisting of 350 legislators from 11 different parties, coalition-building has proven difficult.

  • Monday, September 25th 2023 - 08:06 UTC

    Massive Madrid protest erupts against potential Catalan amnesty deal

    Conservatives fear that acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez could grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in return for political support.

    Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets in Madrid on Sunday to protest against reports that acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez could grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in return for political support. Protesters chanted “out, out” and “Sanchez, resign.”