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Spain Papers Review – Wednesday January 27 2010
The IMF and nuclear waste dominate today
El País notes that Spain is being left behind in the recovery of the main countries. It notes the IMF has forecast the GDP to fall by 0.6% this year, making Spain the only G-20 country to continue in recession this year.
ABC has the headline, Spain will continue in recession in 2010, while the rich countries will grow by 3.9%.
La Razón headlines – Spain...
Spain Papers Review – Tuesday January 26 2010
Domestic politics shares space with international stories on the Spanish front pages today
El Mundo notes that the Minister for Employment, Celestino Corbacho, has admitted that unemployment will increase by more than 100,000 persons this month.
ABC leads with the story and says that the Government is resigned to unemployment reaching four million. The paper also notes that the public deficit rose...
Spain Papers Review – Monday January 25 2010
No common lead on the Spanish front pages today
La Razón leads with the headline that the Government has guaranteed in writing that the financing will be in line with the Statute in Cataluña. The paper says that in a seven page written parliamentary answer the cabinet says that the new model to fund the regions will respect one of the articles which still has the judges of the Constitutional Court...
Spain Papers Review – Sunday January 24 2010
Nuclear waste, immigrants, ETA and Haiti
El Mundo leads with the split in the Partido Popular over the nuclear waste dump in the village of Yebra in Guadalajara.
The paper says the party’s General Secretary, María Dolores de Cospedal, is going to take action against the PP Mayor of the town for voting for the nuclear cemetery and that the National Guarantees Committee of the party will act, despite...
Spain Papers Review – Friday January 22 2010
Obama’s war against the banks takes over from Haiti on some of front pages in Spain today
El Mundo has a large front page photo of the United States President, and says that he has declared war on the banks in defence of the citizen. The paper says he has announced he will prohibit high risk investments. ‘Never again will the American tax payer be held hostage by a grand bank’.
El País also...
Spain Papers Review – Thursday January 21 2010
Haiti still making the front pages in Spain today, but some domestic items too
El País has a large front page photo of a 70 year woman, Anna Zizi, drinking water after being rescued from the rubble in Haiti yesterday by a Mexican team. She was in the rubble of the cathedral in the capital.
The paper says that life is returning bit by bit to Haiti. It notes that the USA is preparing to send another...
Spain Papers Review – Wednesday January 20 2010
The arrival of the US marines in Haiti dominates the Spanish front pages today
El Mundo has a photo of military helicopters flying over the collapsed presidential palace and shows US Marines on the lawn. The paper says that the United States now control Haiti as 5,000 U.S. soldiers take the airport and the palace, and patrol the cities of the capital.
El Mundo notes that Spain is sending 450 soldiers...
Spain Papers Review – Tuesday January 19 2010
Domestic stories are taking over from the events in Haiti on only some of the front pages in Spain today
El Mundo has a photo from Haiti of the marines arriving on the island to control the pillaging and chaos. The paper notes that France has accused the United States of converting the humanitarian mission into a military one.
The paper also notes the luxury cruise liners off the coast and refugee...
Spain Papers Review – Monday January 18 2010
The ongoing tragedy in Haiti remains on the front pages in Spain
El Mundo headlines that the United Nations has arrived late in Haiti. The UN General Secretary stepped on the island for the first time yesterday and asked the Spanish Deputy Prime Minister, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, who is also there to organise the humanitarian mission.
El País headlines that lack of food and violence have...
Spain Papers Review – Sunday January 17 1010
The latest from Haiti leads the Spanish papers again
El Mundo has a photo of a man in a destroyed street in Puerto Principle, and says that the disaster is now described as the worst in the memory of the United Nations. The organisation says that it is worst than the tsunami in December 2004.
El País considers that Haiti no longer exists and the lack of authority is added to the chaos and pillaging.
ABC...
Spain Papers Review – Saturday January 16 2010
The earthquake in Haiti and the reports of newspapers’ special envoys lead many papers in Spain today
El Mundo headlines the reports from Jorge Barreno who says that there are miracles in the caldron from hell. He says while the local population starts to pillage, Spanish rescue teams have rescued some dozen people alive from the rubble. It shows a Spanish fireman with a young boy he has rescued....
Spain Papers Review – Friday January 15 2010
Events in Haiti continue to dominate the Spanish front pages today
ABC says that chaos is taking hold in the country and highlights a comment ‘It’s like an atomic bomb’. The paper has a large front page photo of a square full of bodies, and says that the lack of organisation is making if difficult for the international aid to reach the victims. Thousands of bodies line the pavements, and the...




