https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed One person has died and another is missing after a Spanish fishing vessel sank off Argentina on Wednesday (July 11), but 25 crew members have been rescued, the Argentine Navy said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180712/one-dead-one-missing-as-spanish-fishing-boat-sinks-near-argentina Thu, 12 Jul 2018 12:29:14 +0200 one-dead-one-missing-as-spanish-fishing-boat-sinks-near-argentina Spain's top prosecutor Jose Manuel Maza, fresh off the drama of the Catalonian independence bid, died unexpectedly on Saturday during a working visit to Argentina. https://www.thelocal.es/20171119/spains-top-prosecutor-maza-dies-in-argentina Sun, 19 Nov 2017 11:44:36 +0100 spains-top-prosecutor-maza-dies-in-argentina Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi says the worst possible draw for his Argentina side at next year's World Cup would be Spain in the first round. https://www.thelocal.es/20171109/messi-spain-would-be-worst-team-to-face-at-world-cup Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:22:55 +0100 messi-spain-would-be-worst-team-to-face-at-world-cup Spanish police officers have detained a 48-year-old man in León for allegedly staging his own kidnapping in order to extort his family in Argentina. https://www.thelocal.es/20171023/police-arrest-man-in-spain-for-faking-his-own-kidnapping-and-extorting-his-family Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:14:43 +0200 police-arrest-man-in-spain-for-faking-his-own-kidnapping-and-extorting-his-family Spain's Foreign Ministry has said it supports calls by Argentina for the return of the Falkland Islands and said it wants the same for Gibraltar. https://www.thelocal.es/20160107/spain-cites-gibraltar-in-backing-sovereignty-talks-over-falklands Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:58:34 +0100 spain-cites-gibraltar-in-backing-sovereignty-talks-over-falklands Updated: One of the officials wanted by Argentina in a human rights investigation says he is willing to face Buenos Aires judge over his role in a massacre of protesting workers, but Spain is unlikely to honour a request from Interpol to arrest 20 Spanish nationals. https://www.thelocal.es/20141113/spain-refuses-to-arrest-franco-era-ministers Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:15:00 +0100 spain-refuses-to-arrest-franco-era-ministers A former Guatemalan police chief went on trial on Wednesday accused of ordering a 1980 Spanish embassy fire that killed 37 people, including the father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú. https://www.thelocal.es/20141002/former-guatemala-police-chief-on-trial-over-spanish-embassy-fire-rigoberta-menchu Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:54:47 +0200 former-guatemala-police-chief-on-trial-over-spanish-embassy-fire-rigoberta-menchu A young Spaniard has been murdered in Argentina where he had gone to collect his six-year-old daughter after winning a legal battle for her custody, officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140627/spaniard-argentina-domingo-exposito-moreno-custody-murder Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:00:00 +0200 spaniard-argentina-domingo-exposito-moreno-custody-murder Spanish energy giant Repsol said on Wednesday it has sold most of its remaining 12-percent stake in former Argentine subsidiary YPF for $1.26 billion (€900 million), two years after control of the unit was seized by Buenos Aires. https://www.thelocal.es/20140507/repsol-sells-remaining-stake-in-argentinas-ypf Wed, 07 May 2014 13:23:32 +0200 repsol-sells-remaining-stake-in-argentinas-ypf Argentina's lower house of Congress approved a deal on Thursday to compensate Spanish oil giant Repsol with $5 billion (€3.6 billion)in bonds for the 2012 seizure of its subsidiary YPF. https://www.thelocal.es/20140424/argentina-greenlights-repsol-compensation-deal-spain-ypf Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:51:00 +0200 argentina-greenlights-repsol-compensation-deal-spain-ypf A retired Spanish policeman denied Thursday torturing people during the country's Franco dictatorship and repeated his refusal to be extradited to Argentina for trial on alleged crimes against humanity. https://www.thelocal.es/20140410/spanish-cop-argentina-franco-billythekid-spain Thu, 10 Apr 2014 20:13:53 +0200 spanish-cop-argentina-franco-billythekid-spain Spanish oil giant Repsol said on Tuesday it had agreed to accept a €3.6 billion ($5 billion) compensation package from Argentina for the country's controversial seizure of its subsidiary YPF. https://www.thelocal.es/20140226/repsol-agrees-argentina-compensation-deal Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:24:00 +0100 repsol-agrees-argentina-compensation-deal The eurozone's recovery will not be affected by contagion from growing fears over emerging economies, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Monday, comments that were echoed by Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos. https://www.thelocal.es/20140127/argentina-crisis-wont-affect-spains-recovery Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:41:26 +0100 argentina-crisis-wont-affect-spains-recovery Two Spanish ex-policemen have refused to be extradited to Argentina to stand trial for allegedly torturing prisoners decades ago during the Franco dictatorship in Spain, a Madrid court said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131205/spain-ex-police-refuse-extradition-for-argentina-torture-trial Thu, 05 Dec 2013 17:23:00 +0100 spain-ex-police-refuse-extradition-for-argentina-torture-trial Victims of torture during the reign of Francisco Franco are hoping they will finally see justice after an Argentinian judge recently issued arrest warrants for four officials who served under the Spanish dictator. https://www.thelocal.es/20130923/franco-era-officials-face-torture-charges Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:03:00 +0200 franco-era-officials-face-torture-charges