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 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday hailed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's victory in Brazil's presidential election, urging the two nations to work together to fight climate change. https://www.thelocal.es/20221031/lulas-win-in-brazil-offers-hope-for-climate-change-fight-spains-pm Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:02:19 +0100 lulas-win-in-brazil-offers-hope-for-climate-change-fight-spains-pm Spanish prosecutors on Monday demanded the extradition of a Spanish man convicted over the 1977 killing of five leftists in Madrid, after his arrest in Brazil last week. https://www.thelocal.es/20181211/spain-starts-brazil-extradition-bid-for-gunman-in-1977-attack Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:35:53 +0100 spain-starts-brazil-extradition-bid-for-gunman-in-1977-attack A Rio de Janeiro police officer who fatally shot a Spanish tourist in a dangerous favela was freed Tuesday from detention but has been charged with homicide. https://www.thelocal.es/20171025/rio-policeman-who-shot-spanish-tourist-dead-charged-with-homicide Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:11:26 +0200 rio-policeman-who-shot-spanish-tourist-dead-charged-with-homicide Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Monday they accidentally shot and killed a Spanish tourist visiting a violent favela slum where two officers had been wounded. https://www.thelocal.es/20171024/brazilian-police-say-they-accidentally-shot-dead-spanish-tourist-in-favela Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:18:28 +0200 brazilian-police-say-they-accidentally-shot-dead-spanish-tourist-in-favela Brazil's President Michel Temer declared on Monday after talks with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy that investors are returning to Latin America's biggest, but deeply troubled economy. https://www.thelocal.es/20170425/new-era-for-spanish-investments-in-brazil Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:47:44 +0200 new-era-for-spanish-investments-in-brazil Spain's telco giant Telefonica is one of three companies awarded new national broadcast licenses for 4G cell phone services in Brazil, that country's regulatory authority has said. https://www.thelocal.es/20141001/telefonica-scores-licence-for-4g-rollout-in-brazil-telecommunications-vivo Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:36:00 +0200 telefonica-scores-licence-for-4g-rollout-in-brazil-telecommunications-vivo Players with Spain's national football team will earn nearly $1 million in prize money each if the team wins the World Cup, a salary that is being slammed by some as a 'scandal' in crisis-hit Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20140605/madrid-is-being-shortsighted-on-catalonia Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:15:00 +0200 madrid-is-being-shortsighted-on-catalonia Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has crunched all the numbers to find out who will win this year's World Cup in Brazil — and it won't be Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20140528/heres-why-spain-wont-win-the-world-cup-brazil Wed, 28 May 2014 17:56:00 +0200 heres-why-spain-wont-win-the-world-cup-brazil Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara has been ruled out of next month's World Cup in Brazil after suffering a fresh knee injury, his club Bayern Munich confirmed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140515/injured-thiago-out-of-spains-world-cup-squad Thu, 15 May 2014 14:56:43 +0200 injured-thiago-out-of-spains-world-cup-squad Spain manager Vicente del Bosque on Tuesday has named the uncapped David de Gea, Dani Carvajal and Ander Iturraspe in his provisional list of 30 players for the World Cup in Brazil next month. It's a group that would be the envy of any coach in the world. https://www.thelocal.es/20140513/spain-announces-world-cup-squad Tue, 13 May 2014 18:50:00 +0200 spain-announces-world-cup-squad Despite an unconvincing 2-1 win against Belarus on Friday, world champions Spain can seal their place in next year's World Cup in Brazil with just a point when they host Georgia in Albacete on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131014/bland-spain-one-match-away-from-a-place-in-brazil Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:26:00 +0200 bland-spain-one-match-away-from-a-place-in-brazil Confederations Cup finalists Spain and Brazil are gifting autographed commemorative shirts to ailing South African former president Nelson Mandela, FIFA president Sepp Blatter revealed recently. https://www.thelocal.es/20130701/spain-gift-football-kit-to-ailing-mandela Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:41:00 +0200 spain-gift-football-kit-to-ailing-mandela Giant Spanish bank Santander on Monday announced the resignation of its chief executive Alfredo Sáenz, who was convicted in 2011 for irregularities in a debt-recovery case. https://www.thelocal.es/20130429/santander-hands-ceo-golden-parachute Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:59:00 +0200 santander-hands-ceo-golden-parachute