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 President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on a Mexican newspaper Thursday to reveal the source that leaked it a controversial letter he wrote to the king of Spain urging him to apologize for the conquest 500 years ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20190412/mexican-president-demands-source-of-leaked-letter-to-spain Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:55:01 +0200 mexican-president-demands-source-of-leaked-letter-to-spain Five hundred years ago exactly, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés waged his first bloody battle against the Aztecs in the New World. But why is Mexico's president dragging it up now? https://www.thelocal.es/20190327/who-was-conquistador-hernan-cortes-and-why-is-mexico-dragging-him-up-now Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:08:06 +0100 who-was-conquistador-hernan-cortes-and-why-is-mexico-dragging-him-up-now The Mexican president's demand for an apology over the "abuses" of colonialism drew opposite reactions across the Atlantic Tuesday -- anger in a Spain still proud of its imperial glory, and eyerolls in Mexico. https://www.thelocal.es/20190327/reaction-anger-in-spain-eyerolls-in-mexico-over-conquest-row Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:46:13 +0100 reaction-anger-in-spain-eyerolls-in-mexico-over-conquest-row The 500-year-old wounds of the Spanish conquest were ripped open afresh on Monday when Mexico's president urged Spain and the Vatican to apologize for their "abuses" -- a request Madrid said it "firmly rejects." https://www.thelocal.es/20190326/sorry-not-sorry-spain-rejects-mexicos-demand-for-apology-for-colonial-abuses Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:00:05 +0100 sorry-not-sorry-spain-rejects-mexicos-demand-for-apology-for-colonial-abuses In central Spain, the arid plains of La Mancha are famous for their windmills and Manchego, a cheese made out of ewe's milk that is one of the best-known representatives of the country's gastronomy. https://www.thelocal.es/20180218/spanish-cheesemakers-defend-manchego-from-mexican-copy Sun, 18 Feb 2018 15:08:47 +0100 spanish-cheesemakers-defend-manchego-from-mexican-copy The bodies of eight foreigners have been recovered from the rubble of the quake that struck Mexico City, officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170923/spanish-man-among-victims-of-mexico-earthquake Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:58:11 +0200 spanish-man-among-victims-of-mexico-earthquake A Mexican university professor who reported his Spanish wife was kidnapped in July in northern Mexico was charged Wednesday with her murder. https://www.thelocal.es/20170831/mexican-professor-charged-with-murder-of-spanish-wife-after-faking-kidnap Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:31:18 +0200 mexican-professor-charged-with-murder-of-spanish-wife-after-faking-kidnap Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letizia are in Mexico, on their first state visit to the Americas since he came to the throne just over a year ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20150702/spanish-royals-in-first-state-visit-to-mexico Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:54:12 +0200 spanish-royals-in-first-state-visit-to-mexico King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia arrived in Mexico on Monday to begin a three-day trip, their first state visit to the Americas since the coronation. https://www.thelocal.es/20150630/spanish-royals-on-state-visit-to-mexico Tue, 30 Jun 2015 11:08:01 +0200 spanish-royals-on-state-visit-to-mexico Mexican authorities have deported to Spain two suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group Eta who are accused of being part of a unit that killed 18 people in the lead-up to the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. https://www.thelocal.es/20140218/eta-terror-suspects-deported-to-spain Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:17:22 +0100 eta-terror-suspects-deported-to-spain Police in Mexico arrested on Sunday two members of the armed Basque separatist group Eta who belonged to a unit that killed 18 people in the lead up to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the Spanish government said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140217/two-eta-fugitives-arrested-in-mexico Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:33:00 +0100 two-eta-fugitives-arrested-in-mexico An IT company based in the Canary Islands has designed a mobile app which will give relatives of Mexico’s 105,000 annual kidnap victims a chance to track down their loved ones before it’s too late. https://www.thelocal.es/20131015/spanish-app-calls-time-on-mexican-kidnappers Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:40:00 +0200 spanish-app-calls-time-on-mexican-kidnappers A teenager became the latest person arrested for the rape of six Spanish tourists in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco in February, the Guerrero state attorney said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130308/teen-held-for-rape-of-spanish-women-in-mexico Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:47:00 +0100 teen-held-for-rape-of-spanish-women-in-mexico Six men have been arrested after the rapes of six Spanish women tourists near the popular resort city of Acapulco, Mexico's top law enforcement official said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130214/men-arrested-for-mexico-rapes Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:48:00 +0100 men-arrested-for-mexico-rapes