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 She is blonde, a conservative hardliner and has forged ahead in a sphere dominated by men, The Local gives you ten reasons why Esperanza Aguirre is Spain's answer to the Iron Lady. https://www.thelocal.es/20150309/is-this-the-spanish-margaret-thatcher Mon, 09 Mar 2015 18:45:45 +0100 is-this-the-spanish-margaret-thatcher In the run up to Spain's local and regional elections at the end of May, politicians have been trying out unsual ways to entice voters - many of which they most probably now regret. https://www.thelocal.es/20150513/spanish-election-fails Wed, 13 May 2015 13:26:42 +0200 spanish-election-fails Spain's ruling Popular Party has seen a prominent publicity campaign backfire after hundreds of taxis carrying campaign posters were vandalized, prompting complaints from taxi drivers across the city. https://www.thelocal.es/20150512/spains-ruling-party-has-taxi-adverts-defaced Tue, 12 May 2015 14:56:06 +0200 spains-ruling-party-has-taxi-adverts-defaced Madrid mayor Ana Botella has been stood up by fire, police and ambulance personnel on her visit to their new joint headquarters because of her "disrespectful" appointment of a new police chief who has just weeks in the job before he retires. https://www.thelocal.es/20140919/emergency-services-snub-madrid-mayor Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:40:00 +0200 emergency-services-snub-madrid-mayor Less than a day after Madrid became the first city in the world to name a square after the UK’s former conservative leader Margaret Thatcher, British expats in the Spanish capital vandalized the plaza’s signpost. https://www.thelocal.es/20140918/spains-thatcher-square-defaced-24-hours-after-opening Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:03:00 +0200 spains-thatcher-square-defaced-24-hours-after-opening