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 Spain's foreign minister on Wednesday lashed out at Washington's decision to lift a ban on lawsuits in US courts over property confiscated by Cuba, calling the move an "abuse of power" that would lead to a "legal battle". https://www.thelocal.es/20190508/spain-slams-cowboy-trump-over-cuba-and-venezuela Wed, 08 May 2019 14:30:33 +0200 spain-slams-cowboy-trump-over-cuba-and-venezuela The Spanish government said Thursday it would not hand over Venezuelan opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez, who is wanted by authorities in Caracas but has taken refuge in Madrid's embassy in Caracas. https://www.thelocal.es/20190503/spain-refuses-to-hand-over-opposition-figure-to-venezuela Fri, 03 May 2019 11:19:34 +0200 spain-refuses-to-hand-over-opposition-figure-to-venezuela Hundreds of Venezuelans rallied in central Madrid late Tuesday in support of their country's self-proclaimed leader Juan Guaidó, as riots broke out in faraway Caracas. https://www.thelocal.es/20190501/hundreds-of-venezuelans-stage-pro-guaido-rally-in-madrid Wed, 01 May 2019 18:12:25 +0200 hundreds-of-venezuelans-stage-pro-guaido-rally-in-madrid Spain on Monday recognised Venezuela's opposition chief Juan Guaido as acting leader after President Nicolas Maduro defiantly rejected an ultimatum by European countries to call snap elections. https://www.thelocal.es/20190204/spain-recognises-venezuela-opposition-leader-as-acting-president Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:21:11 +0100 spain-recognises-venezuela-opposition-leader-as-acting-president The European Union and several of its member governments gave embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro an ultimatum on Saturday, saying they would recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as president unless he calls elections within eight days. https://www.thelocal.es/20190127/eu-nations-put-venezuelas-maduro-on-notice Sun, 27 Jan 2019 11:25:37 +0100 eu-nations-put-venezuelas-maduro-on-notice Spain, France and Germany on Saturday gave embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro an ultimatum, saying they would recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as president unless he calls elections within eight days. https://www.thelocal.es/20190126/spain-france-germany-give-venezuelas-maduro-ultimatum Sat, 26 Jan 2019 14:25:17 +0100 spain-france-germany-give-venezuelas-maduro-ultimatum Spain's foreign minister on Friday pushed the European Union to recognise Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido if elections are not called rapidly. https://www.thelocal.es/20190125/spain-pushes-eu-to-recognise-venezuela-opposition-leader-if-no-elections Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:45:51 +0100 spain-pushes-eu-to-recognise-venezuela-opposition-leader-if-no-elections Spain on Thursday said fresh elections were the "only way out" for Venezuela after opposition leader Juan Guaido claimed the presidency amid anti-government protests. https://www.thelocal.es/20190124/spain-says-elections-only-way-out-of-venezuela-crisis Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:25:40 +0100 spain-says-elections-only-way-out-of-venezuela-crisis The leader of Spain's far-left party Podemos, who has praised the achievements of Venezuela's leftist government in the past, on Thursday changed course, saying the situation in the Latin American country was "disastrous". https://www.thelocal.es/20181214/podemos-admits-it-was-wrong-to-praise-venezuela Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:49:41 +0100 podemos-admits-it-was-wrong-to-praise-venezuela Decades ago, they left their homes in northwestern Spain in their thousands for Venezuela, fleeing poverty or attracted by promises of oil riches. https://www.thelocal.es/20180510/spains-galicia-welcomes-back-thousands-of-venezuelans Thu, 10 May 2018 12:00:12 +0200 spains-galicia-welcomes-back-thousands-of-venezuelans Venezuela on Thursday declared Spain's ambassador to Caracas "persona non grata," accusing Madrid of committing "continuous aggressions" against the Socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. https://www.thelocal.es/20180126/venezuela-expels-spanish-ambassador Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:07:20 +0100 venezuela-expels-spanish-ambassador The former mayor of Caracas, a staunch opponent of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro who fled to Spain over the weekend, vowed on Monday to battle against the president's regime, warning him to "get ready". https://www.thelocal.es/20171121/former-caracas-mayor-vows-to-fight-maduro-from-exile-in-madrid Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:02:31 +0100 former-caracas-mayor-vows-to-fight-maduro-from-exile-in-madrid Spanish police said Monday that they had broken up a network that was forcing transsexuals into prostitution, after luring most of them to Spain from Venezuela. https://www.thelocal.es/20170814/transsexuals-from-venezuela-forced-into-prostitution-in-spain Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:41:13 +0200 transsexuals-from-venezuela-forced-into-prostitution-in-spain Two people on motorbikes threw Molotov cocktails at Spain's embassy in Caracas on Thursday, but there were no casualties, the prosecutors' office in Venezuela said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170804/molotov-cocktails-thrown-at-spains-embassy-in-venezuela Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:45:43 +0200 molotov-cocktails-thrown-at-spains-embassy-in-venezuela Spain lashed out Tuesday at Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro for what it called "insulting and unacceptable" comments in which he branded conservative Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy a "hitman". https://www.thelocal.es/20150728/diplomatic-row-as-venezuela-brands-rajoy-a-hitman Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:09:03 +0200 diplomatic-row-as-venezuela-brands-rajoy-a-hitman Nicolás Maduro - the president of Venezuela who has established rule by decree in his own country twice - denounced Spain’s controversial "gag law" because it violates human rights and resembles a dictatorship. https://www.thelocal.es/20150715/venezuela-spanish-gag-law-violates-human-rights-maduro Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:30:14 +0200 venezuela-spanish-gag-law-violates-human-rights-maduro Spain recalled its ambassador to Caracas on Wednesday after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused Madrid of "terrorism", as a row between the two countries intensified. https://www.thelocal.es/20150422/spain-recalls-ambassador-to-venezuela-as-row-deepens Wed, 22 Apr 2015 16:01:34 +0200 spain-recalls-ambassador-to-venezuela-as-row-deepens Spain and Venezuela summoned each other's ambassadors on Wednesday in a mounting row, as accusations flew back and forth across the Atlantic of a Venezuelan opposition crackdown and Spanish "racism" and "meddling". https://www.thelocal.es/20150416/spain-venezuela-summon-ambassadors-in-growing-spat Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:15:06 +0200 spain-venezuela-summon-ambassadors-in-growing-spat Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has urged Spanish politicians to keep Venezuela out of their election campaigns, joking that he is in the news so much, he might as well run for office there himself. https://www.thelocal.es/20150304/keep-us-out-of-it-venezuela-tells-spain Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:52:00 +0100 keep-us-out-of-it-venezuela-tells-spain Spanish clothing giant Inditex, which owns Zara, has restricted customer purchases to five items per month in its stores in Venezuela as it struggles with a massive upswing in demand. https://www.thelocal.es/20141117/zara-rations-clothing-sales-in-venezuelan-stores-inditex Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:11:00 +0100 zara-rations-clothing-sales-in-venezuelan-stores-inditex