<![CDATA[EL PAÍS]]>https://english.elpais.comSat, 09 May 2026 15:04:54 +0000en1hourly1<![CDATA[How was hantavirus transmitted? A visual explanation of the ‘MV Hondius’ outbreak]]>https://english.elpais.com/health/2026-05-07/how-was-hantavirus-transmitted-a-visual-explanation-of-the-mv-hondius-outbreak.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/health/2026-05-07/how-was-hantavirus-transmitted-a-visual-explanation-of-the-mv-hondius-outbreak.htmlThu, 07 May 2026 13:09:19 +0000The first patient involved in the hantavirus outbreak boarded a ship in Ushuaia, Argentina, unaware that he was carrying the virus that would trigger a health crisis. The passenger and his wife, both Dutch, had been traveling around Argentina for weeks before boarding the MV Hondius, an expedition ship. The leading hypothesis is that they “were infected off the ship,” according to the WHO.

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]]><![CDATA[The K factor: why it matters where we are infected with the coronavirus]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-30/the-k-factor-why-it-matters-where-we-are-infected-with-the-coronavirus.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-30/the-k-factor-why-it-matters-where-we-are-infected-with-the-coronavirus.htmlFri, 30 Oct 2020 12:15:22 +0000The way the coronavirus is spread is not always the same. Not all positive cases infect the same number of people – instead, most contagions appear to be linked to specific events and superspreaders. Most infections are caused by a few people, and many positive cases never transmit the disease. This is both good and bad news. On the one hand, it means that if these super-spreading events can be controlled, the number of cases can be reduced without having to lock down the entire country. But on the other, it requires exhaustive contact tracing to connect infected people to where they caught the disease. In Spain, the large majority of cases have not been able to be linked to any known outbreak.

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]]><![CDATA[How does artificial intelligence think? The big surprise is that it ‘intuits’]]>https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-01-31/how-does-artificial-intelligence-think-the-big-surprise-is-that-it-intuits.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-01-31/how-does-artificial-intelligence-think-the-big-surprise-is-that-it-intuits.htmlSat, 31 Jan 2026 04:00:00 +0000Artificial intelligence was born in the 1950s when a group of pioneers wondered if they could make their computers “think.” After 70 years, something tremendous has happened: neural networks are solving cognitive tasks. For 300,000 years, these tasks were the exclusive domain of living beings. Not anymore. It’s not controversial: it’s a fact. And it has happened suddenly. Machine learning with neural networks has solved problems that eluded machines for decades:

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]]>Pablo Delcan<![CDATA[The world isn’t getting worse; it’s getting better: 44 good news stories to start 2026 with optimism]]>https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-12-31/the-world-isnt-getting-worse-its-getting-better-44-good-news-stories-to-start-2026-with-optimism.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-12-31/the-world-isnt-getting-worse-its-getting-better-44-good-news-stories-to-start-2026-with-optimism.htmlWed, 31 Dec 2025 12:59:13 +0000We are closing the year with a tradition: an optimistic list that is neither exhaustive nor impartial, because it only contains good news.

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]]>Diego Areso<![CDATA[Maps of the US attack on Venezuela: Targets, airspace and deployed fleet]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-03/maps-of-the-us-attack-on-venezuela-targets-airspace-and-deployed-fleet.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-03/maps-of-the-us-attack-on-venezuela-targets-airspace-and-deployed-fleet.htmlSat, 03 Jan 2026 13:14:10 +0000U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that the United States has successfully carried out a “large-scale” attack on Venezuela. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are reported to have been captured and removed from the country.

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]]><![CDATA[Who voted for Mamdani? The New York election in seven charts ]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-11-05/who-voted-for-mamdani-the-new-york-election-in-seven-charts.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-11-05/who-voted-for-mamdani-the-new-york-election-in-seven-charts.htmlWed, 05 Nov 2025 09:34:14 +0000Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani has won the mayoral race in New York: he will be the first Muslim and socialist mayor.

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]]>Yuki Iwamura<![CDATA[Hurricane Melissa strengthens in the Caribbean: ‘It will break many records’]]>https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-10-28/hurricane-melissa-makes-landfall-in-jamaica.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-10-28/hurricane-melissa-makes-landfall-in-jamaica.htmlTue, 28 Oct 2025 17:44:16 +0000Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwestern Jamaica, near New Hope. The latest update from the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that conditions in Jamaica are “extremely dangerous and life-threatening,” and urged residents to remain in their shelters as the eye passes over the island, since winds will intensify rapidly.

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]]>Matias Delacroix<![CDATA[Young people versus boomers? Four charts to understand generational tension in Spain]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-10-12/young-people-versus-boomers-four-charts-to-understand-generational-tension-in-spain.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-10-12/young-people-versus-boomers-four-charts-to-understand-generational-tension-in-spain.htmlSun, 12 Oct 2025 16:59:20 +0000Is our system too generous to older people? The generational debate in Spain has intensified, mixing reasonable arguments with false claims and misunderstandings. My position: the concern is valid, even though the problem has no simple solution.

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]]><![CDATA[Is winning a Nobel Prize reserved for the wealthy? Seven eye-opening charts, free of politics]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2025-07-12/is-winning-a-nobel-prize-reserved-for-the-wealthy-seven-eye-opening-charts-free-of-politics.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2025-07-12/is-winning-a-nobel-prize-reserved-for-the-wealthy-seven-eye-opening-charts-free-of-politics.htmlSat, 12 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000Last year, I wrote two newsletters using a simple formula: collecting interesting graphics. They were timeless pieces, free from the urgency of daily news. I was glad they resonated, because we live in a fierce attention economy — content has never been more abundant, yet our time and mental energy remain scarce.

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]]>NurPhoto<![CDATA[Who makes a Nintendo? Globalization explained through the new Switch 2]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-06-03/from-mario-to-the-barrio-globalization-explained-through-the-nintendo-switch-2.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-06-03/from-mario-to-the-barrio-globalization-explained-through-the-nintendo-switch-2.htmlTue, 03 Jun 2025 11:15:24 +0000In 1980, Nintendo was a Japanese toy company taking its first steps in the world of video games. That year, it created Nintendo of America to export its arcade machines to the United States, a modest venture that nearly failed. They ordered 3,000 arcade machines with a boring game that didn’t sell. The solution was to request a new title from Japan that could run on the unused hardware — and so, Donkey Kong was born. It became a hit, introduced the world to Mario, and marked the beginning of Nintendo’s global journey.

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]]><![CDATA[What Trump has broken in 100 days, explained in 10 charts ]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-28/what-trump-has-broken-in-100-days-explained-in-10-charts.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-28/what-trump-has-broken-in-100-days-explained-in-10-charts.htmlMon, 28 Apr 2025 10:07:46 +0000Donald Trump’s return to the White House has disrupted the global geopolitical and financial landscape. His brutal and chaotic style of governance has turned the United States into the primary factor destabilizing markets and international diplomatic relations. The unpredictability has negatively affected his approval rating among the population. The following charts illustrate the turbulence caused by his erratic decisions during his first 100 days in office, which he will mark on Wednesday.

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]]><![CDATA[AI is a real chimera: It can make the world radically better]]>https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-12-12/ai-is-a-real-pipe-dream-it-can-make-the-world-radically-better.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-12-12/ai-is-a-real-pipe-dream-it-can-make-the-world-radically-better.htmlThu, 12 Dec 2024 19:50:28 +0000There is nothing futuristic about the age of artificial intelligence; it has already begun. In 2024, AI won two Nobel Prizes, one given to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for laying its foundations and the other given to Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and David Baker for applying it to biology. The five largest companies in the world are all technology companies. The company that designs AI chips, Nvidia, has multiplied its value 27 times over the past five years. But ChatGPT is only two years old, and the AI applications are still prototypes, yet millions of people are already using them. That is where the monster might rear its head.

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]]>SR. GARCÍA<![CDATA[Six takeaways from Trump’s victory: Polls, false surprises and crypto millionaires]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-11-11/six-takeaways-from-trumps-victory-polls-false-surprises-and-crypto-millionaires.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-11-11/six-takeaways-from-trumps-victory-polls-false-surprises-and-crypto-millionaires.htmlMon, 11 Nov 2024 09:56:57 +0000Here are six interesting takeaways from the U.S. election between Republican candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris.

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]]>CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH<![CDATA[Who voted for Trump? The Republican’s supporters by age, sex and race ]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-11-06/who-voted-for-trump-the-republicans-supporters-by-age-sex-and-race.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-11-06/who-voted-for-trump-the-republicans-supporters-by-age-sex-and-race.htmlWed, 06 Nov 2024 15:16:13 +0000Donald Trump is on his way to the White House. The distribution of votes across the country is expected to remain close. At this hour, The New York Times predicts that the real estate magnate will win by a narrow margin of just one point over Kamala Harris. However, the turnout of certain voter groups has proven to be decisive.

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]]><![CDATA[A visual guide to understanding the deadly floods in Spain]]>https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-11-01/a-visual-guide-to-understanding-the-deadly-floods-in-spain.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-11-01/a-visual-guide-to-understanding-the-deadly-floods-in-spain.htmlFri, 01 Nov 2024 15:59:10 +0000The floods in the Spanish province of Valencia have killed at least 155 people, and dozens more are still missing. The rising river levels in the province caused river banks to overflow, catching residents off guard, as alerts were only issued eight hours after the ravines had started to flood.

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]]><![CDATA[How do I use AI? Eight real-world examples two years on from ChatGPT]]>https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-10-06/how-do-i-use-ai-eight-real-world-examples-two-years-on-from-chatgpt.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-10-06/how-do-i-use-ai-eight-real-world-examples-two-years-on-from-chatgpt.htmlSun, 06 Oct 2024 14:14:24 +0000Two years have almost passed since the launch of ChatGPT, the debut that launched the race for generative AI. Tech giants are competing to develop the best models. Meta is doing it with Llama, Google with Gemini, Anthropic with Claude and OpenAI with GPT-4o. The past few months have seen gigantic investments, as demonstrated by Nvidia’s surge in the stock market. This company — which designs the hardware for these AIs — has seen its value increase fivefold. The promise of AI is undeniable. But at the same time, there is a question that haunts me: once the initial curiosity is over, are we using generative AI?

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]]><![CDATA[US polls: Harris ahead of Trump for third week in a row]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-08-27/us-polls-harris-ahead-of-trump-for-third-week-in-a-row.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-08-27/us-polls-harris-ahead-of-trump-for-third-week-in-a-row.htmlTue, 27 Aug 2024 13:36:28 +0000Just 21 days after turning the polls around, Kamala Harris is still ahead of Donald Trump in the race for the White House. Over the past few weeks, the Democratic candidate has been improving her position percentage point by percentage point, according to polls compiled by the RealClearPolitics (RCP) aggregator. She now has a 48.4% chance of winning the presidency, compared to Trump with 46.9%.

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]]><![CDATA[Olympic medal table by population and wealth: Which countries fared the best at the Paris Games?]]>https://english.elpais.com/sports/olympic-games/2024-08-13/olympic-medal-table-by-population-and-wealth-which-countries-fared-the-best-at-the-paris-games.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/sports/olympic-games/2024-08-13/olympic-medal-table-by-population-and-wealth-which-countries-fared-the-best-at-the-paris-games.htmlTue, 13 Aug 2024 14:26:49 +0000The United States and China dominated the medal table at the Paris Games, but other — smaller and poorer — countries also achieved spectacular success. Take for example the island of Saint Lucia, which is home to just 200,000 inhabitants; it won two medals thanks to sprinter Julien Alfred.

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]]>FRANCK ROBICHON<![CDATA[Who won the Venezuelan election? Opposition data is more verifiable than the official figures]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-08-02/who-won-the-venezuelan-election-opposition-data-is-more-verifiable-than-the-official-figures.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-08-02/who-won-the-venezuelan-election-opposition-data-is-more-verifiable-than-the-official-figures.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2024 16:40:20 +0000Four days after Venezuela’s July 28 election, there are growing suspicions of electoral fraud. The ruling party-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner on Sunday, giving him 51.2% of the vote, compared to 44.2% for his rival, opposition candidate Edmundo González. In its announcement, it described the results as “irreversible,” bypassing the transparency and integrity procedures required, and without providing any data to facilitate verification of its claims. At the same time, the opposition has claimed a comfortable victory, 67% to 30%, based on more than 24,000 voter tallies of which it claims to have a copy. These tallies have been posted on a website, which has joined other sites that are sharing similar data.

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]]>Henry Chirinos<![CDATA[Who is going to win the Copa América? This is what our statistical model predicts ]]>https://english.elpais.com/sports/2024-06-21/who-is-going-to-win-the-copa-america-this-is-what-our-statistical-model-predicts.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/sports/2024-06-21/who-is-going-to-win-the-copa-america-this-is-what-our-statistical-model-predicts.htmlWed, 03 Jul 2024 10:35:37 +0000

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]]><![CDATA[Who is going to win the European Championship? This is what our statistical model predicts]]>https://english.elpais.com/sports/2024-06-18/who-is-going-to-win-the-european-championship-this-is-what-our-statistical-model-predicts.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/sports/2024-06-18/who-is-going-to-win-the-european-championship-this-is-what-our-statistical-model-predicts.htmlFri, 28 Jun 2024 08:54:51 +0000What are the chances each nation has of winning the European Championship? We look at this question by simulating the outcome of the tournament thousands of times. This way we can calculate how likely it is that each team will to reach the round of 16, or win the tournament.

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]]><![CDATA[What will happen to Trump? How the polls have responded to his legal battles]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-04-16/what-will-happen-to-trump-how-the-polls-have-responded-to-his-legal-battles.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-04-16/what-will-happen-to-trump-how-the-polls-have-responded-to-his-legal-battles.htmlTue, 16 Apr 2024 13:08:26 +0000Less than seven months before the presidential elections and with four court cases underway, Donald Trump’s return to the White House is as likely as Joe Biden’s reelection. In fact, in the polls collected by the Real Clear Politics aggregator, the tycoon has a 0.2-point lead over his rival:

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]]><![CDATA[Who do Taylor Swift fans vote for? A breakdown of Swifties by gender, age and ideology]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-03-03/who-do-taylor-swift-fans-vote-for-a-breakdown-of-swifties-by-gender-age-and-ideology.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/elections/2024-03-03/who-do-taylor-swift-fans-vote-for-a-breakdown-of-swifties-by-gender-age-and-ideology.htmlSun, 03 Mar 2024 15:13:26 +0000Can Taylor Swift influence the U.S. elections in November? This somewhat odd question has been making the rounds in the United States for weeks. The reason is simple: the artist is extremely well-known, has millions of fans, appeals to a key electorate (young white people), and unlike other celebrities who are discreet about their political preferences, Swift could once again publicly endorse a candidate, Democrat Joe Biden, just as she did in 2020.

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]]>Fernando Hernández Puente<![CDATA[Predictions for 2024: Trump, Biden, bitcoin, X bankruptcy, Barbie and Taylor Swift]]>https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2024-01-19/predictions-for-2024-trump-biden-bitcoin-x-bankruptcy-barbie-and-taylor-swift.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/opinion/2024-01-19/predictions-for-2024-trump-biden-bitcoin-x-bankruptcy-barbie-and-taylor-swift.htmlFri, 19 Jan 2024 14:49:34 +0000Those of us who engage in public speaking tend to make non-falsifiable predictions. It is human, but cheating. Think, for example, of someone saying that he “does not rule out” a new pandemic or that the Cowboys “could” win the Super Bowl. These are empty statements, because it is evident that these events are possible. The difficult thing is to estimate their probability: does the person speaking believe that they have a 1% chance? 10%? 80%? Saying “maybe” or “possibly,” without specifying, is a rhetorical trick to talk about the future without putting your neck out. That’s why probabilistic predictions are valuable: putting numbers to your statements helps to hold you accountable.

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]]>MARIO ANZUONI<![CDATA[The world is not getting worse, it’s getting better: 35 good news stories to start 2024 with optimism]]>https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2023-12-29/the-world-is-not-getting-worse-its-getting-better-35-good-news-stories-to-start-2024-with-optimism.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/opinion/2023-12-29/the-world-is-not-getting-worse-its-getting-better-35-good-news-stories-to-start-2024-with-optimism.htmlFri, 29 Dec 2023 15:40:09 +0000To close out the year, I have put together a list of data points — neither exhaustive nor impartial — that involve only good news.

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]]>Diego Areso<![CDATA[Who will win Spain’s national election on Sunday? This is what the polls are saying]]>https://english.elpais.com/spain/2023-07-19/who-will-win-spains-national-election-on-sunday-this-is-what-the-polls-are-saying.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/spain/2023-07-19/who-will-win-spains-national-election-on-sunday-this-is-what-the-polls-are-saying.htmlWed, 19 Jul 2023 16:44:11 +0000Spaniards have been asked to vote in an early national election that will take place this coming Sunday. The polls ended on Monday with mixed forecasts. Some see a clear majority for the right, others give it a narrow majority and some see a left-wing government as more likely. Taking into account all this data and the natural error of the polls, what are the probabilities of each event? This is the question answered by our classic probabilistic electoral model, which EL PAÍS has been publishing since 2016.

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]]><![CDATA[What the polls are saying about Spain’s upcoming national election]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-07/what-the-polls-are-saying-about-spains-upcoming-national-election.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-07/what-the-polls-are-saying-about-spains-upcoming-national-election.htmlFri, 07 Jul 2023 16:47:37 +0000Spain is set to hold an early national election on July 23, after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) brought it forward in the wake of very poor results in local and regional elections in late May. Mirroring similar trends elsewhere in Europe, Spain appears to be swinging to the right, with the far-right Vox party making significant gains.

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]]>ÓSCAR CORRAL<![CDATA[ChatGPT is just the beginning: Artificial intelligence is ready to transform the world ]]>https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-01-31/chatgpt-is-just-the-beginning-artificial-intelligence-is-ready-to-transform-the-world.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-01-31/chatgpt-is-just-the-beginning-artificial-intelligence-is-ready-to-transform-the-world.htmlTue, 31 Jan 2023 18:37:07 +0000If you ask the ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) system a question about its own leading role in a technological revolution, the first part of its answer is fairly unimpressive: “It’s underway and expected to have a significant impact on many sectors.” But then ChatGPT goes on to say, “Its potential is enormous, but also raises ethical concerns.” That’s the feeling shared by most tech experts.

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]]><![CDATA[Real Madrid’s brutal streak in the Champions League: statistically mind-blowing too]]>https://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-06-04/real-madrids-brutal-streak-in-the-champions-league-statistically-mind-blowing-too.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-06-04/real-madrids-brutal-streak-in-the-champions-league-statistically-mind-blowing-too.htmlSat, 04 Jun 2022 23:34:05 +0000It’s been 20 years since Real Madrid played a final without being the favorite, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference. Its winning streak in the Champions League is an extraordinary accomplishment and this seemingly impossible winning sequence leaves those of us who—like me—believe in the power of numbers to explain success, speechless. Since 1998, Real have played and won eight finals, a sequence that simply defies the laws of probability.

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]]><![CDATA[Qatar World Cup 2022: Leo Messi’s title-winning tournament in statistics]]>https://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-12-20/qatar-world-cup-2022-leo-messis-title-winning-tournament-in-statistics.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-12-20/qatar-world-cup-2022-leo-messis-title-winning-tournament-in-statistics.htmlTue, 20 Dec 2022 18:43:25 +0000Leo Messi achieved his dream of winning the World Cup in Qatar. A player many consider to the greatest of all time added the one major trophy to elude him to his staggering list of titles in Lusail. He did so at the age of 35, in what was in all likelihood his final appearance on the World Cup stage, while also seeing off the challenge of the biggest talent among his emerging successors, France forward Kylian Mbappé, who scored a hat-trick in the final.

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]]><![CDATA[Who will win the Qatar World Cup? Predict the winner with this simulator ]]>https://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-11-24/who-will-win-the-qatar-world-cup-predict-the-winner-with-this-simulator.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-11-24/who-will-win-the-qatar-world-cup-predict-the-winner-with-this-simulator.htmlSat, 26 Nov 2022 21:24:56 +0000We want to answer a difficult and fun question: what chance does each team have of winning the Qatar World Cup? To do this, we simulated the tournament tens of thousands of times. This allowed us to calculate the probability each team has of reaching the round of 16, playing in the semifinals and winning the final match.

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]]><![CDATA[Who is going to win the US midterm elections according to the polls?]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-11-08/who-is-going-to-win-the-us-midterm-elections-according-to-the-polls.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-11-08/who-is-going-to-win-the-us-midterm-elections-according-to-the-polls.htmlTue, 08 Nov 2022 09:59:26 +0000Americans are voting this Tuesday and the outcome of their vote will reconfigure both chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate. While Joe Biden will remain president, the essential question is which party will have control of the chambers? If the Democrats lose one or both institutions, it will be difficult for the Biden administration to carry on with its legislative agenda in the two remaining years of the term. Here are the latest projections for the House and Senate.

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]]><![CDATA[How Italy voted in the election, region by region]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-09-26/how-italy-voted-in-the-election-region-by-region.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-09-26/how-italy-voted-in-the-election-region-by-region.htmlMon, 26 Sep 2022 13:15:52 +0000Giorgia Meloni looks set to become Italy’s first female prime minister, as well as the head of the country’s most right-wing government since World War II after leading her alliance to victory at Sunday’s election. With over 97% of the vote counted, results showed the rightist bloc – which includes Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, Matteo Salvini’s far-right League and former PM Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia – should have a solid majority in both houses of parliament,

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]]><![CDATA[Rafael Nadal, God on Earth: The statistics that prove his complete dominance ]]>https://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-06-06/rafael-nadal-god-on-earth-the-statistics-that-prove-his-complete-dominance.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/sports/2022-06-06/rafael-nadal-god-on-earth-the-statistics-that-prove-his-complete-dominance.htmlMon, 06 Jun 2022 17:28:45 +0000With his 14th triumph at Roland Garros, Rafa Nadal has once again exhibited his brutal superiority on clay, his favorite surface. It is an amazing dominance for which it is difficult to find equivalents, not just in the history of tennis, but in the history of any sport.

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]]><![CDATA[Twitter cannot be solved, @ElonMusk]]>https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-04-29/twitter-cannot-be-solved-elonmusk.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-04-29/twitter-cannot-be-solved-elonmusk.htmlFri, 29 Apr 2022 22:48:11 +0000My title may suggest that I’m going to explain why you should get off Twitter. But it’s the opposite: I think Twitter is fine. Would it be better without insults and censorship? Yes, but you can’t have both at the same time. Twitter will never be perfect, even if its users and Elon Musk, its recent buyer, want it to be. The application is a small example of a great truth: utopianism leads to dystopianism and unhappiness.

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]]><![CDATA[The Ukraine war as of April 13: Russia prepares to intensify Donbas offensive ]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-04-13/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-russia-prepares-to-intensify-donbas-offensive.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-04-13/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-russia-prepares-to-intensify-donbas-offensive.htmlWed, 13 Apr 2022 13:08:58 +0000April 13 | The new fronts of the war

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]]><![CDATA[The Ukraine war as of April 8: Dozens reported dead in new offensive in the east]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-04-08/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-dozens-reported-dead-in-new-offensive-in-the-east.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-04-08/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-dozens-reported-dead-in-new-offensive-in-the-east.htmlFri, 08 Apr 2022 11:17:09 +0000April 8 | The battle for Luhansk and Donetsk

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]]><![CDATA[The Ukraine war as of April 1: The counteroffensive makes gains in Kyiv and Kherson]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-03-30/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-russia-has-not-given-up-its-attacks-on-kyiv.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-03-30/the-ukraine-war-in-maps-russia-has-not-given-up-its-attacks-on-kyiv.htmlFri, 01 Apr 2022 10:12:24 +0000April 1 | The counteroffensive makes gains

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]]><![CDATA[The war in Ukraine as of March 25: Kyiv’s defenders launch counterattacks]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-03-25/the-war-in-ukraine-in-maps-kyivs-defenders-launch-counterattacks.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-03-25/the-war-in-ukraine-in-maps-kyivs-defenders-launch-counterattacks.htmlFri, 25 Mar 2022 11:13:27 +0000March 25 | Counterattacks

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]]><![CDATA[Is it possible to predict the future of the war in Ukraine? Online forecasting communities think so]]>https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-03-26/is-it-possible-to-predict-the-future-of-the-war-in-ukraine-online-forecasting-communities-think-so.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-03-26/is-it-possible-to-predict-the-future-of-the-war-in-ukraine-online-forecasting-communities-think-so.htmlSat, 26 Mar 2022 02:57:25 +0000The day after Russia invaded Ukraine, someone wrote a message of gratitude on an internet forum. “Just want to say that I moved from Kyiv to Lviv on Feb 13 /entirely/ thanks to this prediction thread and the Metaculus estimates. (Still in Lviv but leaving Ukraine later today.) [...] Thank you, everyone.”

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]]><![CDATA[Day 23 of the war in Ukraine: Counterattacks slowing down Russian advance]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-03-18/the-war-in-ukraine-in-maps-counterattacks-slowing-down-russian-advance.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-03-18/the-war-in-ukraine-in-maps-counterattacks-slowing-down-russian-advance.htmlFri, 18 Mar 2022 11:22:37 +0000March 18 | Ukrainian counterattacks affecting Russian supply lines

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]]><![CDATA[The war in Ukraine via TikTok: How ordinary citizens are recording Russian troops]]>https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-02-24/the-war-in-ukraine-via-tiktok-how-ordinary-citizens-are-recording-russian-troops.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-02-24/the-war-in-ukraine-via-tiktok-how-ordinary-citizens-are-recording-russian-troops.htmlThu, 24 Feb 2022 11:26:10 +0000Russian tanks are circulating on TikTok. On the fastest-growing social network, there are videos like the one that Maria02903 shot from her car, and in which a column of tanks is visible, traveling down a frozen highway 10 kilometers from Ukraine.

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]]><![CDATA[In Spain, relief over Covid slowdown is offset by spike among children]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2022-01-24/in-spain-relief-over-covid-slowdown-is-offset-by-spike-among-children.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2022-01-24/in-spain-relief-over-covid-slowdown-is-offset-by-spike-among-children.htmlMon, 24 Jan 2022 08:55:30 +0000The sixth coronavirus wave in Spain is slowing. This can be clearly seen in the national data: the number of daily cases is stabilizing, and more importantly still, so too are hospital admissions for Covid-19, which is a more reliable sign of the change in trend.

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]]><![CDATA[The success of Covid-19 vaccines against omicron: Vaccinated up to five times less likely to be hospitalized]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2022-01-18/the-success-of-covid-19-vaccines-against-omicron-vaccinated-up-to-five-times-less-likely-to-be-hospitalized.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2022-01-18/the-success-of-covid-19-vaccines-against-omicron-vaccinated-up-to-five-times-less-likely-to-be-hospitalized.htmlTue, 18 Jan 2022 08:00:35 +0000Spain’s sixth coronavirus wave, driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant, has multiplied positive cases among both unvaccinated and vaccinated people, with almost 1.4 million infections reported since the beginning of January and thousands more going unreported. However, Covid-19 vaccines are proving highly effective in protecting against severe infection. While pinpointing the exact level of this protection is complex, partial data collected in Spain and extensive analysis in the United Kingdom show that vaccinated individuals are at a much lower risk of being hospitalized or dying from the virus.

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]]><![CDATA[How Spain’s sixth coronavirus wave is increasing pressure on hospitals]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2022-01-10/how-spains-sixth-coronavirus-wave-is-increasing-pressure-on-hospitals.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2022-01-10/how-spains-sixth-coronavirus-wave-is-increasing-pressure-on-hospitals.htmlMon, 10 Jan 2022 09:56:57 +0000The sixth coronavirus wave in Spain has been growing since Christmas. The number of cases detected has broken all records, tripling the figure recorded during the worst moment of the health crisis one year ago. Worse still, although the proportion of cases requiring hospital admissions is smaller, the number of hospitalizations has reached very high levels and is continuing to rise.

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]]><![CDATA[Covid-19 antigen tests in the age of omicron: Understanding reliability, results and false negatives ]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-11/covid-19-antigen-tests-in-the-age-of-omicron-understanding-reliability-results-and-false-negatives.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-11/covid-19-antigen-tests-in-the-age-of-omicron-understanding-reliability-results-and-false-negatives.htmlTue, 11 Jan 2022 08:53:38 +0000Covid-19 tests that use lateral flow technology to quickly check for the presence of antigens (proteins on the outer shell of the SARS‑CoV‑2 virus) have become the primary way to detect infections in the era of the omicron variant. In Spain, where the healthcare system is feeling the strain of the sixth coronavirus wave, authorities now recommend performing rapid tests and self-isolating in the event of a positive result.

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]]><![CDATA[How Spain’s sixth wave compares: more cases than ever but nearly half the number of hospital admissions]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-12-29/how-spains-sixth-wave-compares-more-cases-than-ever-but-nearly-half-the-number-of-hospital-admissions.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2021-12-29/how-spains-sixth-wave-compares-more-cases-than-ever-but-nearly-half-the-number-of-hospital-admissions.htmlWed, 29 Dec 2021 07:39:46 +0000Spain is currently immersed in a different wave of the coronavirus pandemic. On the one hand, infections are still spiking and are a reason for concern. On the other, there is ever-increasing evidence that the new omicron strain is causing lower levels of serious illness, in particular among the vaccinated.

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]]><![CDATA[Spanish PM: ‘Families will be able to celebrate Christmas together’ ]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-12-22/spanish-pm-families-will-be-able-to-celebrate-christmas-together.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2021-12-22/spanish-pm-families-will-be-able-to-celebrate-christmas-together.htmlWed, 22 Dec 2021 12:29:42 +0000The Spanish Health Ministry reported a record number of new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the highest number seen since the pandemic began and accurate figures have been recorded. A total of 49,823 cases were reported yesterday, with 94 deaths added to the overall toll. The cumulative incidence rose another 86 points, to reach 695 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last 14 days. The previous record for new infections was recorded on January 21, with 44,357 cases.

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]]><![CDATA[Guide to Spain’s Covid-19 vaccination drive for children ]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-12-15/guide-to-spains-covid-19-vaccination-drive-for-children.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2021-12-15/guide-to-spains-covid-19-vaccination-drive-for-children.htmlWed, 15 Dec 2021 14:03:55 +0000Spain began today the vaccination of children aged between five and 11, in a new qualitative leap in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The rise in cases registered in recent weeks in Spain has prompted the health authorities to take this step, which just a month ago was considered unnecessary by many experts. The Public Health Commission, which is made up of the central Health Ministry and the country’s regional governments, approved pediatric vaccinations at a meeting held on December 7. Here are the key elements of the process:

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]]><![CDATA[How depopulation of rural areas is fueling political protest against ‘emptied Spain’]]>https://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-11-24/how-depopulation-of-rural-areas-is-fueling-political-protest-against-emptied-spain.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-11-24/how-depopulation-of-rural-areas-is-fueling-political-protest-against-emptied-spain.htmlWed, 24 Nov 2021 07:23:11 +0000Outside a house in Almadén, in the province of Ciudad Real in Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha region, there are two apparently contradictory signs. One shows that the property is up for sale, and the other one says: “There’s a way out of the pit.”

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]]><![CDATA[Isolate fast and curtail infection: how antigen tests are changing the face of the pandemic ]]>https://english.elpais.com/science_tech/2020-12-08/isolate-fast-and-curtail-infection-how-antigen-tests-are-changing-the-face-of-the-pandemic.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/science_tech/2020-12-08/isolate-fast-and-curtail-infection-how-antigen-tests-are-changing-the-face-of-the-pandemic.htmlTue, 08 Dec 2020 16:42:39 +0000Antigen testing is changing the war against Covid-19. In Europe and the US, it is an increasingly popular strategy, now accounting for 30% of all testing in Spain when it was barely part of the equation until September. The tests are associated with screening, but they are already the preliminary test for patients with symptoms in hospitals and primary care centers. The European Commission also recommends their use in care homes and other places where outbreaks occur, as well as to track close contacts.

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]]><![CDATA[Covid-19 vaccines: What are the risks and benefits for each age group?]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-21/covid-19-vaccines-what-are-the-risks-and-benefits-for-each-age-group.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-21/covid-19-vaccines-what-are-the-risks-and-benefits-for-each-age-group.htmlWed, 21 Apr 2021 07:31:03 +0000All licensed vaccines are extremely effective in preventing severe cases of Covid-19, a disease that has killed around three million people worldwide in the space of one year. However, there are still individuals who are more afraid of the vaccine than of the virus. The focus now is on the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines, after dozens of those who were vaccinated ­– about 1 in 100,000 – developed a very rare form of potentially lethal blood clots.

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]]><![CDATA[The latest coronavirus wave in Spain: what the statistics tell us so far]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-07-19/the-latest-coronavirus-wave-in-spain-what-the-statistics-tell-us-so-far.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2021-07-19/the-latest-coronavirus-wave-in-spain-what-the-statistics-tell-us-so-far.htmlMon, 19 Jul 2021 11:37:41 +0000Covid-19 cases have been rising exponentially in Spain once more since the end of June, with new infections doubling each week. The pandemic is in a different phase, thanks to the vaccination campaign, but concerns are rising for two reasons: the speed of the spread – above all among young people – and hospital admissions, which are also going up. A number of Spanish regions have already toughened up their restrictions.

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]]><![CDATA[Why young Spaniards are taking longer than other Europeans to leave home]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2021-07-01/why-spaniards-are-taking-longer-to-leave-home-than-other-europeans.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2021-07-01/why-spaniards-are-taking-longer-to-leave-home-than-other-europeans.htmlThu, 01 Jul 2021 07:58:50 +0000There is one big issue that is having a major impact on young people’s lives in Spain: the labor market, with its scourges of temporary contracts, high unemployment and low wages. The impact of this problem is reflected by the fact that most Spaniards still live with their parents at least until they turn 30. To talk about young people’s lives is to talk about property – their desire to buy or rent it and the economic effort required to do so.

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]]>KIKE PARA<![CDATA[Antibody study shows just 5% of Spaniards have contracted the coronavirus]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-05-14/antibody-study-shows-just-5-of-spaniards-have-contracted-the-coronavirus.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-05-14/antibody-study-shows-just-5-of-spaniards-have-contracted-the-coronavirus.htmlThu, 14 May 2020 13:32:17 +0000Only 5% of Spaniards have been infected with the coronavirus, according to the preliminary results of a study by the Carlos III public health institute, which took blood samples from nearly 70,000 participants.

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]]>Enric Fontcuberta<![CDATA[Madrid reports major rise in missed vaccination appointments fueled by doubts over AstraZeneca]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-04-10/madrid-reports-major-rise-in-missed-vaccination-appointments-fueled-by-doubts-over-astrazeneca.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2021-04-10/madrid-reports-major-rise-in-missed-vaccination-appointments-fueled-by-doubts-over-astrazeneca.htmlSat, 10 Apr 2021 09:10:37 +0000The changing criteria for the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca in Spain is eroding the trust of the public in the Covid-19 vaccine. This week saw two modifications to the age groups that will receive the shots in the space of just 24 hours, given the fears that the medication could be linked to a tiny number of rare blood clots registered in the inoculation campaign so far. On Wednesday the Spanish authorities decided they would use the vaccine for the 60-65 group, only to do a U-turn and opt for the 60-69 group the following day. The Madrid deputy health chief, Antonio Zapatero, claimed on Friday that of the 29,000 appointments scheduled for Thursday in the Zendal Hospital and the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, just a third – 10,800 people – turned up. The previous week such missed appointments only accounted for 3% of the total.

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]]>Andrea Comas<![CDATA[Will Spain be able to vaccinate 70% of the adult population by the end of summer?]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2021-03-02/will-spain-be-able-to-vaccinate-70-of-the-adult-population-by-the-end-of-summer.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2021-03-02/will-spain-be-able-to-vaccinate-70-of-the-adult-population-by-the-end-of-summer.htmlTue, 02 Mar 2021 10:55:13 +0000Spain has administered two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to 2.6% of the population. Although the pace of the vaccination drive picked up in the last week of February, the rollout has been more or less steady over the month: every day, 0.17% of the population are injected with one dose, which equates to around 500,000 people per week. At this rate, the European Union’s target of vaccinating 70% of the adult population before the summer – amounting to 58% of Spain’s total population – will not be met. As the graph below shows, if the current speed is maintained, barely 20% of the total population will have received two doses by September.

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]]>Julio Muñoz<![CDATA[How the polls are closing in the US: Trump’s options and other key points according to the surveys]]>https://english.elpais.com/americas/2020-11-01/how-the-polls-are-closing-in-the-us-trumps-options-and-other-key-points-according-to-the-surveys.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/americas/2020-11-01/how-the-polls-are-closing-in-the-us-trumps-options-and-other-key-points-according-to-the-surveys.htmlSun, 01 Nov 2020 07:31:49 +0000The forecast that we are updating from EL PAÍS is going to close with Joe Biden as the firm favorite. The consensus prediction gives him an 85% chance of winning, compared to the 15% that Donald Trump has. These are the key points to take away from these and other data.

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]]><![CDATA[Goodbye to a bad year? Start 2021 with optimism thanks to these 42 good-news stories]]>https://english.elpais.com/spanish_news/2020-12-31/goodbye-to-a-bad-year-start-2021-with-optimism-thanks-to-these-42-good-news-stories.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/spanish_news/2020-12-31/goodbye-to-a-bad-year-start-2021-with-optimism-thanks-to-these-42-good-news-stories.htmlThu, 31 Dec 2020 11:35:25 +0000I will end this year as I ended the last – with a list that is neither definitive nor impartial – it focuses exclusively on good news.

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]]><![CDATA[Excess deaths in Spain’s second wave: 23,000 since July]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-11-27/excess-deaths-in-spains-second-wave-23000-since-july.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-11-27/excess-deaths-in-spains-second-wave-23000-since-july.htmlFri, 27 Nov 2020 07:41:05 +0000During the second wave of the coronavirus in Spain, there have been 23,144 more deaths compared to the same period last year. In the last month alone, the number of excess deaths has risen to more than 8,500, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE) based on data from Spain’s civil registries.

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]]>olmo calvo<![CDATA[Spain has recorded third-highest coronavirus fatality rate in Europe since July ]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-11-02/spain-has-recorded-third-highest-coronavirus-fatality-rate-in-europe-since-july.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-11-02/spain-has-recorded-third-highest-coronavirus-fatality-rate-in-europe-since-july.htmlMon, 02 Nov 2020 10:52:53 +0000Spain has added 7,100 coronavirus fatalities to the official death toll since July. This equates to 15 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants – the third-highest fatality rate per 100,000 inhabitants in Europe. In Germany, this figure is 10 times lower, and in Italy, it is just one-third of the rate in Spain. Portugal (eight), France (nine) and Belgium (12) are the European countries with the closest fatality rate per 100,000 inhabitants. What’s more, Spain reported an average of 150 daily Covid-19 related fatalities last week, making the virus the leading cause of death.

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]]>Albert Garcia<![CDATA[Excess deaths in second wave: 11,000 victims since July]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-20/excess-deaths-in-second-wave-11000-victims-since-july.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-20/excess-deaths-in-second-wave-11000-victims-since-july.htmlTue, 20 Oct 2020 08:05:07 +0000Statistics in Spain show 11,000 excess deaths during the second wave of the coronavirus, compared with the same period last year.

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]]>Albert Garcia<![CDATA[What do the coronavirus data from August tell us about the new spread of the virus in Spain?]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-08-24/what-do-the-coronavirus-data-from-august-tell-us-about-the-new-expansion-of-the-virus-in-spain.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-08-24/what-do-the-coronavirus-data-from-august-tell-us-about-the-new-expansion-of-the-virus-in-spain.htmlMon, 24 Aug 2020 11:00:57 +0000Spain is already immersed in a second wave of the coronavirus. There has been a certain amount of debate as to what to call the current situation, but the discussion is a semantic one: since mid-July, the virus has been spreading once more. It’s not doing so with the aggression seen in February and March, but the new spike is there to see in all of the data. Positive cases have been rising for a number of weeks now, with hospitalizations increasing and, unfortunately, deaths too.

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]]>Mariscal<![CDATA[Coronavirus crisis in Spain: data from 10 regions shows rise in cases and hospital admissions]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-07-24/coronavirus-crisis-in-spain-data-from-10-regions-shows-rise-in-cases-and-hospital-admissions.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-07-24/coronavirus-crisis-in-spain-data-from-10-regions-shows-rise-in-cases-and-hospital-admissions.htmlFri, 24 Jul 2020 14:00:13 +0000After falling for months, the number of coronavirus cases has begun to rise on a national level in Spain. At the end of May, the number of new infections confirmed by PCR testing fell below 500 and in June, they were less than 250. Now however, Spain is again recording more than 1,000 cases a day.

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]]>PABLO LASAOSA<![CDATA[The problems Spain’s outdated data methods have caused during a 21st-century pandemic]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-06-24/the-problems-spains-outdated-data-methods-have-caused-during-a-21st-century-pandemic.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-06-24/the-problems-spains-outdated-data-methods-have-caused-during-a-21st-century-pandemic.htmlWed, 24 Jun 2020 06:30:12 +0000On March 18, a Spanish man appeared on a database of people infected by the coronavirus: it was patient 217, a 22-year-old student who had been hospitalized in Singapore. Singapore was providing these and other details as part of their case-by-case data strategy, while in Spain, total numbers according to age had yet to be published. The story appeared in EL PAÍS and three days later, patient 217 himself contacted the newspaper via a social network: “Hello, I am the Spaniard who tested positive for the coronavirus on his return from Spain to Singapore,” he said.

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]]>pool<![CDATA[Six Spanish provinces saw twice as many deaths during Covid-19 crisis as in a normal year]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-06-17/six-spanish-provinces-saw-twice-as-many-deaths-during-covid-19-crisis-as-in-a-normal-year.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2020-06-17/six-spanish-provinces-saw-twice-as-many-deaths-during-covid-19-crisis-as-in-a-normal-year.htmlWed, 17 Jun 2020 15:05:00 +0000Six Spanish provinces registered more than twice as many deaths during the coronavirus pandemic as during a regular year, new figures show.

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]]><![CDATA[Spain’s excess deaths during coronavirus crisis reach 43,000]]>https://english.elpais.com/spanish_news/2020-05-28/spains-excess-deaths-during-coronavirus-crisis-reach-43000.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/spanish_news/2020-05-28/spains-excess-deaths-during-coronavirus-crisis-reach-43000.htmlThu, 28 May 2020 10:22:43 +0000Between March 1 and May 12, Spain recorded 43,295 more deaths than what would be considered normal for this time of the year, based on past mortality rates. This is up 52% from the expected deaths for the period.

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]]>Carlos Rosillo<![CDATA[Zipcode check: How did your neighbor vote in the repeat Spanish election?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/12/inenglish/1573545245_205591.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/12/inenglish/1573545245_205591.htmlTue, 12 Nov 2019 09:06:10 +0000Spain’s fourth parliamentary election in four years has produced a complicated scenario for forming a government.

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]]><![CDATA[Zipcode check: How did your neighbor vote in the 2019 local election in Spain?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/29/inenglish/1559127455_920818.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/29/inenglish/1559127455_920818.htmlWed, 29 May 2019 11:15:59 +0000EL PAÍS has put together voting information from each census section (an area comprising 1,500 residents) in the local election on Sunday, May 26.

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]]><![CDATA[Zipcode check: How did your neighbor vote in the 2019 Spanish election?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/02/inenglish/1556785774_715134.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/02/inenglish/1556785774_715134.htmlThu, 02 May 2019 09:09:58 +0000The results of the Spanish general election on Sunday tell a story, one that can be better appreciated by looking at the votes in each neighborhood. This allows us to see how political preferences can shift just by crossing the street, and in what areas minority parties were able to secure the biggest percentage of the vote.

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]]><![CDATA[How did your neighbor vote in the 2016 Spanish election?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/04/18/inenglish/1555570570_425757.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/04/18/inenglish/1555570570_425757.htmlThu, 18 Apr 2019 09:34:41 +0000Recent polls suggest the political landscape of Spain could shift dramatically at the upcoming general election on April 28 – with the far-right party Vox gaining congressional representation for the first time, the conservative Popular Party (PP) set to lose up to half its seats, and the Socialist Party (PSOE) gaining up to 30% of the vote.

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]]><![CDATA[What is causing the steady exodus of children from downtown Madrid?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/11/inenglish/1552299428_750286.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/11/inenglish/1552299428_750286.htmlFri, 15 Mar 2019 07:59:09 +0000When the weekend is over in the Madrid neighborhood of Malasaña, small children pour like fairies out onto the street, as though they had been waiting for the end of a storm. It is 8am and sidewalks that had been crawling with young adults enjoying themselves in ‘the cradle of La Movida’ are now the stamping ground for small feet heading to the Pi y Margall elementary school.

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]]><![CDATA[Spain’s far-right party Vox takes its anti-immigration message to Madrid]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/02/18/inenglish/1550506982_047374.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/02/18/inenglish/1550506982_047374.htmlTue, 19 Feb 2019 08:13:29 +0000Vox, a Spanish far-right party that recently gained parliamentary representation in the southern region of Andalusia, is trying to extend its successful strategy ahead of local, regional and national elections due to be held in the spring.

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]]>Jaime Villanueva<![CDATA[Zipcode check: Which are Spain’s richest and poorest areas?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/18/inenglish/1547810069_248100.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/18/inenglish/1547810069_248100.htmlWed, 23 Jan 2019 08:25:43 +0000More than €100,000 separates the average income of Spain’s richest area – La Moraleja in Alcobendas in Madrid – from the poorest – Carrús in Elche in the eastern coastal city Alicante. The average income of families in La Moraleja, located in the north of the capital, is €113,642 – eight times that of Carrús, where it is just €13,286, according to figures published on Thursday by the Tax Agency.

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]]><![CDATA[Has Spain swung to the right?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/03/inenglish/1546526538_114200.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/03/inenglish/1546526538_114200.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2019 15:05:19 +0000The election in Andalusia has boosted the fortunes of the center-right and the right: they got 39% of the vote in 2015 and 50% in 2018.

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]]>Manu Fernandez<![CDATA[Book co-written by Spanish PM contains paragraphs from a diplomat’s speech]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/09/20/inenglish/1537437951_815110.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/09/20/inenglish/1537437951_815110.htmlThu, 20 Sep 2018 11:32:16 +0000A book co-authored by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the economist Carlos Ocaña contains entire paragraphs taken from the transcript of a talk delivered on February 25, 2013 by a Spanish diplomat.

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]]><![CDATA[It’s not about the undecided voters, it’s about hidden abstention]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/21/inenglish/1513858423_953634.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/21/inenglish/1513858423_953634.htmlThu, 21 Dec 2017 12:57:02 +0000One out of every four Catalans had yet to decide which way to vote just one week ago. There are many undecided voters in Catalonia, but odd as it may sound, it is likely that their votes will not be all that decisive.

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]]>JAVIER SORIANO<![CDATA[Down to the wire: our final prediction of Catalan election results]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/19/inenglish/1513683213_138738.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/19/inenglish/1513683213_138738.htmlTue, 19 Dec 2017 15:40:58 +0000With just two days to go before the Catalan regional elections, El PAIS has made a final forecast of the outcome that suggest a tight race between pro-independence parties and so-called constitutionalist parties, which are against independence.

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]]><![CDATA[Anti-independence parties close to victory in Catalan election: poll]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/15/inenglish/1513333454_661556.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/15/inenglish/1513333454_661556.htmlFri, 15 Dec 2017 11:47:43 +0000A new poll commissioned by EL PAÍS has indicated that it is still unclear whether pro-independence parties or the so-called constitutional parties – which are against independence – will triumph at the Catalan regional elections on December 21.

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]]><![CDATA[The waning power of Podemos and its leader Pablo Iglesias]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/11/30/inenglish/1512031804_594081.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/11/30/inenglish/1512031804_594081.htmlThu, 30 Nov 2017 10:03:44 +0000Unidos Podemos, the coalition that brings together the anti-austerity Podemos with several left-wing parties, is going through a crisis at its core. It was born around a charismatic leader, Pablo Iglesias, whose name once attracted many voters. But a significant body of evidence suggests eroding support for both Iglesias and Podemos.

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]]>Uly Martin<![CDATA[Income and origins sway support for independence]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/09/29/inenglish/1506691641_240457.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/09/29/inenglish/1506691641_240457.htmlWed, 18 Oct 2017 09:02:32 +0000When the subject of independence is broached, reference is often made to the fact that Catalonia is rich; see, for example, this article in The Economist. But the fact that independence is more popular among the wealthier sections of the Catalan population is often ignored.

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]]><![CDATA[“When I grow up, I want to be like Zara founder Amancio Ortega”]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/08/01/inenglish/1501578137_240949.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/08/01/inenglish/1501578137_240949.htmlWed, 02 Aug 2017 08:42:15 +0000The public figure that cropped up most often among the 5,800 teens who answered that particular question was Amancio Ortega, founder of Inditex, the fashion empire that owns popular brands like Zara. The Galicia-born entrepreneur regularly tops the global wealth charts.

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]]><![CDATA[Madrileños vote on new Plaza de España, but not all happy with process]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/02/28/inenglish/1488280371_057827.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/02/28/inenglish/1488280371_057827.htmlTue, 28 Feb 2017 12:51:45 +0000The new-look Plaza de España will connect with Gran Vía via an esplanade, while receiving around 1,000 new trees, among them olives and magnolias. At its center will be a large open area, while the monument to Miguel Cervantes, with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza at his feet, will be turned around to face the vast monolith of the Edificio España building, at the bottom of Gran Vía, and will be lined with a wall of water. The streets leading on to the square will also be given new trees.

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]]><![CDATA[Gender inequality in Spain’s street names]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/01/11/inenglish/1484146810_757482.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/01/11/inenglish/1484146810_757482.htmlFri, 13 Jan 2017 09:47:02 +0000Men are miles ahead of women when it comes to having their names on the streets of Spain’s main cities.

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]]>SANTI BURGOS<![CDATA[From Trump to Podemos: just what is populism?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/15/inenglish/1479213566_134785.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/15/inenglish/1479213566_134785.htmlTue, 15 Nov 2016 16:34:40 +0000Populism is proving to be a much-mentioned concept this year. A lot of people seem to know what it means, but it’s not that clear. President Obama indulged in what he called a “rant” about populism in June, suggesting somebody look it up in a dictionary, and then going on to say what he thought populism wasn’t: “Somebody who labels us versus them, or engages in rhetoric about how we’re going to look after ourselves and take it to the other guy, that’s not the definition of populism.”

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