Two hopefuls for Brazil's presidency face off in first duel
President Dilma Rouseff and the ecologist Marina Silva stage a preview of next year's presidential campaign season
Prosecutors slam judge for criticism in case involving minister’s brothers
Bid-rigging investigation against Labor chief's siblings dropped
Catalonia issues 50-page list of grievances against Madrid
Mas claims Rajoy government owes region 9.3 billion euros
“The CIA helped kill DEA agent Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena,” say witnesses
Former US law enforcement officials admit that the drug agent’s 1985 murder wasn’t just the work of Rafael Caro Quintero
Disorder in regional financing
Against the government’s wishes, the PP is starting to debate the need to change the model
Brussels to pore over Gibraltar’s tax law in response to Spanish complaint
Agencies|Madrid|
EC declared the Rock’s previous system illegal in 2004
Judge names ex-directors of failed bank as criminal mismanagement suspects
Agencies|Madrid|
Managers approved loans that allegedly undermined the financial health of Caja Castilla La Mancha
Galicia joins other PP-controlled regions in cutting personal income tax
The symbolic reduction will apply to those earning less than 17,700 euros a year
Andalusia carries out first expropriation of private residence to protect residents
Regional authorities embargo mother-of-two’s home to prevent her eviction
Treasury pays under one percent on one-year bill for first time since 2010
Spanish debt-management agency close to completing issue target for the whole year
Spain’s safest hands required
Valdés in line to keep Casillas out of vital World Cup clash against Georgia
Basque nationalist snatched from behind “human wall” in Pamplona
Batasuna youth wing member due to start serving six-year sentence for membership of an illegal organization
Libya: the chaos continues
Two years after the dictator's demise, EL PAÍS finds that it is still hard to know who runs the country There is no army or police, and the jihadist threat is ever present
China pans High Court for reopening Tibet inquiry
Agencies|
Former President Hu Jintao investigated for alleged human rights abuses during his time as Communist chief in disputed territory
Not like this
Europe’s xenophobic parties are no longer seen as extremists, but as political alternatives
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The government is demanding failing students return state financial aid
Fifty years later, Spain’s Thalidomide victims still await justice
Victims association spokesman says drug was still being sold after 1961
Brussels sees Spain making a clean exit from bailout program
In political success story scenario, ECB also feels there will be no need to extend rescue loan’s maturity
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