Socialists call for PP’s draft abortion law to be thrown out
PSOE also wants secret vote on the bill to allow dissident deputies to express their opposition
Subsidy scheme sees car sales climb for first time since 2010
Purchases last year rose 3.3 percent to 722,703 units
December sees record fall in jobseekers
Number of people registered as out of work down 107,000 in last month of 2013
Mas writes to EU leaders calling for support on independence
Merkel, Cameron and Hollande among recipients of letter aimed at pushing for 2014 referendum
Creating problems
Moves to reform the abortion law have sparked widespread criticism and doubts
Sacyr shares dive after Panama Canal stoppage
Construction firm sees falls of 15 percent at one point after announcement by consortium
The year haute cuisine came down to Earth
As top chefs opened up, 2013 saw a Spanish eaterie named the world's best
“The solution for the turnpikes won’t cost taxpayers a euro”
Public Works Minister Ana Pastor sets out the government's plans for Spain's failed toll roads
The year that Uruguay won international acclaim
The country became the first nation in the world to regulate the marijuana market It also took other landmark decisions such as the approval of same-sex marriage
Dilma Rousseff’s worst nightmare
The Brazilian president is striving to win re-election in the first round in October "A runoff gives a chance for reflection, which would be risky," says one expert
Argentina left in the dark by series of power outages
Blackouts trigger dozens of demonstrations on streets, roads and railroad lines
After a century of exile, new casinos open in central Madrid
Until 2012, Spanish law prohibited gambling establishments within a radius of 29 kilometers of the center of towns and cities
Remember when
If this is what you call recovery, it doesn't feel that way to most of us
70 tourists evacuated after Barcelona cable car failure
Ride will be closed for at least two days while the cause of the failure is investigated
Sacyr group suspends Panama Canal project due to cost overrun
Work would allow larger ships to pass through the waterway
Number of deaths on Spanish roads set to fall for 10th year running
Final victim count for 2013 could come in at under 1,150, a figure last seen in the 1960s
Civil servants relegated to “the aisles”
Top-ranking government employees are often shuffled off to positions with little or nothing to do
No price to pay for pillaging
Few cases of archeological theft ever make it to court, the Civil Guard says