Diverse and influential group calls on Obama to open up to Cuba
More than 40 high profile politicians, military personnel, businesses and analysts signed the petition
How to erase your past from the internet
Celebrities and regular citizens alike are increasingly hiring firms to remove damaging data New European ruling on “right to be forgotten” will help resolve unclosed cases, companies say
Home repossessions up 10% in 2013
Spanish lenders took back nearly 50,000 properties last year Figures released by Bank of Spain suggest more borrowers are handing back keys in payment
Spanish conservatives forgive sexist remarks by their European contender
Women at Popular Party rally play down Arias Cañete’s views about male “intellectual superiority”
Mexican right votes for collaboration over confrontation in primaries
National Action Party re-elects leader who helped forge sweeping reforms with President Peña Nieto
Russian mafioso linked to 33 murders arrested at Spanish-French border
Described as “extremely dangerous,” Dmitry Zavyalov had been spotted vacationing on Costa Brava
Jitterbugging the economic blues away
Invented in the 1930s, swing dancing helped Americans through the Great Depression Crisis-hit Madrileños are now turning to the lindy hop and other styles to brighten their own times
The law is sufficient
Excesses committed on social networking sites in the wake of the murder of politician Isabel Carrasco can be pursued without toughening the penal code
Spain steps up border checks in Gibraltar
Authorities allege hike in tobacco smuggling; The Rock says controls are politically motivated
Abortion clinics report spike in vandalism
Anti-abortion activists step up pressure ahead of government changes to legislation
Spanish successes spice up major US networks’ fall schedules
Fox’s ‘Red Band Society’ and NBC’s ‘The Mysteries of Laura’ are based on shows made in Spain