Aguirre: “If Podemos wins, it will be the last time Spaniards vote freely”
PP’s candidate for Madrid mayor issues warning after poll shows her in tie with leftist rival
The Brazilians learning to live with three hours of water a day
Many São Paulo residents are having to get up in the middle of the night to stock up
Police bust criminal gang who tried to force immigrant to sell kidney
Group wanted organ for its boss’s son, and kidnapped donor after he had second thoughts
$300m Mexican telecoms satellite destroyed after Russian rocket fails
Government claims that losses caused by explosion are fully covered by insurance policies
The Spanish border town at the center of the European sex industry
Fining La Jonquera’s prostitutes has done little to reduce their numbers
Jazztel tops customer complaints list
Spanish operator came worst in all categories, apart from mobile telephony, after Ono
Anti-eviction activist could be next mayor of Barcelona, latest poll shows
Ada Colau and her new leftist coalition on course for upset victory over Xavier Trías of CiU
PP and Ahora Madrid headed for technical tie in mayoral race
Veteran candidate Esperanza Aguirre facing tough competition from Manuela Carmena Latest Metroscopia poll for EL PAÍS reveals need for coalition for either to become mayor
Can 10-person towns have a future?
Nearly half of the country’s 8,122 municipalities have fewer than 500 residents But mergers are not on the cards: seven new villages will hold first elections this May 24
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