Some Spanish regions halt injections of AstraZeneca batch under EU investigation
Health Ministry insists the doses are safe and that European authorities have found no evidence linking blood-clotting issues with the British-Swedish vaccine
Historic church fire ignites debate in Mexico over heritage budgets
Previous incidents had threatened the Apostle Santiago Church in Michoacán state, but with the place of worship burned to the ground, finger-pointing has begun
Spain approves €7 billion in direct aid for struggling businesses
The non-refundable payouts are part of a larger €11 billion fund announced two weeks ago to stimulate the economy and prevent a wave of corporate insolvencies as the Covid-19 crisis rages on
The challenge of translating Amanda Gorman if you are white
Claiming, as an online activist has in the Netherlands, that a black poet can only be translated by another black poet is the symptom of a new and lethal censorship
From Herrera to Herrera: women against the patriarchy in El Salvador
The current climate of anti-abortion zealotry fosters brutal regimes that persecute and torture people such as Manuela, who died while imprisoned for having a miscarriage
Health Ministry corrects spike in coronavirus incidence, but epidemiological curve has plateaued
Meanwhile, Spain is delaying the decision to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine to the over-55s until more research has been done into possible side effects of the medication
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El Roto cartoon, March 12, 2021
Coronavirus: How infected air can flow from one apartment to another
In Spain, the bathrooms of older buildings are connected through communal ducts that allow aerosol exchanges. Although not common, it is suspected that transmission may occur in specific circumstances