Americas

The Democratic presidential candidate from Texas speaks to EL PAÍS about the need to remove Donald Trump from office, Mexico’s importance as a US partner, and gun control

Spain’s High Court is investigating the director of UC Global S. L. and the activities of his company, which had been hired to protect the Ecuadorian embassy in the English capital

Speaking to EL PAÍS, the former president argues that Jair Bolsonaro is destroying the Amazon and the sovereignty of the Latin American giant

The 37-year-old mayor, who describes himself as an “Episcopalian gay millennial,” has been the surprise candidate of the Democratic primaries, proposing the regularization of immigrants and an end to precarious working conditions

The 25-year-old star from Catalonia won Best Latin Video alongside reggaeton artist J Balvin for their song ‘Con Altura’

Márquez Caberera, who held a top post at PDVSA under Hugo Chávez, was found hanging from his own belt just days after agreeing to cooperate in a money laundering probe

Officers in Barcelona’s El Prat airport became suspicious given the Colombian suspect’s nervous behavior, as well as the size of his hairpiece and hat

This week we discuss the controversial move by the new right-wing council in the capital, as well as examining a bungled assassination attempt by two Spanish women

EL PAÍS has had access to a photograph of the drug-filled suitcase that was intercepted in Spain as Jair Bolsonaro’s support aircraft traveled to the Group of 20 summit in Japan

The man, who was traveling on the backup aircraft used by President Jair Bolsonaro, was carrying the drugs in packages contained in his hand luggage

Government sources say this step was bypassed, given the difficulty involved with modifying the agreement in the current climate in Spain of political uncertainty

Documents seen by EL PAÍS shed more light on the allegations involving General Nicacio de Jesús Martínez Espinel, which date from the conflict with FARC guerrillas

Germany-based Fresenius agrees to pay $231 million settlement in the US to avoid prosecution over corrupt practices in 17 countries

After already having spent years on death row, the American with Spanish nationality has been given life imprisonment for a 1994 triple murder, and plans to appeal this latest ruling

The American embassy in Madrid has informally complained that the move to pull the ‘Méndez Núñez’ from a combat group in the Persian Gulf was communicated through military channels, not diplomatic ones

Acting Defense Minister Margarita Robles insists the move is technical, not political, and that the ship will rejoin the fleet once it reaches the Indian Ocean

Judicial authorities greenlight search of a room used by the WikiLeaks founder during his seven-year stay in the diplomatic headquarters in London

Utensils found at a site in Bolivia had traces of benzoylecgonine, bufotenine and the two main ingredients of the traditional spiritual medicine ayahuasca

Elliott Abrams, the special representative for the South American country, tells EL PAÍS that there has already been military intervention there by Cuba

Leopoldo López, who fled to the Spanish ambassador’s residence in Caracas after trying to lead an uprising, believes many people in Nicolás Maduro’s closest circle want him out

Leopoldo López’s move poses a diplomatic problem for Spain, which, despite recognizing Guaidó as acting president, has not broken ties with the Maduro government

The 42-year-old woman, who is the 129th person the organization has helped locate, is yet to meet her real father and older brother