She was Germany’s chancellor for 16 years. After leaving office in 2021, she disappeared. Now she is back with her memoirs, in which she reflects on her time in power and her life in the GDR. And she defends her legacy. EL PAÍS interviewed her in Berlin where she sends a message: ‘Freedom cannot be taken for granted’
The appointment of the son of Cuban migrants as US Secretary of State will put relations with the Caribbean island at the center of Donald Trump’s agenda
Biden is nearing the 1.5 million deportations carried out by his predecessor but has focused more on returns at the border and the deportation of migrants with criminal convictions
The Democratic candidate has a lead of up to 30 percentage points in the female vote, while the Republican is ahead in the polls by a dozen points among men
The California politician and 41st U.S. treasurer under George W. Bush is one of the voices within the party calling on people not to vote for the former president
The editor, essayist and political analyst argues that voting in the election will show a strong division between the sexes, with women coming out to support Kamala Harris
The Argentine lawyer talks to EL PAÍS about Biden’s inability to influence Netanyahu, the need for a model that pursues justice, not war, and why Europe should negotiate with Putin to end the conflict in Ukraine
The Democratic candidate participated in a town hall with Hispanic voters in Las Vegas while the former president entered the campaign with a tour of critical states
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the MTV awards, we review the incidents that elevated artists such as Madonna, Britney Spears, and Lady Gaga to the peak of pop stardom
The candidates are avoiding talking about specific policies, opting instead to talk about big ideas and personal stories. It’s a close race where the Democrat is pushing for joy, while the Republican is presenting a grimmer vision of the country
In a spectacle that goes beyond politics, the DNC has tried to spin the narrative so that Trump is no longer presented as an evil genius, but rather a petty buffoon
The Democratic candidate delivered a rousing speech to close out the Democratic National Convention, which was euphoric over the vice president’s chances of winning the White House
The vice president will give the most important speech of her political career Thursday, in which she will accept the presidential nomination from a party that is enthusiastic and has united against all odds around her candidacy
The former presidential couple launched a message of unity at the Democratic convention and drew drastic contrasts between the vice president and her opponent, Donald Trump
Kamala Harris hopes her number two’s roots will attract voters from rural America while Donald Trump is portraying him as a fanatical leftist to regain the electoral initiative
Born to an Indian mother and Jamaican father, she’s been attorney general, senator, vice president and now, an unexpected presidential hopeful who might be able to stand in Trump’s way. She is defined by ambition, and has been underestimated countless times, says her biographer
The vice president, the most likely Democratic candidate for the November election, offered her first remarks at the White House after the president’s decision to withdraw from the campaign
The US president has caved in to pressure from within his own party and on Sunday endorsed Kamala Harris to take on Donald Trump in November. With the decision to step down from the race, the most atypical American campaign in recent memory sank a little deeper into chaos