Chapter 15: Trump, the president of the elite
The Republican president has tightened the relationship between the elites and the White House, and this has affected communication and the free flow of information
Spanish security company spied on Julian Assange’s meetings with lawyers
EL PAÍS has had access to video, audio and written reports showing that the WikiLeaks founder was the target of a surveillance operation while living at the Ecuadorian embassy in London
RT, Sputnik and the new Russian war
Dubious sources, alarmist headlines and artificial audience bloating: how the Kremlin spreads fake news
Google to “engineer” Russia Today and Sputnik out of search results
Company says changes designed to fight spread of propaganda but is ruling out blanket bans
Jean-Claude Juncker: “Nationalism is poison”
The president of the European Commission says Catalan leaders “should not underestimate the support for Rajoy in Europe”
Clarifications needed
The government must provide full information about the flood of social media accounts that have been used to favor the Catalan independence movement
Key Catalan ideologue met with Julian Assange in London
Spanish foreign minister sees evidence of “attempt to affect natural democratic course of events in Catalonia”
Trump: fake news even on the golf course
For the US president the important thing is to win, even when the facts suggest otherwise
A coup against fake news
Facebook is taking necessary and welcome steps to fight lies and highlight quality journalism
A peek inside the late-night world of Madrid’s sex clubs
There are now 20 or 30 straight and gay bars in the capital where sex between patrons is part of the night out
Hillary Clinton finally secures the Democratic Party nomination
Something resembling unity at last reigns within the party, which now turns its sights on stopping Donald Trump
Promising to continue the ‘revolution’, Bernie Sanders calls on his supporters to vote for Hillary Clinton
Keynote speakers attempted to close divisions at Democratic Party convention
Divided Democratic Party begins convention to ratify Hillary Clinton nomination
Wikileaks publication of Democratic National Committee internal emails prompts resignation of Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
Hillary Clinton email on immigration likely to irritate Mexican government
Correspondence reveals politician’s view on criticism of controversial Arizona law
U.N. must investigate Oswaldo Payá’s death
The man who had orchestrated the largest democratic petition drive in Cuban history, was killed. Carromero’s detailed account of the crash matches that of other witnesses
Muzzling a free-speech champion
Only a handful of countries have joined Ecuador in this determined effort to weaken our regional human rights system
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