Florentino Pérez, who will be the new chairman of the breakaway project, said last night that it is aimed at giving the sport an economic boost after the financial losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic
Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have nine children, eight of whom work in the family business. They serve as government advisors, but their movements are restricted, and they must respond at all times to the orders of their mother, the vice president
Twelve major soccer clubs, including Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético, have announced the creation of a new competition, putting UEFA and the Champions League in a tight spot
As new leaders of the Communist Party are chosen in a closed-door process, strict controls are in place to avoid protests on the streets
Fears are centered on disloyal competition and that an increase in production could cause higher deforestation in the Amazon rainforest
One year after millions of the voracious insects invaded the country, specialist hunters have developed a system to defeat them. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has declared the operation a near-total success. EL PAÍS boards a control and fumigation plane to see the mission in action
The figure, which is being built in a small inland town of Encantado, has sparked a good-humored spat between the mayors of the two cities
By negotiating an investment for the Amazon rainforest with the far-right leader, the US president risks backing the biggest interference in the destiny of its people since the dictatorship
The Cuban Communist Party is holding a congress that could signal the departure of historic veterans, including Raúl Castro, as the island grapples with an economic crisis that requires urgent action
Vice-President Kamala Harris is caught up in a an intersection of tensions. The president has exposed her to one of the most delicate challenges of her management: migration
According to investigators, Carmen Mireya Alarcón used the country as a “refuge” as she developed her businesses in Ecuador
Cosmologist Licia Verde responds to a reader’s question about one of the most important unsolved mysteries today in physics
The life of the royal, who was born with congenital deafness, diagnosed with schizophrenia and helped rescue Jews from Nazis, has recently been featured Netflix drama ‘The Crown’
In his new book, historian Ben Macintyre explores the life of a woman who became a Red Army colonel, a successful writer and a top secret operative while raising three children
In the indigenous community of José Joaquín de Herrera, youngsters shoot guns in the air in an effort to push the government into action and show their force against criminal groups
Questions and answers about the work that the ‘companion’ of Perseverance will be carrying out, and that is due to take its maiden flight in the coming days
After a video of the 10-year-old went viral, EL PAÍS located his family and traveled to a remote farming community to reconstruct his journey
If an early count is confirmed, the far-left schoolteacher could face either Keiko Fujimori or Hernando de Soto in June
The conservative candidate won 52.5% of the vote to defeat Andrés Arauz, who had been backed by former president Rafael Correa
A millionaire businessman with links to Opus Dei who fears a “Marxist paradise,” the politician has emerged as a genuine contender in the presidential elections, laying bare the political crisis engulfing the country
The fuel that flowed into the Napo and Coca rivers in the northeastern rainforest of Ecuador more than a year ago caused a humanitarian and ecological disaster. The affected indigenous communities are demanding answers from the authorities and companies that have been reluctant to act
The French researcher talks to EL PAÍS why he believes the Swiss climber’s ascents of Shishapangma and Annapurna are not all they seem
Estuardo Cifuentes fled persecution at home because of his sexuality and found himself trapped by Donald Trump’s policies in Matamoros, where he set up Rainbow Bridge to help LGBT asylum seekers
The prestigious quarterly has selected 25 writers for its second list of the best authors under the age of 35, who are breaking geographical and linguistic paradigms
According to a new survey, 18- to 24-year-olds from this group do not necessarily want to emigrate to the West, but rather to live in a country that works
EL PAÍS journalists witness the daily crossings of hundreds of Central Americans into Texas along the river, as the Biden administration struggles to cope with thousands of unaccompanied children coaxed into travelling by people smugglers
The Cuban-American illustrator’s first exhibition in Spain features the cover art for magazines such as ‘Time’ and ‘Der Spiegel’ that made him an enemy of the former president