Spain's gals' soccer team reaches the World Cup semifinal for the first time after defeating Netherlands 2-1. They made it despite unsuccessful efforts to dislodge Coach Jorge Vilda and the ensuing discord. Maybe lessons learned for all sides?
Aug 15, 2023
In a seesaw game Spain edges Sweden 3-2 and is going to the WWC final. Less complaints about Coach Vilda now?
Aug 19, 2023
Spain vs England in final on Aug 20. Coach Valdi tells press we're united and doesn't want to talk about the old mutiny news. He!! of a run for Spain ladies. An old sports adage. Winning cures a lot of ills.
Aug 21, 2023
Spain 1 England 0. Carmona scores the winner for Spain in the WWC.
Charges of attempted rape were dropped against Greenwood(Manchester), but some say his return to the team is not a move forward in terms of proper respect for diversity and inclusion. This new "religion" is a slippery slope.
Aug 24, 2023
Eamonn Holmes catches flack for dismissing honors for second place Brit gals in WWC. Brit 1966 WC champs: In 1966 it was customary for only the 11 players on the pitch at the final whistle to be awarded medals.
Sept 10, 2023
Spain fires Vilda. The team won the WWC despite 12 of the country's best players quitting in 2022.
Sept 17, 2023
Monste Tomé, named the first female coach of Spain’s women’s team, but the players continue to rebel. Good luck getting another WWC.
Oct 15, 2023
Sanchez's Socialists are talking with Catalan and Basque separatist groups to avoid an election. Huge move and may cause more trouble for Spain. Sanchez is desperate to stay in office.
Nov 8, 2023
In Spain the General Council of the Judiciary, the body that picks top judges, stated that pardoning Catalan politicians, will imperil the rule of law.
This is a response to the Catalan amnesty plan floated by PM Sanchez.
Dec 3, 2023
Isabel Ayuso, an anti-lockdown crusader, crushed Iglesias, whom she called a Communist, to return as a President of the Madrid Region. Stores and bars supported her.
Of course, most of the press is focused on her possibly working with Vox.
Dec 11, 2023
Olive oil- a luxury item in Spain? Rise in its exports, the problem?
Italians sell Spanish olive oil under their own brands, so many consumers now believe that the Italians and not the Spanish are the market leaders in the olive business.
Jan 30, 2024
A rally in Madrid against Catalan amnesty bill which was a main condition by Catalan parties for agreeing to support Sanchez's coalition government.
Spain's lower house of Parliament votes on the bill today and if approved, the law will block legal action against hundreds of Catalan activists who are being investigated or have been charged for their roles in the attempts to declare an independent Catalan state in 2017.
April 25, 2024
Sanchez, Spain PM, will cancel his work duties to focus on his wife Begonia Gomez, who is facing accusations of corruption from a Spanish court.
She's accused of receiving favors from airline Air Europa and its Spanish holding company Globalia during her time as director of an African research center at Madrid's IE business school.
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