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Spanish prime minister meets with exiled Venezuelan opposition leader González
MADRID (AP) — Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday, four days after fleeing to the European country in a negotiated deal with Nicolás Maduro’s government. González's flight to exile — after...
Spanish prime minister discusses Ukraine and trade during meeting with Xi in China
BEIJING (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez discussed the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and the need for “close, deep and balanced relations” between Spain and China during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the Spanish government said. The Spanish prime...
Spain’s leader in Senegal concludes West Africa tour aimed at tackling irregular migration
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday to conclude his trip through three West African nations aimed at tackling irregular migration to Spain’s Canary Islands. The two leaders signed agreements...
Spain’s leader visits Gambia as part of a West Africa tour to tackle irregular migration
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Gambia on Wednesday as part of a trip through three West African nations aimed at boosting cooperation in controlling irregular migration from the region to Spain's Canary Islands. Sánchez met with Gambia’s...
Spain's leader starts West Africa tour with agreements to combat people smuggling
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's prime minister announced a series of agreements with the West African nation of Mauritania on Tuesday to stem a surge in migrants making the dangerous Atlantic journey to the Canary Islands. Speaking alongside Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould...
'Barcelona or die.' For Senegalese dreaming of Europe, the deadly Atlantic route is not a deterrent
THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Salamba Ndiaye was 22 when she first tried to get to Spain, dreaming of a career as a real estate agent. Without her parents' knowledge, she made it onto a small fishing boat known as a pirogue, but the Senegalese police intercepted the vessel before it could...
Spain's prime minister visits Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration and unaccompanied minors
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s leader met with the regional president of the Canary Islands on Friday to discuss irregular migration as the archipelago struggles to care for thousands of unaccompanied minors who made it there. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, a socialist, has been...
Spain's prime minister doesn't testify in a probe into corruption allegations against his wife
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday chose not to testify before a judge who went to Madrid's presidential complex for a scheduled interview as part of an investigation into corruption allegations against his wife, lawyers said. Hours later, the...
Spain's Supreme Court challenges constitutionality of amnesty for Catalan separatists
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday challenged the constitutionality of an amnesty law pushed through by the government earlier this year to help hundreds, potentially thousands, of Catalan separatists. The Supreme Court cannot strike down the amnesty, but...
Court sentences man over explosive parcels sent to Ukrainian, US and Spanish offices in Madrid
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court handed an 18-year prison sentence Tuesday to a man found guilty of sending six parcels containing explosives to Spain’s prime minister and other government, military and diplomatic targets, including the U.S. and Ukrainian embassies. The 76-year-old...
