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NEWS ABOUT: Spanish elections

Spanish elections stories: 5 news summaries

Spain Divided Ahead of Big Vote

Nasty campaign will weigh in on Zapatero era

Mar 8, 08 6:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Spaniards are bitterly divided between the ruling Socialist Party and right-wing Popular Party as they head for the polls tomorrow, the Washington Post reports. Polls do not predict a majority for Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's socialists or the Mariano Rajoy-led Popular Party, but much will depend on the... More »

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Madrid bombings • Catholic Church • Spain • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero • Socialist Party • Spanish elections • Mariano Rajoy • Popular Party

Spanish PM: Basque Group Killed Pol

Eta separatists trying
to disrupt elections, Zapatero says

Mar 8, 08 6:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Spain’s Prime Minister is blaming Basque separatist group Eta for the shooting death of a party functionary a day before national elections, the BBC reports. Jose Zapatero, whose Socialist Party is expected to win the contest, painted Isaias Carrasco’s murder as an attempt to disrupt elections, but vowed... More »

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Spain • Eta • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero • assassination • Spanish elections • Basque separatists • Spain terror attacks • Isaias Carrasco

Economy Overshadows Spanish Vote

PM in race to wire as unemployment climbs; voting is Sunday

Mar 5, 08 5:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Spain goes to the polls Sunday after a bitter campaign in which the prime minister and his rival have traded insults and accusations of lying. Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has maintained his slight lead and did well in this week's debate, but a raft of bad economic... More »

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Spain • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero • Madrid • Spanish elections • Mariano Rajoy • economy

Spanish Voters Hit YouTube

Hundreds query candidates, but site's influence still uncertain

Feb 20, 08 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - It's not only in the US that Internet video is changing politics: Ahead of Spain's neck-and-neck March 9 election hundreds of voters have posted questions for Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his opponent on YouTube. Zapatero has responded to several, Reuters reports, but the more strident—such... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Spain • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero • Spanish elections • Mariano Rajoy • Spain terror attacks

Spain's PM Tells Church to Get Out of Election

Zapatero meets with Vatican rep over campaign to oust him

Feb 14, 08 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is meeting today with a Vatican representative to protest the Catholic Church's call for voters to oust his Socialist party in the March 9 general election. Zapatero was infuriated by bishops' publication of "moral guidance," calling on parishioners to vote out... More »

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divorce • Catholic Church • Spain • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero • Vatican • Francisco Franco • Spanish elections • Basque separatists

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