Feb 10 Right-wingers rally in Madrid, demand Socialist PM resign By Associated Press Thousands of Spaniards joined a right-wing rally in Madrid on Sunday to demand that Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez step down. Continue reading
Oct 19 Catalonia’s push to secede from Spain could cost the region its autonomy By Larisa Epatko The Spanish government is preparing to invoke a never-before-used article of its constitution to strip Catalonia’s autonomy, since the region’s president refuses to rescind its independence bid. Continue reading
Oct 07 Rallies in Barcelona and Madrid call for talks on Catalonia independence By Kamala Kelkar Nearly one week after Spanish police tried to violently shut down Catalonia’s vote to become independent from the country, thousands of people rallied in Madrid and Barcelona on Saturday in a more peaceful show of support and opposition. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch 1:56 Art exhibit lets vision-impaired visitors touch masterpieces at Madrid museum By PBS NewsHour An exhibition, “Touching the Prado” at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, is designed to give the blind or those with limited sight an opportunity to create a mental image of a painting by feeling it. Alison Stewart reports. Continue watching
Mar 18 400 years after death, Spain thinks it’s found the remains of ‘Don Quixote’ author Cervantes By Victoria Fleischer Scientists in Madrid announced on Tuesday that, deep under ground of a 17th century convent, they found remains that they believe belong to celebrated writer Miguel de Cervantes, though they may never be able to guarantee the match. Continue reading
Apr 25 Madrid on quest to find the remains of ‘Don Quixote’ author By Anya van Wagtendonk He has been hailed as the father of the novel, a writer who wielded the Spanish language so forcefully that it is nicknamed for him: la lengua de Cervantes (“the language of Cervantes”). But when Miguel de Cervantes died nearly… Continue reading
Oct 02 Rio de Janeiro to Host 2016 Olympics By Talea Miller Chicago's Olympic hopes were dashed Friday when it was eliminated in the first round of voting for the 2016 host city, following a star-studded bid that featured personal appeals by President Barack Obama, the first lady and Oprah Winfrey. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch Chicago Loses Out On Olympics as Games Head for Rio Despite a high-profile push by President Obama and others, Chicago will not host the 2016 summer games. The Olympic Torch will instead land in Rio de Janeiro. Ray Suarez reports on the story and talks to sports writer Christine Brennan. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Obama Looks to Aid Chicago’s Olympic Bid at Finish Line President Obama will travel to Copenhagen this week to lobby on behalf of his hometown of Chicago and its bid to land the 2016 summer games. Continue watching