Today's Spanish Papers
IMF, Pope Francis, Rodrigo Rato, and the Turkish referendum lead the Spanish papers this morning.
Apr 18, 2017 - 8:37 AM
Spain Papers Review - Tuesday April 18 2017
IMF, Pope Francis, Rodrigo Rato, and the Turkish referendum lead the Spanish papers this morning.
Apr 18, 2017 - 8:37 AM
El País leads ‘We want a labour market reform in Spain’ – Christine Lagarde considers Spain has made great progress to exit the crisis, but the moment to declare ‘mission accomplished’ has not yet arrived.
Trump, France and Brexit – will mark the IMF summit.
ABC has photo of Pope Francis celebrating 90 years and drinking a pint of beer with his older brother, friends and neighbours from his native Germany.
El Mundo leads ‘Ciudadanos and PSOE demand the PP explain the ‘Rato case’ – the opposition wants the matter to be treated in Congress and for the Government to respond on the alleged criminal activities for the man named by Aznar.
La Razón shows the new Podemos bus which has been ignoring legality but has not been fined by the Police and leads ‘Susana Díaz and Sánchez refused a face to face in the primaries – rejecting the proposal from Patxi López to avoid a ‘train crash’
La Vanguardia leads ‘the US has warned Kim Jong Un that patience is exhausted’ – Pence travelled to the no-man’s-land between the two Koreas and the Barcelona paper has a photo of Donald Trump with a rabbit for Easter.
El País leads ‘Doubts over the legality of the triumph of Erdogan in Turkey’ – International bodies and opposition parties suspect fraud in the referendum to reinforce presidential power.
El Mundo leads ‘Observers and the opposition denounce fraud in Turkey’ – the Observers signalled the lack of liberty or equilibrium in the referendum from Erdogan and the opposition assure illegal ballot papers were included.
La Vanguardia adds ‘Erdogan is challenging Europe for seeding doubts about his referendum’
El País has a photo of David Rachline, symbol of the local power of the French National Front – campaign chief for Marine Le Pen for the presidential on Sunday and the most powerful of 14 mayors who hold the National Front
El País reports the King and Rajoy will visit Cuba before the exit of Raúl Castro in 2018.

OTHER NEWS
El País series of Slavery in Spain in 2017 – 2 – ‘Submitted to violence and voodoo’ – Nigerians, Romanians and the Chinese are the most frequent victims of sexual exploitation.
La Verdad in Murcia leads ‘the region has beaten the record for the creation of new jobs’ – Social Security ended March with the largest increase since 1982 – the number of affiliates increased by 5.6% to reach 550,384 workers
Información in Alicante leads ‘patients admitted for high blood pressure have multiplied in four years’ – a sedentary life and ageing of the population has provoked an increase in high blood pressure – a pathology which already affects half the over 65’s.
Diario de Mallorca has a photo of a rescue and leads ‘a speleologist has been rescued after two days of agony trapped inside a cave in Manacor’ – he was found by a companion in a cavity at 900metres from the entrance and 40 metres deep in a complex rescue.
Allergy sufferers in Mallorca have now system to warn of high pollen levels the regional administration purchased four measuring devices for 16,000 € which are not being used.
Diario Sur in Málaga has a photo of a fire which resulted in a death of a 50 year old man who was caring for his ill mother who was also slightly injured.
SPORTS
Mundo Deportivo has a photo of Valverde who has announced his leaving of Athletic and Barça are on the hunt.
Champions – Real Madrid – Bayern Munich - Bale is out and injured
Leicester City – Athletic Madrid tonight at 9pm
Trump, France and Brexit – will mark the IMF summit.
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ABC has photo of Pope Francis celebrating 90 years and drinking a pint of beer with his older brother, friends and neighbours from his native Germany.
El Mundo leads ‘Ciudadanos and PSOE demand the PP explain the ‘Rato case’ – the opposition wants the matter to be treated in Congress and for the Government to respond on the alleged criminal activities for the man named by Aznar.
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La Razón shows the new Podemos bus which has been ignoring legality but has not been fined by the Police and leads ‘Susana Díaz and Sánchez refused a face to face in the primaries – rejecting the proposal from Patxi López to avoid a ‘train crash’
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La Vanguardia leads ‘the US has warned Kim Jong Un that patience is exhausted’ – Pence travelled to the no-man’s-land between the two Koreas and the Barcelona paper has a photo of Donald Trump with a rabbit for Easter.
El País leads ‘Doubts over the legality of the triumph of Erdogan in Turkey’ – International bodies and opposition parties suspect fraud in the referendum to reinforce presidential power.
El Mundo leads ‘Observers and the opposition denounce fraud in Turkey’ – the Observers signalled the lack of liberty or equilibrium in the referendum from Erdogan and the opposition assure illegal ballot papers were included.
La Vanguardia adds ‘Erdogan is challenging Europe for seeding doubts about his referendum’
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El País has a photo of David Rachline, symbol of the local power of the French National Front – campaign chief for Marine Le Pen for the presidential on Sunday and the most powerful of 14 mayors who hold the National Front
El País reports the King and Rajoy will visit Cuba before the exit of Raúl Castro in 2018.

OTHER NEWS
El País series of Slavery in Spain in 2017 – 2 – ‘Submitted to violence and voodoo’ – Nigerians, Romanians and the Chinese are the most frequent victims of sexual exploitation.
La Verdad in Murcia leads ‘the region has beaten the record for the creation of new jobs’ – Social Security ended March with the largest increase since 1982 – the number of affiliates increased by 5.6% to reach 550,384 workers
Información in Alicante leads ‘patients admitted for high blood pressure have multiplied in four years’ – a sedentary life and ageing of the population has provoked an increase in high blood pressure – a pathology which already affects half the over 65’s.
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Diario de Mallorca has a photo of a rescue and leads ‘a speleologist has been rescued after two days of agony trapped inside a cave in Manacor’ – he was found by a companion in a cavity at 900metres from the entrance and 40 metres deep in a complex rescue.
Allergy sufferers in Mallorca have now system to warn of high pollen levels the regional administration purchased four measuring devices for 16,000 € which are not being used.
Diario Sur in Málaga has a photo of a fire which resulted in a death of a 50 year old man who was caring for his ill mother who was also slightly injured.
SPORTS
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Mundo Deportivo has a photo of Valverde who has announced his leaving of Athletic and Barça are on the hunt.
Champions – Real Madrid – Bayern Munich - Bale is out and injured
Leicester City – Athletic Madrid tonight at 9pm
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