Spain Papers Review - Monday September 24 2007

Spain Papers Review - Monday September 24 2007
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By h.b. - Sep 24, 2007 - 9:44 AM

Today's El País with a photo of the family of the dead man from Romania

A wide range of items and photos on the front page of Spanish papers today

El Mundo leads with ETA and says the Basque terrorists have described the Government’s refusal to grant immunity to the terrorists’ negotiators from the cease fire time, as ‘a declaration of war’. The Government has moved ahead with arrests and says it is impossible to block judicial cases.
The paper says that talks broke down when the PSOE wrote a route plan on a blackboard which was acceptable to ETA, but then refused to publish the plan to the international media.
ABC says that the Lehdakari has called for Zapatero to talk about a referendum in the region, in the same way that he talked with the terrorists.

El País has an interesting lead today saying the State Prosecutor has warned that corruption is expanding along the Andalucian Coastline. A quote – ‘It’s not an exaggeration to describe the situation in Cádiz as out of control’. The paper says the ‘Marbella effect’ is extending across Málaga and Cádiz and there are few towns where no complaints have been placed.

ABC leads with polls for the PP opposition. The paper says the Partido Popular could win the election and govern with 160 deputies if they win 12 more seats. The study says the 12 could come from the PP strongholds of Madrid, Valencia, Murcia and Castilla y Leon, but key will be Andalucía where the paper says they could gain four deputies.

El País says that Antonio Camacho, in the Gescartera case, kept 12 million of the 50 million that the company swindled from its clients.

ABC notes the PP has now announced its own housing law, which will be presented at a convention next weekend.

El País tells us that only 46% of dads in Spain who have the right to take paternity leave do so.

The paper also says the Ombudsman wants a new DNI identity document for immigrants who are officially without residence in Spain but have not yet been repatriated. The Government is against the idea, saying it will encourage the immigrant mafias.

ABC has a front page photo of bullfighter José Tomás who is at the top of his form, ending his season in Barcelona. The paper says that Barcelona vibrates with the National Fiesta, but fails to mention, at least on the front page, the thousands or so demonstrators who gathered outside the bullring.

La Razón has a photo of Moto GP rider Dani Pedrosa flying through the air after falling from his bike yesterday. The caption says ‘He only broke a bone in his foot’

In International news:
EL Mundo has a photo from Burma where the monks are leading a protest against the Military Government. The protest has been peaceful till now, but it is growing support and it is not known how long the Government will allow it.

La Razón says that the Spanish Government has distanced itself from the EU by re-opening cooperation with Cuba. A delegation will head for the island on Wednesday.

El País has travelled to Romania to see how the family of the man who died setting himself on fire in Spain, actually lives. They call the piece ‘The hell which killed Marian’.

El Mundo reports that two Italian soldiers have been kidnapped in Afghanistan in the region controlled by Spanish troops.

El País takes a look at Fujimoro on his return to Peru. Resuscitating old ghosts, as the paper puts it. It says that victims of the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta areas have been reliving the terrible abuses of the dictator.

El Mundo tells us that a factory in China is making a fake Viagra which could kill those who suffer from a heart condition.

Many papers note the death of the world famous mime artist, Marcel Marceau – El Mundo calls him the Magician of Silence.

Back in Spain, El Mundo reports that a tunnel of the metro in Barcelona is to be bricked up, so it can be knocked down as part of a ceremony for its official inauguration.

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