Spain Papers Review - Tuesday November 3 2009

Spain Papers Review - Tuesday November 3 2009
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By h.b. - Nov 3, 2009 - 9:01 AM
The death of top Spanish actor, José Luis López Vázquez, gets wide coverage in the Spanish press this morning

Público today

Many papers put large photos of the actor on their front pages. El Mundo is an example, and has the caption ‘Goodbye to the actor who played the average Spaniard’. The paper notes that he made more than 200 films, and notes that after the deaths of Pepe Isbert and Fernando Fernán-Gómez, we have reached the end of a generation of actors.
El País has a large black and white photo of the actor and says that yesterday saw a murmur of admiration and sadness in the soul of the grand family of Spanish comics, and lovers of film and theatre.
La Razón says the actor is now a legend and Público says that the most dramatic comic has died.

El Mundo headlines the return to the political stage for Rodrigo Rato. It follows the final agreement in the Partido Popular on his candidacy to be Chairman of the Caja Madrid. The paper says that PP leaders think it is the first step for the ex minister to take on a greater role in the party.
El País considers what has happened to be a triumph for Mariano Rajoy against Esperanza Aguirre. She will be hoping for action to be taken against Manuel Cobo, the Deputy Mayor, in a meeting of the party executive today.
La Razón headlines that Rajoy has taken control and Esperanza Aguirre has stepped down in the fight for control of the Caja Madrid savings bank.
Público dedicates its front page to the fight and says that Aguirre has given in to Rajoy for the very first time.
ABC headlines that Rajoy will warn the party in the meeting today, that enough is enough.

El Mundo notes that in Valencia, PP regional president, Francisco Camps, has split the jobs previously carried out by Ricardo Costa across four men. The paper reports Camps has said he will expel members who speak in public about the problems of the party.

Some good news for the economy, with a recovery in car sales in Spain, albeit with the Government grants still in place. El Mundo says sales are now back to levels seen before the recession. The paper also has feature on the latest designs from the Tokyo Motor Show.

El País tells us that the Ministry for the Interior is against extending the date by which pay as you go mobile phones in Spain have to be registered. The date is November 9th, after which lines will be deactivated. The phone companies have asked for an extension in the time, and also that the line be suspended and the number kept, rather than being lost.

La Razón notes that the Basque National Party PNV, is now demanding that parents be informed when a 16 year old has an abortion, under the new Government legislation.

El País reports that the latest survey by the Centre for Sociological Investigation has shown that people are more worried about politicians than about terrorism or housing. The survey was taken in the second week of last month, before the crisis in the PP.
ABC highlights the survey gives the PP a 3.3 point lead over the Governing Socialists in voting intention. The paper says that unemployment and the crisis are taking their toll for the PSOE.

El País tells us that the data on 173 transplant patients has been found in the street in Barcelona. It says that more than 20 years of confidentiality has been lost.

El Mundo reports that the police now think that three of the four men to flee after the Madrid train bombings in 2004 are now dead, having died in suicide attacks in Iraq.

El País notes that Karzai will be the President of Afghanistan for five more years. It follows the cancellation of the second round of the election after the withdrawal of Abdula Abdula.

El Mundo tells us that four deputies spent 40,000 € in New York, on a trip with ‘no content’. The trip went ahead despite the cancelation of planned meetings with politicians in the city.

El Mundo is hosting a conference on the future of journalism this week, and notes that The Guardian has described the Director of The Wall Street Journal as Murdoch’s poodle, because of his opinions on Google and charging for content on the internet.

And finally,
El Mundo tells us that a newly found fossil has revealed that the Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs used to fight each other.

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