Spain Papers Review - Wednesday August 11 2010

Spain Papers Review - Wednesday August 11 2010
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By h.b. - Aug 11, 2010 - 10:02 AM
The decision of the Air Traffic Controllers not to go on strike in August dominates the front pages in Spain today.

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ABC says that they have given into the pressure and withdrawn the strike threat so that talks can restart and Minister José Blanco can make a move. The paper says that if there is no progress the strike could happen in September. ABC says that the Spanish Airports Authority, AENA, has welcomed ‘the gesture’ and said that it will restart talks at 5pm this afternoon.
El Mundo considers the controllers have postponed the strike to clean up their image, and they say it is their answer to the request from Zapatero to end the uncertainty.
La Razón headlines that the controllers have given in to the pressure and offered a truce for August. It notes that the tourism industry and airlines have celebrated the end of the uncertainty and now hope for a definitive agreement.
Público headlines that the controllers come in to land.

ABC has a front page photo of the Prime Minister with the King. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero went to the Marivent Palace on Mallorca to chat to King Juan Carlos as he does each summer. The paper says that Zapatero is now neutral in the battle for the party’s candidacy in Madrid, but the PSOE party is marginalizing Tomas Gómez. ABC has found a quote from Trinidad Jiménez made in September 2009 when she said that it had never entered her head to stand, and that the only possible candidate was Tomás.
El Mundo has a photo of Gómez with two supporters, and says that three out of four leaders of the party in Madrid support Gómez.
El País headlines that the Prime Minister is backing Jaime Lissavetzky as Socialist candidate for the Mayor of Madrid, ahead of the risk of another set of primary elections. He will be presented tomorrow according to the paper.
La Razón also has a front page photo of Zapatero with Juan Carlos, and notes that the Prime Minister indicated that public investment would be recovered to help construction.

El País notes that the Prime Minsiter has warned that the third quarter GDP figure ‘will not be so good’, which the paper considers as a warning of a return to recession.
The paper notes that the Federal Reserve has taken action in the United States to avoid a similar return to recession there.

El Mundo reports that top bullfighters are to inscribe a bullfight into the intellectual property registry. The idea is to demonstrate that it is ‘an artistic demonstration’ which Cataluña cannot prohibit.

ABC notes that Google has opened the way towards a two speed internet. The paper says a deal with Verizon will permit only users who pay more to have quicker speeds and access to exclusive content.

La Razón notes that the World Health Organization has declared an end to the H1N1 flu pandemic, which cost Spain nearly 100 million € in vaccines. The paper says that of the 13 million doses purchased by the Ministry for Health only 2 million were used.

Público notes that 43% of Spaniards think that fiscal fraud is justified.

El País reports that the Argentinean ex dictator, Jorge Videal, walked out of his court hearing yesterday, because of the presence in the chamber of Judge Baltasar Garzón. The judge had opened a case against the Argentinean in 1996 after the disappearance of 300 people of Spanish origin during his time as President of Argentina between 1976 and 1983.

El Mundo reports that the Government will defend the imposition of the Catalan language in the face of criticism from the United States. The paper says the Government will send a report to the State Department to answer its claims.

El Mundo says the Spanish Ambassador to India has said he thinks it is ‘obsene’ that Spaniards continue to arrive in the devastated zone.
El País has a photo from the area and says the embassy thinks that there are Spanish victims.
La Razón puts the number of Spanish fatalities at three.

Público notes that Colombia and Venezuela have reestablished diplomatic relations and shows Santos and Chávez together.

ABC has a photo of Rafa Muñoz who picked up gold in the 50 metres butterfly in the European Swimming Championships.

And finally,
El Mundo has a photo of Nick Clegg, pushing a pram in Olmedo. The paper describes him as the politician who power has not changed, and notes that he is spending his holiday in his mother in law’s house as he has done since his wedding.

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