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Side…. which side?

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XULIO RIOS
The barrage of criticism surrounding Pedro Sánchez's recent trip to China has been surprising. They say it's not "our side," that "there's more to Asia" than China (although the mission also included Vietnam), that the timing couldn't have been worse... However, the trip was a complete success, both in terms of the current situation and the expectations it met, judging by the official assessment provided by Moncloa.

And which side are we on? That of Mr. "Neckcutter," who assigns unavoidable duties to Minister Cuerpo? Or that of Robert Palladino, chargé d'affaires of the US Embassy in Hungary, who has warned the Hungarian government to refrain from attracting Chinese investment?

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China on Pedro Sánchez's radar

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is traveling to China again to meet with President Xi Jinping. This is his third visit in the last three years, a truly unusual development and a true reflection of the importance that the Spanish government places on its relationship with China, as an expression of a significant rebalancing of Spanish foreign policy based on the strategic interest of strengthening economic and diplomatic relations with Beijing.

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Spain and China, a linchpin for dialogue

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The visit of Spanish President Pedro Sánchez to China has enabled two important observations. First, that the harmony between both parties persists and that it is revealed as a political capital of great relevance to face common challenges. And second, that both governments are working together to promote dialogue as the main mechanism to find negotiated solutions to tariff tensions with the EU.

View of the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve. Photo: Txema García Paredes

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Guggenheim: the Altri of Urdaibai

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From Palas de Rei (Lugo) to Murueta (Bizkaia) there are 581 kilometres by road. However, all this distance is reduced to nothing if we consider that their destinations are linked by a full-blown embezzlement, if someone or something does not remedy it beforehand.

Both are candidates to win a macabre lottery with different signs. These are two megaprojects with the same formula of stealing from citizens based on “public-private” collaboration, a euphemism that consists of giving away public money to economic and business elites eager to make a fortune.

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Morocco tries to “bypass” the UN in Western Sahara with the help of the West

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In recent years, Morocco has succeeded in getting several Western powers to change their position on the Western Sahara conflict to align themselves with Rabat's theses, albeit to varying degrees. The first was the United States under Donald Trump, and the last was France under Macron, both of which have gone furthest in recognising Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.

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Ana Miranda: the EPP MEPs have washed the face of the extreme right

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Ana Miranda is a Galician jurist and politician. She has been a deputy of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) in the European Parliament in the last legislature and is running again on the Ahora Repúblicas list for the elections that will renew it next Sunday. In 2019, this coalition - now made up of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), EH Bildu, BNG and Aramés - won three seats. We spoke with her about the main challenges facing Europe and the worrying rise of the extreme right.

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On Chinese threats and American friends

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As things stand with the new panorama announced on April 18, the American company Chevron is the only one that is granted permission to market, leaving the Spanish Repsol, the Italian Eni and the Spanish company out of the market and under threat of sanction. the French Maurel/Prom, all of them in commercial negotiations with PDVSA.

With the alibi of pressuring the Venezuelan government to be more democratic on the eve of its presidential elections on July 18, the “American friend” whom it truly sanctions is the European oil companies, which it prevents from marketing its oil.

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Gestures of complicity between Spain and China with a European perspective

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The recent visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, to Spain has left important messages. The first, the outstretched hand, the willingness to continue promoting bilateral cooperation at all levels. For Beijing, Spain continues to be a “good and reliable partner.” The absence of conflict is a notable characteristic of Spanish-Chinese relations.

José Manuel Martín Medem in Madrid. Photo: Paola Gómez

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Martín Medem: the idea of public service that governed the media has been adulterated

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José Manuel Martín Medem is a veteran Spanish journalist specialized in Latin American information. He was a correspondent for RTVE in Mexico, Colombia and Cuba for a decade and is now a member of its Board of Directors. In 1982, he was awarded the National Human Rights Journalism Award.

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Carmen Domingo: «In the world of football, equality between men and women has never been accepted»

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Carmen Domingo is a Spanish philologist and feminist writer. Many of her works have focused on research and dissemination of the history of women in our country during the 2022th century. In recognition of them, she was appointed curator of Women Writers' Day at the National Library in XNUMX. We spoke with her about the Rubiales case.

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Joaquín Araujo: the rise in temperatures and droughts herald a not-so-distant hydric collapse

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Joaquín Araújo is a Spanish naturist, writer and journalist who has dedicated a large part of his life to making humanity aware of the dangers and suffering that the ecological degradation of the planet can cause. In this summer season in the northern hemisphere, with all the alarms going off due to the unstoppable rise in temperatures and the lack of water, we talked to him about the threat of climate change.

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Arabi: Rabat has exerted enormous pressure to condition the Spanish government

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The Polisario Front celebrates 50 years today since it was founded in Maurtinaia on May 10, 1973. We spoke with Abdulah Arabi, the front's delegate in Spain, about the situation in Western Sahara after the drastic change in the position of the Spanish Government, which in March 2022, he supported Morocco's position in the conflict.