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The ultra wave threatens to overwhelm Colombia, the country that endured everything

The far-right Abelardo de la Espriella is the candidate with the most options to win the Colombian presidency this Sunday. His victory threatens to close the window of social reforms that the 2016 peace agreement opened. The country was already on the verge of becoming a failed state, hit by narcoterrorism, and still achieved a consensus Constitution in 1991. He was also able to stay away from military dictatorships. Now he faces a new threat: will he be able to avoid the wave of reactionary populism?

Shoemaker and shit

They have not fulfilled their duty to create a system that is as invulnerable as possible to corruption; and we have allowed it

The accelerated 'sentidiño' of Estrella Galicia

Hijos de Rivera aims to expand its business through exports and with new products

The Spanish stock market is in the hands of foreign funds: these are the true owners of the Ibex 35

International professional investors, especially Anglo-Saxon, have been taking over families as main shareholders in recent decades. BlackRock, Vanguard and the Norwegian sovereign fund have stakes valued at 113 billion euros

Salted, in carajillos, tarts or pickles: the thousand and one uses of tiger nuts beyond Valencian horchata

The main ingredient of the summer drink makes the leap to preparations where it is consumed salty, in cakes or in after-dinner liqueurs to expand its consumption and try to recover a crop native to Valencia's orchards.

Flamenco is not about oysters or caviar: the cuisine of chaos

At the origins of the genre there is a lot of hunger and ingenuity, which is why food is so present in the lyrics and in the expressions of encouragement heard on stage.

What is a sixth generation fighter? The US is a decade ahead of Europe after the fall of the FCAS project

The North American giant sells the F-35 in droves, despite its operational problems, and advances in the development of the future F-47

Almaraz, final stretch: the CSN turns on the counter to decide on the extension

The organization plans to meet in July to issue its report on the extension of its useful life until 2030. The hot potato will then pass to the Government, with the electoral cycle in sight

Christel Heydemann, CEO of Orange: “We have an ambitious growth plan in Spain”

The board believes that Europe needs strong operators and is convinced that there is enough competition and that prices will not increase with consolidation, "as has been seen in Spain"

'Ramblas' rescues the memory of a time in Barcelona

Joan Estrada's documentary is a testament to the rogue soul of the seventies and eighties

Barcelona finalizes the annulment of 41 tourist licenses approved by a corrupt plot in 2006

The Generalitat validates the municipal procedure that plans to repeal a minimum of 260 authorizations for vacation apartments

Skim, non-fat, Greek or protein yogurt: what does Nutri-Score say and what do nutritionists say?

Azahara Nieto details which are the healthiest yogurts and compares them with the best rated according to the front labeling used in Spain

Two goals from Matheus Cunha and one from Vinicius relieve Brazil in their comfortable victory against Haiti

The victory relieves Ancelotti's men, who lead their group ahead of Morocco on goal difference

Roberto Sánchez announces an appeal to annul the elections in Peru and new mobilizations

The leftist candidate, surpassed by Keiko Fujimori in the absence of counting 0.4% of the votes, marches in Lima with thousands of followers

Peace and protesters sign an agreement to pacify Bolivia after 50 days of protests and 14 deaths

The president commits to meeting the demands of unionized workers and salaried miners

Trump retires Air Force One, but presents his new plane: a gift from Qatar valued at 400 million

The gift from the Qatari Government sparked great controversy last year due to the risk of conflict of interest and doubts about foreign influence on presidential security.

The United States earns respect

Pochettino's team achieves its second victory in the tournament against Australia and qualifies for the next phase

The rights that Colombia took centuries to win are at stake in the presidential elections

Abortion, homoparental adoption, euthanasia and the role of religion in politics are the ideological issues that most distance Abelardo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda

Oltra and Rufián call for unity on the left: “It is not about anyone ceasing to be what they are, but about leaving our minimal differences behind”

Valencian politics advocates returning to a political discourse that brings out the goodness of the people, that does not appeal to the feeling of anger, “because fascism wants us to be angry”

This is 'AlaZ', the final test of 'Pasapalabra' that replaces 'Rosco': more definitions, more strategy, but same essence

The new game adapts a Swiss format broadcast between 2022 and 2024. Now the contestants see the number of letters in the answers and can ask for clues

Rafa Jódar will not play in Eastbourne either and is rushing to get to Wimbledon

The Spaniard has not recovered from the abdominal ailment that prevented him from competing at Queen's. Davidovich and Badosa fall in London and Berlin, respectively

Sergio Rodríguez presents his resignation as sports director of Real Madrid basketball

El Chacho joined the white club's organizational chart last season and leaves after the return of Juan Carlos Sánchez

Grandmas in AI and a 'dominatrix' on your phone: Sónar+D becomes independent in a big way

The premiere of the venue in Llotja de Mar for conferences, performances and interactive exhibitions gains in quality and discursive intention

The mysterious road death of Judith and Wylie Sheldon, the great patrons of film and art in San Francisco, which shakes California

The bodies of the octogenarian couple - she, the daughter of director William Wyler - have been found in their car, lit, on a shoulder when they were traveling to a theater festival to meet friends

The former mayor of Manchester maneuvers to get Starmer to resign as prime minister without a primary

Andy Burnham wins her MP seat in a by-election in which she has overwhelmed the far right

The EU debates new taxes on crypto assets and digital betting to avoid cuts to the European budget

The Member States want to close the negotiation of the next Union accounts before the end of 2026

Alex Márquez returns to MotoGP with a smile: “Being here is already a victory”

The runner-up of the Ducati Gresini world champion returns to the competition a month after his terrifying accident at the Catalunya GP

The conciliation gap: ten times more women than men reduce their working hours to be able to care

33% of female workers with someone under their care have made some change in their job to reconcile, compared to 18% of men, according to data from the INE: “Resignation has a woman's name”

The bodies of the American couple who disappeared in May found in a clandestine grave

The discovery by the authorities took place in the La Marquesa national park along with two other bodies of subjects yet to be identified.

Anne Hathaway announces that she is pregnant with her third child

The actress, with three films pending release this year, has two children with her husband, Adam Shulman, and suffered an abortion and difficulties getting pregnant about which she has spoken publicly.

The National Library of France finds an unpublished Mozart manuscript

The score, seven short pieces for flute and harp, will be performed for the first time at the Paris Music Festival this Sunday

El Corte Inglés recovers Javier Catena and appoints him new CEO

Santiago Bau, general director of the group and who assumed the main executive duties, leaves the company

The singer Jaime Anglada declares in court that he still has not recovered his voice 10 months after the accident

The Mallorcan artist, who was hit by a drunk driver on August 8, 2025 while riding his motorcycle through Palma, is still in rehabilitation due to the physical consequences.

Judge Peinado now excludes Begoña Gómez from a new line of investigation into two more crimes

The magistrate mentioned the president's wife in a first list of defendants when promoting a piece on prevarication and fraud against the EU after receiving documentation from the European Prosecutor's Office of a contract awarded to businessman Barrabés

Don't spend €500 on a Dyson: we tested the low-cost dryer that does the same thing

Dries, shapes and defines without frizz: this is this 8-in-1 ionic air brush that I have tried and now I want to use every day of my life

Trump opens a new crisis with Meloni by saying that he took a photo with her at the G-7 “out of pity”

“There is something you should remember: neither I nor Italy ever beg,” says the Italian prime minister. The Foreign Minister of the Alpine country, Antonio Tajani, cancels a trip to the United States, in response to the offense

Crests and skirts against the men's fashion crisis? Pitti Uomo reclaims classic rebellion

The Florentine clothing fair, the most important event in the sector, celebrates the subcultural nostalgia of the eighties with a program starring the catwalks of Simone Rocha and DSM Kei Ninomiya

The readers of EL PAÍS Escaparate buy these Grace&Stella patches like hotcakes: I try them to see if they deserve so much obsession

I wore them on difficult mornings, after little sleep, and even in the office. I'll tell you what changed (and what didn't) when using four of the best-selling models from this well-known brand.

The contained island that opens to everyone

Small and sparsely populated, with the parador as an integrated and restrained accommodation, it offers volcanic landscapes, lonely roads, snorkeling in transparent waters, its own fish, cheeses, the quesadilla as an identity sweet or routes through laurel forests

Where are there heat alerts? Check in which municipalities there is a health risk

Check this map to see if dangerous levels are reached today, tomorrow or the next day. The notices are based on the thresholds established by Health and Aemet

French justice confirms that Hakimi will be tried for rape

The Court of Appeal rejects the appeal of the Paris Saint-Germain player

Home purchases have been declining for four months after falling 1.8% in April

The first quarter closed with just over 230,000 operations, about 6,000 less than in the same period last year. Protected housing is the biggest setback

This has been the last 'Rosco' from 'Pasapalabra' and this is how Roberto Leal has announced the new final test of the contest

David Trigo and Javier Alonso have competed in the final test without any special reference to the change of cycle in the program

The deals of the week on Amazon: discounts of up to 55% on brands like Philips, Oral-B or Foreo

Discover big price drops on products like an electric toothbrush, a wet vacuum cleaner, a pillow set and much more

The survival of the Negros Mascogos, the only community descended from slaves from the United States in Mexico

El Nacimiento, a small town in Coahuila, fights to preserve the identity, memory and traditions of its ancestors, who came to the area from Texas fleeing slavery

Is it legitimate to use AI to write a book?

There are authors who choose to work hand in hand with these programs, but many writers, readers and editors reject their use for ethical and aesthetic reasons.

Graham Burnett, historian: “Bars in Spain function as a sanctuary against social networks”

The Princeton researcher warns about the extraction of our attention by technology, what he calls human 'fracking', and the urgency of protecting ourselves in the era of platforms and AI

Manuel Alonso, the story of a man sentenced to 27 years in prison for three murders and who is still free

Declared guilty in 2023 for the death of his ex-wife, Lucía Garrido, and now for the murder of two Colombians in Malaga, in addition to drug trafficking, he still has not entered prison

90 years of El Montero, the legendary Galician bar in Brooklyn

In 1939, a couple from A Coruña opened a place in Brooklyn Heights that is living history of New York. It healed the homesickness of the sailors who arrived from the other side of the Atlantic and then watered the nights of the Spanish cultural diaspora. Pepe, octogenarian son of the founders, has just sold this museum of the memory of Spain in the city and… karaoke

Why 'Murdoku' is the pastime of the moment: the satisfaction of solving murders like a sudoku

The fusion of traditional puzzles with the curiosity to investigate a crime has made this book one of the best sellers. “There was a clear need: entertainment proposals that would allow us to disconnect from the screens without giving up the game,” says the editorial director of Temas de Hoy.