Spain requires “respectful dialogue” with Cuba amid US tensions, electrical automotive gross sales in Spain rise since Iran warfare, and extra information from Spain on Monday April twentieth.
Spain requires ‘respectful dialogue’ with Cuba amid US tensions
Spain on Saturday joined Mexico and Brazil in voicing concern over the “dramatic state of affairs” unfolding in Cuba following months of strain from US President Donald Trump.
With out explicitly mentioning the US, the three leftist-led nations launched a joint assertion expressing “deep concern concerning the grave humanitarian disaster that the folks of Cuba are enduring,” and calling for a “honest and respectful dialogue” consistent with worldwide regulation.
The aim of such a dialogue needs to be to “discover a lasting answer to the present state of affairs and to make sure that it’s the Cuban folks themselves who determine their very own future in full freedom,” the assertion added.
Cuba has been bracing for a doable US assault following repeated warnings from Trump that it’s “subsequent” in line after Washington toppled Venezuela’s chief Nicolas Maduro and went to warfare in opposition to Iran.
Trump has additionally hit Cuba with an oil blockade, aggravating the impoverished island’s worst financial and vitality disaster in many years.
Electrical automotive gross sales in Spain rise by 66% since begin of Iran warfare
Gross sales of electrical autos in Spain rose by 66 p.c in March, with demand spurred by battle within the Center East and knock-on results on gas costs hitting shoppers on the petrol pumps.
The spike follows a longer-term pattern. In 2026 gross sales have grown by 62 p.c general, with Spaniards more and more tempted by subsidies and decreasing costs.
“Right this moment there are already very aggressive electrical autos that value round €20,000 with out subsidies,’ Arturo Pérez de Lucía, managing director of AEDIVE, a enterprise affiliation centered on electrical autos, advised the Spanish media.
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Over one in tens properties bought in Spain purchased by foreigners
In line with the most recent information from Spain’s Property Registry for the fourth quarter of 2025, 13.5 p.c of properties bought within the nation have been bought by worldwide patrons.
In different phrases, over 1 in 10 property purchases in Spain at the moment are made by a foreigner. Although the proportion dipped barely in comparison with the earlier quarter (13.58 p.c) and the identical interval in 2024 (14.48 p.c), the figures masks development in absolute phrases.
Greater than 24,200 property gross sales by foreigners have been recorded, in comparison with round 23,700 within the earlier quarter.
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Actual Sociedad safe Copa del Rey penalty conquer Atletico
Actual Sociedad edged Atletico Madrid 4-3 on penalties to win the Copa del Rey for a fourth time within the membership’s historical past after a 2-2 attract a gripping last on Saturday in Seville.
After Alexander Sorloth and Julián Alvarez missed from the spot for Diego Simeone’s Atletico, Pablo Marin smashed dwelling his kick to say victory for the Basque aspect.
Ander Barrenetxea had headed Actual Sociedad forward after simply 14 seconds, with Ademola Lookman levelling for Atletico.
Mikel Oyarzabal put the Basque aspect forward from the penalty spot earlier than the break however Alvarez rescued Atletico and compelled further time and finally penalties with an excellent strike.
La Actual’s season appeared set to be one among wrestle till American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo was appointed in December, and he resuscitated their marketing campaign.
“It is a second to take pleasure in, to dream and to consider… the child who dreamed of this… has finished it,” stated Actual Sociedad goalkeeper Unai Marrero, who saved two penalties.
With extra reporting by Conor Faulkner.
