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Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala dies aged 103

MADRID—Francisco Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, who went into exile during the country's decades of dictatorship, died Tuesday. He was 103. Ayala's foundation said he died of natural causes at his home in ...

From CIARAN GILES, Boston Globe,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Francisco Franco,  U.S. Republican Party,  Jorge Luis Borges,  New York University,  University of Chicago

On a hillside in Spain, the search begins for a murdered poet

F orensic experts have begun exhuming an unmarked mass grave that could hold the remains of the acclaimed poet Federico Garcia Lorca, a milestone in Spain's drive to address the legacy of its 1936-39 civil war. Working under a tent-like structure on ...

From CIARAN GILES, Globe and Mail,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Francisco Franco,  Baltasar Garzon,  Ian Gibson,  Salvador Dali,  Roman Catholic Church

Spain starts exhuming purported Garcia Lorca grave

ALFACAR, Spain - Forensic experts on Wednesday began exhuming a mass unmarked grave that could hold the remains of the acclaimed poet Federico Garcia Lorca, in a milestone in Spain's drive to address the legacy of its 1936-39 civil war. ...

From CIARAN GILES, Access Atlanta Vendor,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Francisco Franco,  Ian Gibson,  Baltasar Garzon,  Salvador Dali,  Roman Catholic Church

Spain to exhume purported grave of Garcia Lorca

ALFACAR, Spain - Crews prepared Wednesday to exhume a grave believed to hold the remains of the acclaimed poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, in a milestone in Spain's drive to address the legacy of its 1936-39 civil war. ...

From CIARAN GILES, Access Atlanta Vendor,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Francisco Franco,  Baltasar Garzon

Spanish Opel workers accept Magna deal

L abour unions at the Opel car factory in northeastern Spain said Monday they had accepted a new restructuring agreement reached with Magna MG.A-T , clearing at least one obstacle to the Canadian company's plans to take over the General Motors Co. GM-N ...

From CIARAN GILES, Globe and Mail,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  Magna International, Inc.,  European Commission,  Vauxhall,  Sberbank

Autopsy: Boyzone singer died of natural causes

MADRID—Boyzone star Stephen Gately, whose body was found in a house on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, died of natural causes, according to autopsy results released Tuesday. A post-mortem showed Gately, 33, an Irishman, died as a result of a ...

From CIARAN GILES, Boston Globe,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Boyzone (musician),  Stephen Gately,  Elton John,  David Furnish

Spanish PM to meet Obama at White House

MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was to fly to Washington on Monday to meet President Barack Obama, a visit that comes after years of strained relations with George W. ...

From CIARAN GILES, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero,  White House,  George W. Bush,  Jose Maria Aznar

Renowned Spanish pianist de Larrocha dies at 86

MADRID - Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha, who thrilled music listeners for decades with polished and enthralling interpretations of great classical works and Spanish masters, has died aged 86. ...

From CIARAN GILES, Access Atlanta Vendor,  26 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Manuel de Falla,  Frank Marshall

Madrid's turn? City hopes to get 2016 Olympics

MADRID—After losing out on the 2012 Olympics, Madrid believes it is now the perfect choice to host the games in 2016. This capital city has about 70 percent of venues completed, a superb transportation system, full financial backing and the ...

From CIARAN GILES, Boston Globe,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Atletico Madrid,  International Olympic Committee,  FC Barcelona,  Rafael Nadal,  Real Madrid

Kasparov leads Karpov 3-1 in chess rematch

Former chess world champions Garry Kasparov, right, and Anatoly Karpov, left, play an exhibition rematch in Valencia, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Chess eminences Kasparov and Karpov are dusting off their knights and pawns for an exhibition ...

From CIARAN GILES, eTaiwan News,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Anatoly Karpov,  Garry Kasparov

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