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Vote of no confidence
from the site and airlifted to Mingorrubio cemetery in Madrid.
The government’s aim was to stop the Valle from being a pilgrimage site for fascist supporters.
Third ‘narcosubmarine’
A THIRD ‘narcosubmarine’ thought to have been used by drug traffickers has been found off the coast of Galicia in northern Spain.
The vessel was located by a fishing boat sailing in the waters of the Arousa estuary, off the coast of Vilagarcía de Arousa. The alert mobilised the Guardia Civil, who inspected the boat in search of a possible abandoned shipment of cocaine although it was suspected that the traffickers emptied the submarine before abandoning it.
This is the third such vessel located in the Rías Baixas area of Galicia since drug traffickers made a first attempt to pick up a shipment from a mother ship a decade ago.
The second was seized in November 2019 with three tonnes of cocaine inside and, although the submarine was handmade, it managed to cross the Atlantic and reach the Ría de Vigo.
This week’s discovery coincides with the seizure of three other ‘narcosubmarines’ by the Colombian Armed Forces, an unusual event that highlights the increased use of this type of transport by traffickers.
SPANISH opposition party Vox has tabled a vote of no confidence against President Pedro Sánchez, set to be debated in parliament next week (March 21 and 22).
The vote is unlikely to prosper, as it does not have the support of any other political group and even the PP, who voted ‘no’ in Vox’s previous vote of no confidence in 2020, have announced they will abstain.
In fact, PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo is not even expected to attend the sessions and has been very critical of the move, demanding that the farright Vox “take Spain seriously.”
Meanwhile, the PSOE and Unidas Podemos coalition government believe this “absurdity” is only directed against the leader of the PP in an attempt to put him in a difficult position ahead of November’s general election.
Other critics believe the vote is simply a way for Vox to be in the headlines again, as voting polls suggest a decline in support.
The candidate chosen by Vox to replace Sr Sánchez is Ramón Tamames, an 89 yearold economist and former Spanish Communist Party member who appears to have done a Uturn on his previous political beliefs.
“Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.”
Margaret Sanger
