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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020 file photo, Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias gestures after receiving his ministerial briefcase in Madrid, Spain. The leader of the junior party in Spain's coalition government said on Monday March 15, 2021 he is leaving the Cabinet to run for regional office. Pablo Iglesias took the left-wing Juntos Podemos (United We Can) party into government 15 months ago with the Socialist party to take his place as deputy prime minister in charge of social rights. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Head of junior party in Spanish coalition gov’t stands down

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In this photo provided by the Spanish National police on Friday March 12, 2021, a homemade semi submersible submarine sits outside a warehouse in Malaga, Spain. Spanish police say they have seized a homemade narco-submarine able to carry up to 2 metric tons (2.2 tons) of cargo. Police came across the 9-meter-long (30-feet-long) craft being built in Málaga, on southern Spain’s Costa del Sol, during a broader international drug operation. Police said Friday it has two 200-horsepower engines, which are operated from the inside. (Police Nacional via AP)

Spanish police sink drug smugglers’ submarine plans

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Delivery riders protest outside the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Wednesday March 3, 2021.The Spanish government announced on Thursday March 11, 2021, legislation that classifies food delivery riders as employees of the digital platforms they work for, not self-employed. Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz said Thursday the law is part of &quot;a modernization of the labor market&quot; in Spain, updating regulations in accordance with technological developments to ensure workers' rights are upheld.(AP Photo/Paul White)

Gig economy shifts: Spain makes delivery riders employees

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A health worker shows the media AstraZeneca vaccine vials at a vaccination center set up in front of Rome's Termini central station, Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino), Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Doctors urge Spain to use AstraZeneca vaccine more broadly

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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, welcomes Madrid's regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso, center, and Madrid's mayor Jose Luis Martinez Almeida during an event to commemorate the 'Dia de la Hispanidad' or Spain's Hispanic Day in Madrid. Spain’s central region of Madrid will face snap elections after regional vice president Ignacio Aguado announced Wednesday, March 10, 2021 that its right-wing coalition government has dissolved. Aguado, of the liberal Citizens party, told Spanish media in an impromptu televised appearance that regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso had decided to break up their coalition. (Kiko Huesca/Pool via AP, File)

Madrid’s anti-lockdown champion shaken after gov’t collapse

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Members of Wuhan FC, then known as Wuhan Zall, prepare for an internal training match in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on July 2, 2020. The club endured quite an ordeal last year after first being stranded in Spain on a preseason tour as its home city was overrun by the virus, and then fleeing the country just before the outbreak hit Europe hard. (Chinatopix via AP)

Wuhan soccer team prepares for another season in isolation

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

A couple walks past a vandalized mural depicting world's first woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in Madrid, Spain, Monday, March 8, 2021. At least two street murals celebrating accomplished women in politics, arts and science have appeared covered in black paint over the weekend. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Defying pandemic, feminists in Spain decry far-right attacks

By ARITZ PARRA and BERNAT ARMANGUE - Associated Press

Spain starts culling of 900 cattle after 2 months at sea

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New protests in Spain over the jailing of rapper’s backers

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Equestrian events called off in Europe after herpes outbreak

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FILE - In this Wednesdday, April 16, 2008 file photo, Spain's Princess Cristina, left and Princess Elena, listen to the Spanish national anthem during a ceremony, upon their arrival for the opening of the Spanish Parliament, after Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Socialist Party won the general elections on March 9, in Madrid. The sisters of Spanish King Felipe VI have acknowledged on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, that they were administered COVID-19 vaccines during a visit to the United Arab Emirates. In a statement published by a Spanish newspaper, the Infantas Elena and Cristina said that they were “offered the possibility” of receiving vaccines while in Abu Dhabi to visit their father and former monarch, Juan Carlos I. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)

Spanish king’s sisters vaccinated on trip to see dad in UAE

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

A police van is set on fire as protestors throw molotov cocktails at police during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasél in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. After a few days of calm, protests have again turned violent in Barcelona as supporters for a jailed Spanish rapper went back to the streets. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain: 8 jailed for burning police van amid rapper protests

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A protestor throws a molotov cocktail at police during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasél in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. After a few days of calm, protests have again turned violent in Barcelona as supporters for a jailed Spanish rapper went back to the streets. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain: Violence flares back up at protests for jailed rapper

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A couple kiss in front of a barricade set by demonstrators during clashes with police following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasel in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. The imprisonment of Pablo Hasel for inciting terrorism and refusing to pay a fine after having insulted the country's monarch has triggered a social debate and street protests. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

AP PHOTOS: A week of rage over Spanish rapper’s imprisonment

By EMILIO MORENATTI and FELIPE DANA and JOAN MATEU - Associated Press

In this image taken from video made available by the Guardia Civil, an officer of the Guardia Civil helps a man out from under glass bottles in a container in Melilla, Spain, Friday Feb. 19, 2021. Spanish authorities say they have found and rescued 41 migrants who tried to reach continental Europe from North Africa in the past four days, some of them hiding inside a container of discarded glass bottles and a bag of toxic ash. (Guardia Civil via AP)

Europe-bound migrants found amid broken glass, toxic ash

By RENATA BRITO and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, center, controls the ball during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Cadiz at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Barcelona held 1-1 by Cádiz; Messi record 506th league game

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

A person carrying goods runs from a smashed shop window during a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasél in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. A fifth night of peaceful protests to denounce the imprisonment of a Spanish rap artist once more devolved into clashes between police and fringe group members who set up street barricades and smashed storefront windows in Barcelona. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

Barcelona sees sixth night of protests for jailed rapper

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Demonstrators clash with police after a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasél in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Violent street protests have erupted in some Spanish cities after police arrested a rapper who resisted imprisonment and has portrayed his case as a fight for free speech. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

33 injured, 14 arrested in protests over rapper’s jailing

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Spain’s public debt reaches 117% of GDP owing to pandemic

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Rap singer Pablo Hasél is detained by police officers at the University of Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. A rapper in Spain and dozens of his supporters have locked themselves inside a university building in the artist's latest attempt to avoid a prison sentence for insulting the monarchy and praising terrorism. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

Spain: Protests erupt after rapper’s insults lead to prison

By HERNÁN MUÑOZ and RENATA BRITO - Associated Press