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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 file photo, United Socialist Party of Venezuela lawmaker Hugo Carvajal speaks during an interview at the National Assembly administrative offices, in Caracas, Venezuela. Carvajal, Venezuela's longtime spy chief was arrested Friday, April 12, 2019 in Madrid by Spanish police acting on a United States warrant for the alleged trafficking of tons of cocaine. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

The rise and fall of former Venezuelan spymaster ‘El Pollo’

By ARITZ PARRA and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Valencia fires coach Marcelino 3 games into season

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Spain's coach Roberto Moreno, right, speaks with Sergio Ramos during the Euro 2020 group F qualifying soccer match between Spain and Faroe Islands at the Molinon, stadium in Gijon, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Ramos equals Casillas record; Spain, Italy win qualifiers

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Spain's Sergio Busquets applauds spanish fans during the Euro 2020 group F qualifying soccer match between Romania and Spain, at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Spain holds on for 2-1 win over Romania in Euro qualifier

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High-profile match-fixing case begins in Spain

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Santiago Abascal the national president of VOX delivers his speech during a rally of the fledging far-right party VOX in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Thousands of Spaniards have attended a rally of the fledging far-right party VOX as it tries to grab a foothold in Spain's political spectrum. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) ** FILE **

Santiago Abascal and Vox anti-immigrant stance impact Spain

By Martin Arostegui - Special to The Washington Times

Angela Martínez holds her son Uriel as they walk in a park in Granada, south of Spain, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Uriel's body is covered in hair due to taking a hair-growing medicine containing minoxidil, wrongly labeled as omeprazole. Parents of babies in Spain developing unusual levels of body hair say they are readying a joint lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company that mislabeled an anti-hair-loss drug as a stomach stabilizer. (AP Photo/Sergio Ruiz)

Spain: Children grow body hair from alleged drug mix-up

By SERGIO RODRIGO - Associated Press

Spain: railway and airline strikes complicate holiday return

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Newly arrived migrants gather inside a temporary handling facility in Malaga, southern Spain, early Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Spain's maritime rescue service says it has rescued 208 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea in 24 hours. The agency said Thursday the migrants were in three boats and were picked up in the so-called Alboran Sea, an area east of the Strait of Gibraltar and one of the most common routes for crossing to Europe from North Africa. (AP Photo/Sergio Rodrigo)

Spain urges EU help with migrants as more rescued at sea

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FILE - This file image made by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows M106 with additional information captured by amateur astronomers. Despite years of legal battles and months of protests by Native Hawaiian opponents, the international coalition that wants to build the world's largest telescope in Hawaii insists that the islands' highest peak, Mauna Kea, is the best place for their $1.4 billion instrument. Thirty Meter Telescope officials say their new instrument will produce images that are 12 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. (STScI/AURA), R. Gendler via AP, File)

Hawaii or Spain? Telescope experts say it may not matter

By CALEB JONES - Associated Press

This photo provided by Incendios f.Baleares shows wreckage on a path near Inca in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sunday Aug. 25, 2019. Authorities in Mallorca say at least 5 people have died in a collision between a helicopter and a light plane on the Spanish island. (Incendios f.Baleares via AP)

Helicopter, small plane crash in Spain’s Mallorca; 7 dead

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FILE - In this March 10, 2018, file photo, Spain's former monarch King Juan Carlos waves upon his arrival to the Academia Diplomatica de Chile, in Santiago where he met with President-elect Sebastian Pinera. Spain's former monarch, Juan Carlos I, has been admitted to hospital for a heart operation. The 81-year-old king emeritus will undergo the operation Saturday Aug. 24, 2019 in Madrid's Quiron clinic. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Spanish ex-king Juan Carlos I has successful heart surgery

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FILE - This file booking photo provided by the Story County Jail in Nevada, Iowa, shows Collin Richards. Richards, who killed a former Iowa State University golfer has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. A Story County judge pronounced the mandatory sentence on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. He'd pleaded guilty on June 14 to first-degree murder for the Sept. 17 slaying of 22-year-old Celia Barquin Arozamena. (Story County (Iowa) Jail via AP, File)

Iowa man who killed top golfer from Spain gets life sentence

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A hydroplane operates on a wildfire in Canary Islands, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. The wind dropped in the Canary Islands Tuesday, allowing firefighters to make progress against Spain's biggest wildfire so far this year and raising the possibility some evacuated residents may soon be able to return home. (AP Photo/Arturo Jimenez)

Spain: Island wildfire eases, lets evacuees return home

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The fire on the mountains of the Canary Islands in this view taken from Santa Cruz de Tenerife island, Spain, early Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. Authorities on Spain's Canary Islands say around 4,000 people have been evacuated due to a wildfire that has ravaged more than 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres) since it broke out a day ago. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

Thousands flee from ‘monster’ wildfire on Canary Islands

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

A migrant reads verses of the Quran aboard the Open Arms Spanish humanitarian boat as it arrives near Lampedusa coast in the Mediterranean Sea, Thursday, Aug.15, 2019. A Spanish aid boat with 147 rescued migrants aboard is anchored off a southern Italian island as Italy's ministers spar over their fate. (AP Photo/Francisco Gentico)

Italy sends Open Arms migrant ship to Spain

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In this photo issued by the Guardia Civil, an officer looks at a forest fire in Gran Canaria, Spain, on Saturday Aug. 11, 2019. Spanish authorities say a wildfire on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria has burned 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres) and has forced the evacuation of 1,000 residents. (Guardia Civil Via AP)

Wildfire forces 4,000 to evacuate in Spain’s Canary Islands

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 25, 2019, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver J.J. Arcega-Whiteside catches a pass at the NFL football team's training camp in Philadelphia. Arcega-Whiteside became the first player born in Spain drafted in the NFL when the Philadelphia Eagles selected him with the 57th overall pick in the second round in April. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Arcega-Whiteside hopes more Spaniards join him in NFL

By ROB MAADDI - Associated Press

Migrants are seen aboard the Open Arms Spanish humanitarian boat as it cruises in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. Open Arms has been carrying 121 migrants for a week in the central Mediterranean awaiting a safe port to dock, after it was denied entry by Italy and Malta. (AP Photo/Valerio Nicolosi)

Ship carrying migrants stranded while waiting for safe port

By COLLEEN BARRY and RENATA BRITO - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 15, 2019, file photo, demonstrators block a road at the base of Hawaii's tallest mountain, in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, to protest the construction of a giant telescope on land that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred. The University of Hawaii's board is forming a task force to study the school's management of Mauna Kea's summit, which is currently at the center of long-running protests against the construction of a new telescope. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Still blocked from Hawaii peak, telescope seeks Spain permit

By JOSEPH WILSON and CALEB JONES - Associated Press