On May 19, the National Court charged former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero with alleged crimes of influence peddling, criminal organization, and document forgery in the context of the Plus Ultra case Zapatero reacted immediately to the news with a video recorded from his home, in which he denied...
After the ecstasy of the World Cup, Spain returns to normality, and this, in recent times, has a lot to do with the legal current affairs. Julio Martínez appears this Tuesday as an investigated party before the judge of the National Court José Luis Calama in one of the most...
July 11, 2010. The day before, Barcelona hosted a historic demonstration under the slogan "We are a nation. We decide," called after the ruling of the Constitutional Court on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. At the same time, its main supporter, the then President of the Government José Luis...
The evolution of LGTBI+ rights in Spain over the last few decades has been marked by a combination of social mobilization and political decisions. The approval of same-sex marriage in 2005, the regulation of legal sex changes in 2007, or the Trans Law of 2023 are some of the legislative...
The Peruvian business group Gloria has acknowledged having paid 200,000 euros to the former President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for advisory and intermediation services before the Bolivian authorities with the aim of unblocking the payment of a pending compensation to one of its subsidiaries, according to a...
The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, took advantage of the ceremony for the delivery of the CEU San Pablo University's Medal of Honor this Friday in Madrid to present his proposal for exemplary conduct in public life, from which he excludes those who have "porous hands, from which 24 million...
The Central Unit for Economic and Fiscal Crime (UDEF) places the former President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero at the center of an alleged influence peddling scheme linked to the Peruvian conglomerate Grupo Gloria. In a report, to which DEMÓCRATA has had access, investigators maintain that the former...
It was June 2006, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was setting the agenda with his social policy and had passed the halfway point of his first term in Moncloa. RTVE, which entered the homes of millions of Spaniards every day and was also undergoing a revamp, was documenting all of this....
The audios of the statement of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero before the National Court judge José Luis Calama allow us to know the main defense arguments put forward by the former president within the framework of the investigation related to the rescue of the airline Plus Ultra. During his appearance, Zapatero rejected...
The moment of truth has arrived. The D-Day in historical terms. The Armageddon of the Scriptures. The former Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, testifies before the National Court judge José Luis Calama as part of the Plus Ultra case and for the separate proceeding opened after the discovery of...
The imputation of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the so-called Plus Ultra case has caused a strong impact on public opinion. According to a flash poll conducted by the Gabinet d’Estudis Socials i Opinió Pública (GESOP), 73.3% of Spaniards believe that the former Prime Minister has some responsibility in the...
The entry of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard into the federal headquarters of the PSOE on Ferraz street has opened a new political crisis for the socialists, but the origin of the judicial action is not in the case affecting former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero...
The indictment of former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged crimes of influence peddling and belonging to a criminal organization has opened a political and judicial scenario of enormous scope that already transcends Spanish borders. The confirmation that the United States National Security Department is collaborating with the National...
The name of Víctor Moreno Catena has figured for decades among the main references of procedural and criminal law in Spain. A professor, lawyer, and specialist in constitutional guarantees and the functioning of Justice, his profile combines a broad academic career with institutional experience and professional practice in complex cases. Moreno...
The indictment of former president José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero for up to four crimes, including influence peddling, in the 'Caso Plus Ultra' marks the political agenda. Not least, during the session to question the Government in Congress, the spokesperson for ERC, Gabriel Rufián, directly questioned Pedro Sánchez asking: “Where does lobbying...
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has been placed at the center of a judicial investigation examining alleged influence peddling and money laundering operations with business connections in Venezuela and China. As reported by El País, Judge José Luis Calama attributes a central role to the former president in a structure under...
The company Softgestor has been the focus of the investigation into the ‘Plus Ultra case’ this Tuesday after agents from the Economic and Fiscal Crimes Unit (UDEF) searched its offices by order of the National Court judge José Luis Calama. The company, incorporated in 2014 and dedicated to legal, tax, labor,...
The rescue of Plus Ultra was approved by the Council of Ministers in March 2021. The operation, with a cost of 53 million euros, originated from the Fund for Support to the Solvency of Strategic Companies (FASEE), which the Government launched to assist companies with difficulties due to the economic...
The Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF) has registered the headquarters of Whathefav this Tuesday, the communication and digital marketing agency linked to Laura and Alba Rodríguez Espinosa, daughters of former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, within the proceedings opened in the National Court for the so-called Plus Ultra...