"We have taken a step forward by obeying the popular mandate. I appreciate the effort of the seven organizations that have made it possible for us to present the best candidacy: For Andalusia". Antonio Maíllo, the candidate for the left-wing coalition led by Esquerra Unida and Sumar, recalled that Podemos is one of these seven formations that next May 17 will try to spring a surprise in the Andalusian Parliament elections. But at Sunday's rally in Seville, there was no trace of Podemos. The purples, who have reluctantly accepted the Andalusian coalition after two resounding electoral defeats (in Castilla y León and Aragón), do not want to get involved in anything that is not strictly essential. And, despite the evident electoral climate in Andalusia, Sunday saw the presentation of the state pact, which also brings together Comuns and Más Madrid.

"We have taken a step forward obeying the popular mandate. I appreciate the effort of the seven organizations that have made it possible for us to present the best candidacy: Por Andalucía". Antonio Maíllo, the candidate of the left-wing coalition led by Izquierda Unida and Sumar, recalled that Podemos is one of these seven formations that next May 17 will try to surprise in the Andalusian Parliament elections. But at Sunday's event in Seville, there was no trace of Podemos. The purple ones, who have grudgingly accepted the Andalusian coalition after two resounding electoral defeats (in Castilla y León and Aragón), do not want to get involved in anything that is not strictly essential. And, despite the evident electoral climate in Andalucía, this Sunday the state pact was presented, which also brings together Comunes and Más Madrid.

The violent waves crash against the jetty. It is pitch black. A rainy and cold winter night. At Chechu's Bar, at the entrance to the port of Barbate, young and old alike defy the storm, smoking and finishing their beer. Most no longer live off the sea, but the sea calls to them. A Civil Guard car drives slowly past the bar. Looks of distrust from one and the other. A few hours later, at dawn, the police will return to the port area. A narcolancha has taken refuge there for a while to avoid the furious thrashing of the water. The traffickers' gomones seek refuge in the ports of the area while they wait for their moment.

The old pier on the Barbate River is a graveyard of timbers weathered by time. The barges sunk beneath the greenish water contrast with the white facades of the houses, demanding a coat of paint. The asphalt is full of ruts and cracks. In Barbate, there is no public transport. The theatre is in ruins. The parks, abandoned. The sports facilities flood when it rains. "We have an endemic lag of 15 or 20 years," admits the mayor of the municipality, Miguel Molina.

Driving through it, from the access roads to the main avenues, Marbella has the quality of being a city that could be many other cities. Better said, any other overcrowded city on the Costa Dorada, Costa Brava, French Riviera, or the Costa del Sol itself, of which it is an emblem. The tallest buildings are hotels and not offices, the apartment blocks, also imposing, have communal swimming pools, and the mountains on the horizon are full of white dots; buildings that have destroyed the natural landscape. But if you venture onto the roads that wind through the mountains, you see they are not chalets or old houses: there are many mansions, complexes, tennis clubs, and exclusive golf courses. The health crossing signs are accompanied by signs that say Arzt and Apotheke, not doctor or pharmacy. The billboards are in English and advertise private clinics, mostly for aesthetic tweaks, to treat low fertility or hair loss, aimed at an older demographic who do not want to - or at least want to hide - getting older.

Easter Week has offered a theoretical break to gather strength for what is to come, the Andalusian regional elections, the most important of this cycle that began in January with those held in Extremadura. This new date at the polls is the one that interests Madrid the most, but also Barcelona, due to its implications. We are talking about a territory with a population of 8,676,713 people, of whom 6,812,861 have the right to vote. It is not just because of the demographic weight of this community that there is a lot at stake in these elections. The full cycle has been and continues to be a testing ground with the prospect of the next general elections, and today it has been settled without a definitive diagnosis. The PP continues to fuel the idea that its arrival at Moncloa is very close, even if it is with Vox as an uncomfortable and essential travel companion. To confirm this, it needs to repeat its current absolute majority in the Andalusian Parliament. Anything less than that will lead to questioning the Popular Party's chances of achieving its main objective. For the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, this match is decisive. The president of the Junta, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, therefore, has a high responsibility in this electoral call, from which his party may emerge with its chest puffed out or with the obligation to ask many questions about the causes of the slowdown in its expectations.

Podemos has reached an agreement with Izquierda Unida and Sumar to run in coalition in the upcoming Andalusian elections on May 17. The pact was sealed before the legal deadline for registering the left-wing confluence under the umbrella of the Por Andalucía brand, which ended at 11:59 PM. In a last-minute negotiation, which lasted more than twelve hours since it began on Thursday morning, the three formations have announced an agreement to run together in a candidacy that will be led by the candidate for the presidency of the Junta de Andalucía, Antonio Maíllo.

Nine times has the spokesperson for Podemos, Pablo Fernández, repeated the "outstretched hand" of the purple party to go in coalition with Izquierda Unida (IU) and Movimiento Sumar for the Andalusian elections on May 17. And it is that after two resounding falls at the polls in Aragon and Castilla y León – with less than 1% of the votes – Podemos is making a 180-degree turn to the strategy of recent months and, for the first time, is opening up to an alliance with Yolanda Díaz's party in an electoral event. It thus lifts the veto it had imposed on Sumar and which had derailed other understandings: "With all actors," he made clear at a press conference. The offer, which comes four days before the deadline to register coalitions, would not change the number 1 position of Por Andalucía, the leader of IU, Antonio Maíllo.

The president of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno Bonilla, can boast of having won back for the People's Party (PP) one of the Socialist Party's (PSOE) historical strongholds since the restoration of democracy. He did so in 2018, when he became president through a governing pact with Citizens (Cs) and the external support of Vox, despite not winning the election. In fact, the PP's results, in an election where three right-wing parties were running, were far from their best. Three years later, he was re-elected with an absolute majority that allowed him to shed the burden of his investiture partners, a result so exceptional that he has it tattooed on his wrist. Moreno, who describes himself as a "liberal in the broadest sense," They will face off on May 17th to the third round to remain at the head of the Board, with all the polls in his favor despite the burden of having had to weather the breast cancer screening scandal in the community.

The Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno Bonilla, has announced the dissolution of parliament and the call for early elections on May 17. The call will involve the departure of the first vice-president and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, from the Spanish government to be the PSOE candidate.

The Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno Bonilla, announced Monday night the dissolution of the Andalusian Parliament and the calling of early elections for May 17. This will result in the departure from the Spanish government of the First Vice President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, as she is the Socialist Party (PSOE) candidate, and will therefore lead to a change in the national government.

Much of the Iberian Peninsula is experiencing the effects of Marten, the fourteenth Atlantic storm of this winter, when the devastation caused by the Leonardowhich has left two dead and 11,000 displaced from their homes in Andalusia alone. Especially in Extremadura, Castile and above all in Andalusia, Marten has caused new evacuations and more flooding, foreshadowing economic losses in the millions, according to the president of the regional government, Juanma Moreno.

Storms and heavy rain continue to batter the Iberian Peninsula this winter, and this week Andalusia is the epicenter of the storms. Provinces like Seville, Cádiz, and Córdoba are the hardest hit by the abundant rainfall caused by Storm [name missing]. Leonardowith exceptional rainfall totals. The worst affected area was the municipality of Grazalema, in Cádiz, where almost 600 liters per square meter fell in just 24 hours on Wednesday. This record figure for the area is very similar to the rainfall recorded during the historic and tragic DANA storm of October 2014 in Valencia. And all that water is also having consequences for the subsoil. Grazalema is located at an altitude of over 800 meters in the Sierra de Cádiz mountains, a geographically exposed area that is very rainy and receives nearly 2,000 liters per square meter annually. The problem is that this amount of rain, which usually falls over an entire year, has already been exceeded between January and the first days of February. This exceptional rainfall has completely saturated the subsoil. The ground can no longer absorb any more water, which is gushing out uncontrollably everywhere, even through electrical outlets, toilets, and walls of houses. And a phenomenon little known until now has occurred: hydroseisms.

Carolina España (Málaga, 1969) is no newcomer to politics, although Catalonia has certainly become familiar with her this week. The Andalusian government's Minister of Economy is one of the voices that has risen up against the new financing model agreed upon between the Spanish government and the ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia). a phrase that spread through all the media"The Montero model gives champagne and caviar to the separatists, and to the rest of Spaniards, a pre-cooked set menu without dessert." The Andalusian government, led by Juanma Moreno, is one of the most vocal in its protests against the model presented by the Vice President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, who will also be the PSOE candidate in the Andalusian elections in June.

At yesterday's meeting between Vice President Montero and the finance ministers of all the autonomous communities, we heard yet another of those phrases that will go down in the anthology of what used to be called anti-Catalanism and is now more accurately described as Catalanophobia. The honor belongs to the finance minister of Andalusia, Carolina España:

The People's Party (PP) has tried to move past the breast cancer screening crisis in Andalusia at the party's regional congress held this weekend in Seville. And it did so to the rhythm of soul music.Don't you worry 'bout a thing" It's one of the refrains sung by the sextet tasked with providing musical entertainment during the more than hour-long wait for Juanma Moreno and Alberto Núñez Feijóo's speeches. A soundtrack to bolster the "hope" that, Despite the recent setbacks that have caused concern within the partyThe Andalusian president and the leader of the People's Party (PP) attempted to generate a sense of unity during the closing of the Andalusian PP congress. After weeks of being cornered by errors in his diagnoses, Moreno used the event, which re-elected him with 99.95% support as president of the PP of Andalusia, to defend his questioned administration and, with the regional elections imminent, ask for the trust of the Andalusian people to retain an absolute majority that he is now unlikely to secure. Moreno defended the "importance of stability to move forward" and denounced a "confluence of populist interests" that want to turn the public debate into "a mudslinging battleground" with the aim of undermining him. The Andalusian president pointed to the parties both to his right and to his left. "They don't think the same way, but they seek the same thing: to break the majority that provides stability," he said. Along the same lines, Feijóo called for "not to be complacent" and "not to fall into traps or distractions." "Let stability not be interrupted," the Popular Party leader urged, expressing his aspiration to achieve it himself throughout the country despite being increasingly cornered by Vox. Feijóo praised the Andalusian model, which "reminds us that one can be moderate and determined." "Spain needs this type of politics to win," he asserted, denouncing "the corruption and lies" of a PSOE "that has no legal limits" and is "capable of absolutely anything."

A month after the news broke Delays and errors in communication regarding the detection and early diagnosis of breast cancer in Andalusia, The regional government has gone from reporting a dozen affected women to more than 2,300, but neither President Juanma Moreno Bonilla nor his deputy and new Health Minister, Antonio Sanz, have offered an explanation for the origin of this crisis. The government has announced additional funding and personnel for the screening programs—which Andalusian professionals, those affected, and the opposition consider insufficient—but what exactly happened that prevented the healthcare system from contacting women who had received suspicious mammogram results? In a parliamentary Health Committee meeting this Thursday, which lasted about four hours, Sanz attempted to downplay the issue and assured that his government has taken "measures" to ensure that "this does not happen again." He also stated that "what is necessary" has been done to ensure that all women who received inconclusive results—meaning that a tumor cannot be confirmed, but neither can it be ruled out—receive their follow-up tests before November 30. Regarding responsibility for these communication errors, however, he insisted that "no general order was given" from his administration for specialists not to notify patients of their results. "Professionals make decisions based on medical criteria," he asserted. The president of the Seville Association of Women with Breast Cancer (Amama), Ángela Claverol, met with Sanz on Wednesday and on Thursday stated that the regional minister attributed the origin of the problems detected in the breast cancer screening program to "verbal orders." "According to him, it was a verbal order from the department heads, who said it wasn't necessary to call [the women] anymore because there was a company that would do it," she indicated. Sanz did not repeat this explanation during his appearance on Thursday. Claverol indicated that the regional minister did not clarify which company was in charge of this process and, when she asked him again, he referred to a number of people or working groups. "I must be very clumsy, because, in the end, I didn't know the answer," he said. Sanz, on the other hand, described the meeting with Amama as "very productive" and emphasized that he did give "all the necessary explanations." Claverol admits that there is still distrust of the Regional Government and has detailed that the Regional Minister has been asked five questions: where the breast cancer screening care system failed; how many diagnostic tests have been carried out since the error came to light; how long it will take to perform biopsies and surgeries and to assign oncologists; what type of contracts will be offered to professionals; and how long the Regional Government will take to address the financial claims of those affected, so that they don't have to wait "for years." The Minister's Reproaches

Health Minister Mónica García traveled to Seville this Thursday to meet with Amama, and in a press conference, she asserted that the Andalusian Regional Government has "lost control" over breast cancer screening programs due to "negligence" and urged Moreno to provide explanations. "There's no way to understand Moreno Bonilla's handling of the crisis, just as there's no way to understand the handling of the crisis by Mazón, Díaz Ayuso, or Mañueco. It's always the same playbook of discrediting, insults, and passing the buck," she criticized. García emphasized that the Ministry will "get to the bottom of" the problems detected, whether through legal, administrative, or civil channels, and will investigate what happened to mammograms that are unsigned or have disappeared. These statements have infuriated Sanz, who accused the minister of engaging in political campaigning, given that she lacks jurisdiction in this matter during the parliamentary committee hearing. In this regard, he indicated that the Andalusian screening program is working and that his government will now improve it with more resources.

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Thousands of people have supported the victims of the scandal this Sunday. Delay in mammograms in Andalusia at a rally in Seville organized by the Amama association, which represents several women with breast cancer. The protest filled the square where the Andalusian presidential headquarters are located and served as a platform not only to denounce the management and response of Juanma Moreno Bonilla's Popular Party government in this case—which affects at least 1,300 women, according to data acknowledged so far by the regional government—but also to demand "quality public healthcare."

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The scandal over communication errors and delays in breast cancer screening in Andalusia has brought a prominent name within the Andalusian People's Party (PP) over the past week, but one that had been relatively unknown outside the autonomous community until now. This is Antonio Sanz, the Minister of the Presidency of the Andalusian Regional Government, who has also headed the Health Department since October, replacing Rocío Hernández, who was dismissed by President Juanma Moreno.

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The Seville Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation into the complaint filed by patients this week who reported that some medical records related to mammograms and ultrasounds used to detect breast cancer had been deleted or altered. The investigation opened this Friday follows the one opened on Thursday by the Andalusian High Prosecutor's Office to investigate errors in the early detection program for the disease.

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