@Reuters staff correspondent in Spain. Previously Washington correspondent for El País in 2013-2018. Prior experiences in Madrid, Buenos Aires and Amsterdam
Barcelona, Spain
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How a massive heat wave is connected to a stunning olive oil heist in Spain. In the 1960s, the largest heat wave reached about 6% of the planet. This decade, it has swept across nearly 85%. A Reuters investigation reveals the rise of massive "heat storms" reut.rs/3VD6HOd
My analysis for @Reuters on why far-right Catalan separatist party Aliança Catalana is rising in polls and what does this mean for the independence movement reuters.com/world/catalonias…
"Ese instante de oscuridad y silencio, de consciencia de sí mismo, del universo moviéndose para nosotros por una vez cuando tantas veces se mueve y casi nunca sabemos de ello, fue algo fulgurante que cerró muchos estómagos" elpais.com/ciencia/2026-08-1…
"Spain is also much better than Italy at taking back from other EU member states irregular migrants who first entered the bloc via its territory — 1,366 versus a measly 60 in 2024 — a crucial part of EU immigration policy" ft.com/content/8faf28df-bb76…
A disputed Spanish law granting an amnesty to those involved in Catalonia's separatist drive does not violate European Union rules, the bloc's top court said on Thursday, in a boost to the Spanish government and its Catalan allies reuters.com/world/eus-top-co…
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Visito la Base de Keflavík, en Islandia, para conocer de primera mano la labor de la @NATO en esta región.
España refuerza su compromiso con la seguridad colectiva en el Ártico.
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With Pope Leo's blessing, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia reaches new heights reut.rs/4e1ikoP reut.rs/4e1ikoP
BARCELONA, June 10 (Reuters) - Pope Leo was set to visit Barcelona's Sagrada Familia on Wednesday to inaugurate the newest of its soaring geometric spires that makes the modernist marvel designed by Antoni Gaudi the world's tallest church reuters.com/world/pope-leo-p…
A century after his humble death, Gaudí is seen with much more positive eyes, his buildings are a money-making machine for Barcelona and he is on a potential path to sainthood. My latest for Reuters reuters.com/business/media-t…
Mango tycoon's heir held financial grudge, gave contradictory versions of father's death, judge says reuters.com/business/retail-…
Very happy to have won the WAN-IFRA European Award for Best Data Visualization with @Mariano_Zafra and @sudev_kiyada for our migration story reconstructing the journey of a dinghy boat from Libya to Italy wan-ifra.org/2026/05/british…
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President Trump has, in private conversations, begun thinking about himself less as a peer of Washington and Lincoln, and more as an addition to Hegel’s immortal trifecta: Alexander the Great, Caesar, and Napoleon, @AshleyRParker and @michaelscherer write. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
Global leftist leaders sought a much needed moral boost at a gathering in Barcelona, brainstorming about how to combat the far-right and showing how non US-led alliances have accelerated under Trump. With @v_waldersee reuters.com/world/americas/g…
I interviewed Catalonia's president @salvadorilla about how the region is the main entryway for China's growing investments in Spain. Seeking to avoid CATL's strategy in neighboring Aragon, Illa said he opposes bringing large numbers of Chinese workers reuters.com/world/china/cata…
En una entrevista amb Reuters, el president Illa diu que les inversions xineses no poden suposar grans arribades de treballadors xinesos a Catalunya, és a dir evitar un cas com CATL a l'Aragó reuters.com/world/china/cata…
Israel's creation of "buffer zones" in Gaza, Syria and now Lebanon reflects a strategic shift after the attacks of October 7, 2023, one that puts the country in a semi-permanent state of war, six Israeli military and defence officials told Reuters reuters.com/business/aerospa…
Spain strongly condemned Israeli strikes on Lebanon as well as the broader war on Iran on Thursday, cementing Madrid's role as an outspoken critic of the U.S. and Israeli military campaigns despite U.S. threats to punish uncooperative NATO allies reuters.com/world/europe/spa…
"It is hard to see anything good for Europe from the United States-Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic" reuters.com/commentary/break…
