With the passing of Elizabeth II, the monarchy is set to lose credibility, visibility and popular appeal, according to recent polls
Scandal-ridden Spanish King Juan Carlos has announced that he plans to step down and hand the royal reigns over to his popular son, Felipe.
The Spanish king’s son-in-law has appeared in court on allegations that he and a partner funneled away millions of euros through fraudulent deals.
Spanish King Juan Carlos, after his release from hospital, apologised for his an African elephant hunting trip, which provoked a scandal at home.
Spain’s King Juan Carlos has come under fire for going on a hunting trip to Botswana while Spaniards continue to grapple with an economic crisis.
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/ 2 December 2007
Venezuelans vote in a tightly contested referendum on Sunday on whether to allow left-wing President Hugo Chávez to stay in power for as long as he keeps winning elections or hand him his first defeat at the polls. The anti-American firebrand, who has easily won one election after another against a fragmented opposition, is in the hardest campaign of his life.
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/ 26 November 2007
Colombia and Venezuela faced the worst crisis in their relations in years on Monday after the Colombian president accused Venezuela of seeking to install a Marxist regime in his country and Caracas ”froze” relations between the two countries. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said earlier he was putting bilateral ties in a ”freezer”.
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/ 6 November 2007
Thousands cheered to the boom of a 21-cannon salute welcoming Spain’s king and queen to the North African enclave of Melilla on Tuesday, the second day of a trip that has seriously irked Morocco. The two-day visit is King Juan Carlos’s first as head of state to Ceuta and Melilla, North African cities that are remnants of Spain’s colonial empire.
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/ 6 November 2007
Cheering crowds waved Spanish flags as King Juan Carlos visited Spain’s disputed North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, but hundreds of Moroccans demonstrated against him just across the border. With shouts of ”Long live the King!” and ”Ceuta is Spanish”, thousands of locals roared their approval at Juan Carlos.