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Spain's woes are due in large measure to outrageous spending by Socialists under former prime minister Jose Luis Zapatero. Zapatero did not realize the severity of the economic crisis as it descended on Europe in 2008, and failed to clamp down on...
Spanish Primer Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, criticized for intervening in Alberto Contador's doping case when still in office, has questioned the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) decision to ban the cyclist for two years. In an opinion...
FORMER SPANISH prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, criticised for intervening in Alberto Contador’s doping case when still in office, has questioned the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (Cas) decision to ban the cyclist for two years. In an...
Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Secretary General and former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero speaks during the national congress in the Andalusian capital of Seville February 3, 2012. MADRID (Reuters) - Former Spanish Primer Minister Jose...
"Contador is a doping cheat, full stop.". In January last year, the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) initially proposed a one-year ban for Contador after he tested positive for the banned steroid clenbuterol during the 2010 Tour de France, which he won.
In January last year, the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) initially proposed a one-year ban for Contador after he tested positive for the banned steroid clenbuterol during the 2010 Tour de France, which he won. The then Spanish Prime Minister Jose...
In January last year, the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) initially proposed a one-year ban for Contador after he tested positive for the banned steroid clenbuterol during the 2010 Tour de France, which he won. The then Spanish Prime Minister Jose...
"Contador is a doping cheat, full stop.." In January last year, the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) initially proposed a one-year ban for Contador after he tested positive for the banned steroid clenbuterol during the 2010 Tour de France, which he won.
"Contador is a doping cheat, full stop.." In January last year, the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) initially proposed a one-year ban for Contador after he tested positive for the banned steroid clenbuterol during the 2010 Tour de France, which he won.
Contador was originally cleared last February by the Spanish tribunal, which rejected a recommendation to impose a one-year ban. Days earlier, then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Twitter that there was no reason to punish...
Contador was originally cleared last February by the Spanish tribunal, which rejected a recommendation to impose a one-year ban. Days earlier, then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Twitter that there was no reason to punish...
UCI announced it had provisionally suspended him pending an investigation by Spain's cycling body. Contador was originally cleared last February by the Spanish cycling federation's tribunal, which rejected a recommendation to impose a one-year ban. Days...
Contador was originally cleared last February by the Spanish tribunal, which rejected a recommendation to impose a one-year ban. Days earlier, then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Twitter that there was no reason to punish...
Contador was originally cleared last February by the Spanish tribunal, which rejected a recommendation to impose a one-year ban. Days earlier, then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Twitter that there was no reason to punish...
It sparked a stinging attack from UCI president Pat Macquaid on Spanish politicians for what he saw as "biased" support of Spanish athletes – in particular two who spoke in Contador's defence – the then prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and...
Contador was originally cleared last February by the Spanish cycling federation's tribunal, which rejected a recommendation to impose a one-year ban. Days earlier, then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Twitter that there was...
Contador was originally cleared last February by the Spanish tribunal, which rejected a recommendation to impose a one-year ban. Days earlier, then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Twitter that there was no reason to punish...
At a convention of party leaders in Seville, Rubalcaba, the former deputy prime minister, defeated Carme Chacon, the former defense minister, by just 22 votes out of just over 950 cast. Rubalcaba becomes secretary general -- the party's top executive...
Contador was originally cleared last February by the Spanish cycling federation's tribunal, which rejected a recommendation to impose a one-year ban. Days earlier, then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Twitter that there was...
Contador was originally cleared last February by the Spanish cycling federation's tribunal, which rejected a recommendation to impose a one-year ban. Days earlier, then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Twitter that there was...
José Luis Rodríguez-Zapatero [xo̞'se̞ lu'is ro̞'ðɾiʝe̞θ θapa'te̞ɾo̞] (help·info) (born 4 August 1960), better known by his maternal surname Zapatero, is the current Prime Minister of Spain. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) led by Zapatero, won a majority of seats in the Congress of Deputies in 2004 and 2008. As a result, Zapatero was... Full Article
Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero looks on during the national congress in Seville, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Spain's opposition Socialist party elected Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba as its secretary general on Saturday, replacing former Prime Minister Jose Luis...
View Photo »Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Secretary General and former prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (R) and former prime ministerial candidate Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba (L) are seen in the national congress in the Andalusian capital of Seville February 3, 2012.
View Photo »Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (C) attends Spain's Socialist Party (PSOE) congress in Sevilla on February 3, 2012. The Socialist Party Congress is held in Sevilla from February 3 to 5 to elected a new party leader.
View Photo »Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (2L) and Spain's former deputy prime minister Manuel Chaves (C) attend Spain's Socialist Party (PSOE) congress in Sevilla on February 3, 2012. The Socialist Party Congress is held in Sevilla from February 3 to 5 to elected a new...
View Photo »Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) new secretary general, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba (R) speaks to former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero during the national congress in the Andalusian capital of Seville February 5, 2012.
View Photo »Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) new secretary general Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, right, and Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero talks during the national congress in Seville, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Spain's opposition Socialist party elected Alfredo...
View Photo »Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Secretary General and former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero walks to deliver his speech during the national congress in the Andalusian capital of Seville February 3, 2012.
View Photo »Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) former prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero attends the national congress in the Andalusian capital of Seville February 3, 2012.
View Photo »(FromR) Spain's former prime ministers Jose Maria Aznar, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero , Spain's King Juan Carlos, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, and former prime minister Felipe Gonzalez pose on January 16, 2012 at the Royal Palace in Madrid. The Spanish government awarded...
View Photo »MADRID, SPAIN - JANUARY 16: L to R) Spain's former prime ministers Jose Maria Aznar, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Felipe Gonzalez attends the Order of the Golden Fleece investment to France's President Nicolas Sarkozy ceremony at the Royal Palace on January 16, 2012 in Madrid, Spain.
View Photo »Former Spanish Prime Ministers Jose Maria Aznar (C), Felipe Gonzalez (R) and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero talk during a traditional ceremony at Royal Palace in Madrid January 16, 2012.
View Photo »MADRID, SPAIN - JANUARY 16: (L to R) Spain's former prime minister Jose Maria Aznar, Spain's Queen Sofia, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spain's King Juan Carlos, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, and former prime ministers Felipe Gonzalez and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pose...
View Photo »France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2L) shakes hands with Spain's former prime minister Felipe Gonzalez (L) next to Spain's King Juan Carlos (C), Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (2R) and former prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (R) after receiving one of Spain's highest...
View Photo »Former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (front) and Spain's former Defence Minister Carme Chacon (back) attend a meeting of the ruling Socialist Party's Federal Committee in Madrid January 8, 2012.
View Photo »Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (C), and former ministers Jose Blanco and Manuel Chaves (R) attend a Socialist Party (PSOE) federal committee in Madrid, on January 08, 2012.
View Photo »Former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero talks to former Spanish Regional Cooperation Minister Manuel Chaves ( R ) before a meeting of the ruling Socialist Party's Federal Committee in Madrid January 8, 2012.
View Photo »MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 21: New Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (L), King Juan Carlos of Spain (C) and former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (R) pose for the photographers during the oath ceremony of the Constitution in the Zarzuela Palace on December 21, 2011...
View Photo »MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 21: Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero talks with King Juan Carlos of Spain during the new Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy oath ceremony of the Constitution in the Zarzuela Palace on December 21, 2011 in Madrid, Spain.
View Photo »(FromR) Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain's King Juan Carlos, and new Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy pose at the Zarzuela Palace after Rajoy's swearing in ceremony on December 21, 2011 in Madrid. Spain's King Juan Carlos swore in new conservative Prime...
View Photo »Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, right, Spain's King Juan Carlos, and new Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, left, pose at the Zarzuela Palace after a swearing in ceremony, in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Rajoy's Popular Party won a landslide victory in...
View Photo »Spain's conservative leader and country's next prime minister Mariano Rajoy embraces Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, at the Parliament, in Madrid, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Spain's Parliament will vote conservative Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy as premier on Tuesday.
View Photo »Spain's new Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (R) is congratulated by Spain's outgoing Prime Minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero (L) after Spain's parliament voted to make conservative leader Mariano Rajoy the new prime minister, on December 20, 2011 in Madrid. Members of the 350-seat...
View Photo »Spain's conservative leader and country's next prime minister Mariano Rajoy, right, embraces Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, at the Parliament, in Madrid, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Spain's Parliament voted in Conservative Mariano Rajoy as the new prime minister on...
View Photo »Spain's outgoing Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L) gestures as he leaves after the morning session of the investiture debate at Parliament in Madrid December 19, 2011.
View Photo »Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero listens to conservative leader and Spain's next prime minister Mariano Rajoy during his speech at the Parliament, in Madrid, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Rajoy, who will be voted in as premier on Tuesday, said his incoming conservative...
View Photo »Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero looks on during the national congress in Seville, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Spain's opposition Socialist party elected Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba as its secretary general on Saturday, replacing former Prime Minister Jose Luis...
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