Extremadura
Álvaro Sánchez Cotrina takes PSOE Extremadura leadership with unity executive
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Álvaro Sánchez Cotrina has been proclaimed the new secretary general of PSOE Extremadura at the 16th Extraordinary Congress held in Mérida, with an executive approved by 88.2% of delegates that includes all his primary rivals. The socialist leader has sharply criticized the PP-Vox government pact, calling it a 'humiliation' for Extremadurans. Figures like José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Rebeca Torró have backed the party's unity and attacked the right-wing agreements.
Flamenco singer Matías de Paula, aged 52, died on Friday after being shot in Plaza Rafael Alberti in Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz. National Police are investigating the incident, which involved no exchange of fire and no arrests by 19:45.
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Following his April primaries win, Álvaro Sánchez Cotrina, 39-year-old from Cáceres—the first secretary general from that province—has been proclaimed PSOE Extremadura's new leader at an extraordinary congress. He included all primary challengers in his team, criticized the PP-Vox government deal, and predicted its collapse within a year.
PP and Vox representatives in Extremadura defended the discretion of their talks on Monday to reach a deal before May 4, avoiding new elections. Vox deputy Juan José García stressed negotiations are 'point by point'. The PSOE meanwhile criticized six months of paralysis under interim government leader María Guardiola.
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Alberto Núñez Feijóo, PP leader, has revealed he spoke with Vox's Santiago Abascal after the Castilla y León regional elections to advance government negotiations in Extremadura, Aragón and Castilla y León. They agreed to keep meeting and for their teams to convene in Extremadura. Feijóo stresses they cannot disappoint voters.
Following Miguel Ángel Gallardo's resignation after the PSOE's poor showing in Extremadura's regional elections, the party's national leadership has named José Luis Quintana—Government Delegate in the region and a close ally of Pedro Sánchez—as head of the interim committee. Quintana will oversee investiture negotiations and primaries until an extraordinary congress.
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A couple has been found dead in their Cáceres home due to possible carbon monoxide inhalation from faulty combustion. The incident took place at Plaza 8 de septiembre, with their three teenage children in other rooms remaining unharmed.
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