Opinions of Pedro González

Pedro González
Conmemoración del 7 de octubre en español: Del dolor a la esperanza - PHOTO/PEDRO GONZÁLEZ

From pain to hope

Given the deterioration of relations between the Spanish and Israeli governments, it is surprising that an exhibition dedicated to the personal…
El rey Carlos III y el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, participan en una ceremonia de bienvenida en el Castillo de Windsor el 10 de julio de 2023, en Windsor, Inglaterra - PHOTO/Sargento Donald C Todd vía REUTERS

What is the purpose of a king?

It was Farouk, the last king of Egypt, who, when he was overthrown in 1952, predicted that ‘one day there will only be five kings left in the world,…
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, asiste a un foro empresarial en Qasr Al Watan durante la última escala de su visita al Golfo, en Abu Dabi, Emiratos Árabes Unidos - REUTERS/AMR ALFIKY

Trump redesigns the Middle East

Even his fiercest rivals in the Democratic Party acknowledge that the 47th president of the United States has decisively redrawn the map of the…
El papa Francisco I - PHOTO/ @Pontifex_es

‘Good morning, I am Francis’

Accustomed to the pomp and ceremony of twenty centuries of history, the dignitaries of the Catholic Church never ceased to express their surprise at…
<p>En esta foto de archivo del 27 de mayo de 1956, las tropas francesas acordonan la famosa alcazaba de Argel - PHOTO/AP&nbsp;</p>

Algeria, Special Weapons Sections

Another Franco-Algerian clash . This time it's because of the postponement of the broadcast of a documentary about the use of chemical weapons by…
El presidente chino Xi Jinping durante la Cumbre de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico (APEC) en San Francisco, California, EE.UU., 16 de noviembre de 2023 - REUTERS/CARLOS BARRIRA

Unprecedented major changes in China

Virtually monopolised by Donald Trump, China, which until now had observed a cautious silence, has made its presence felt so that the world knows…
<p>El candidato conservador alemán a canciller y líder del partido Unión Demócrata Cristiana (CDU), Friedrich Merz, y el primer ministro del estado bávaro y líder de la Unión Social Cristiana (CSU), Markus Soeder, reaccionan después de que se anunciaran los resultados de la encuesta de salida para las elecciones generales de 2025, en Berlín, Alemania, el 23 de febrero de 2025 - REUTERS/FABRIZO BENSCH</p>

Germany wants change

Friedrich Merz will be the new chancellor of Germany. That was what the polls predicted and that is how it will be