Javier Iniguez De Onzono

Culture news

'Ghibli is tied to its era': Kenichi Yoda on making studio strategy

The new president of the legendary Japanese animation studio argues that beauty must be sought even when portraying horrors such as war. In Oviedo, Yoda, Ghibli’s public face, says they will continue to explore contemporary themes and concerns, just as their founders did.

22 October 2026

Space

Solar eclipse brings thousands of tourists to Gormaz fortress in Soria

The caliphal fortress of Gormaz in Soria became a prime vantage point to view the total solar eclipse, drawing crowds of visitors from Spain and abroad to this Castilian town.

12 August 2026

Culture news

Archaeologists find oldest library in Iberian Peninsula in Puente Genil

Room 10 at Fuente Álamo, a Roman archaeological site, may have been remodelled in the 4th century AD as a library in what was once seen as a mithraeum, a sanctuary to the god Mithras.

29 July 2026

Spain

Spain releases secret 1981 coup documents after 45 years

Spain has published 153 declassified documents on the 1981 23-F coup, revealing orders to shoot to kill and King Juan Carlos I’s role in stopping it.

25 February 2026

Venezuela

Venezuela's 'black gold' allies: How China, Russia and Iran are linked

From 1999 onwards, successive governments pursued a strategy linking foreign policy, state financing and the management of the country's main industry. The result was a network of bilateral alliances that channelled much of Venezuela's crude outside conventional buying and selling circuits.

13 January 2026

Culture news

Peru opens to public ancient city lost for more than 3,800 years

Its strategic location between two important pre-Columbian valleys and the discovery of ceremonial artefacts support the thesis that the Caralian community, which developed around 1800-1500 BC, had intense relations with other peoples.

12 July 2025