Spain in the World March 23rd 2013 Edition

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A new Edition of Spain in the World, this week with football as main subject in the Guardian.

Spanish national team has a complicated match after draw against Finland last match. The next match against France will tell us if we will play the next World Cup.

A new European Law wants to finish with all the public funds to Spanish football teams. Some Spaniards team are in bankrupt with high debts to the Spanish government in a time where the people is losing their houses and the unemployment is around a 26%. It is time for some teams to clear up their debts or disappear if necessary. The total debt is up to €692m all together.

The New York Times highlights; Flamenco survives thanks to foreign people, from London to Japan thousands of students go every year to study Flamenco to Spain. Do not miss Paco de Lucía´s video of an art unique in the world!

Finally a couple of questions:
From the Economist, why Spain´s left is in a funk?
From El País a farewell to the Parot doctrine, devised to keep ETA terrorist in jail?

All of this and more in a new edition of Spain in the World