Spain in the World August 3rd 2013 Edition

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Spain is mourning train crash victims. A horrible accident happened on July 24th. 79 people were killed plus many injured.
Now there are speculations about if it was a human error, a system error with automatic brakes or even sabotage.
The truth is 79 people died in one of the worst train accidents in Spain. Over speed, a driver using the phone while driving at 195 km/h, an automatic brakes system that it did not work... We need to know the truth and Justice has to be served.

In economics, the unemployment rate in Spain is going down, as it does every summer. Unemployment rate in a country like Spain, strongly linked to tourism is seasonal. But other rates are doing good too as exports in the balance of payments and debt price.

A new "juez estrella" star judge, the NYT says, is on the edge because of Primer Minister Mariano Rajoy corruption scandal. Over 800 corruption cases have arrived to court since the beginning of the recession on 2008. A justice system to much politicized and with strong leaks is overwhelmed. “Spain is suffering from a politicization of justice and a judicialization of politics,” said Antonio Garrigues.
Do not miss this news from the New York Times.
A question for this week; when will we be able to separate justice from politicians?

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- I was in a company that they paid me without go to work.
- And why did you quite?
- Because it broke down.