Once again, Spain - like the USA - is gripped by election fever.
Or are they?
- BBC News on the "heated" first debate
- BBC News on the "angry" second debate
- The Financial Times on the second "showdown"
- Typically Spanish: No More Mariano Mr. Nice Guy
- The Financial Times on "Spain's Choice"
- Newsweek on "Zapatero: Spain's Dud"
- The Washington Post on a "testy" debate
- Bloomberg on Zapatero's "lead over Rajoy"
- The Times on how Zapatero is struggling "to stay in office"
- Canada's Globe & Mail on "Spain's Big Question"
- BBC News Euroblog on Rajoy's "imaginary friend"
- Bloomberg on how Rajoy's attacks on Zapatero may backfire
- The San Diego Tribune on how Rajoy is trying to compensate for a blunder
- The Guardian on how "bad economic news" is "heating up" the campaign
- The New York Times on the murder of Isias Carrasco
- BBC News Euroblog: Were politicians right to stop campaigning?
- The Observer: Vote to foil ETA, victim's family pleads
FURTHER UPDATE:
- The Guardian on Spain's "unconvincing choice"
- The Times on how Spain is voting in the shadow of terrorism
- 5Spaniards.com: A brief analysis at poll-closing time
- BBC News: Socialists win Spanish elections
- Bloomberg: Zapatero reelected, gains seats
- ITN News (UK): Socialists win, close to absolute majority
- The Washington Post: Socialists win, but short of absolute majority