Spain Information

With Sergio Garcia winning the Players Championship, it is time to learn more about the great country of Spain. Some key facts are below, plus two news stories.

clipped from topics.nytimes.com Official Name: Kingdom of Spain Capital: Madrid (Current local time) Government Type: Parliamentary monarchy Chief of State: King JUAN CARLOS I; Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO, President of the Government Population: 40,448,191 Area: 194,884 sq. mi., including the Balearic and Canary Islands; about the size of Arizona and Utah combined. Languages: Spanish, Catalan-Valenciana, Galician, Basque. Literacy: Total population: 97.9%; Male: 98.7%; Female: 97.2% GDP Per Capita: $27,400 Web site: http://www.la-moncloa.es/ Spanish Voters Go to Polls in Fierce Rematch By ELAINE SCIOLINO and VICTORIA BURNETT Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on the left and Mariano Rajoy on the right will battle in Spain’s general election on Sunday. March 9, 2008 New Museum in Madrid COMPILED BY LAWRENCE VAN GELDER A new museum of contemporary art, the CaixaForum, has opened in Madrid. Artists represented in its opening show include Cindy Sherman, Anselm Kiefer and Georg Baselitz. March 7, 2008

Spanish Language is Everywhere

As the three stories show below, Spanish is becoming the language to learn in the US.

clipped from topics.nytimes.com Telemundo Is Said to Have Struck Deal in Mexico By BILL CARTER Executives involved in the deal said that Televisa had agreed to include multiple hours of Telemundo programs on one of its Mexico-based broadcast television stations. March 17, 2008 MORE ON SPANISH LANGUAGE AND: CABLE TELEVISION, TELEVISION, MEXICO, NBC UNIVERSAL, TELEMUNDO, ZUCKER, JEFF On Local Radio, an Accent on Spanglish By NICOLE COTRONEO Long Island’s Hispanic population has tripled to about 350,000 since 1980, according to 2006 census data, and one radio station is trying to secure the audience. March 2, 2008 MORE ON SPANISH LANGUAGE AND: ADVERTISING AND MARKETING, RADIO, LONG ISLAND (NY) If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Spanish By HILLARY CHURA An increasing number of American parents want their children to be bilingual if not multilingual. February 2, 2008 MORE ON SPANISH LANGUAGE AND: CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES