2023-08-21 07:37:56
The fire that continues to devastate Tenerife with thousands of evacuees, the beginning of the King’s round of consultations with the parties or the elections in Ecuador, among the most outstanding news today, Monday, August 21, 2023.
tenerife burns
Tenerife continues to burn for the sixth consecutive night. The force of the fire has already burned 12,800 hectares. The southern flank has been stabilized but now the north is concerned. The fire is still out of control. There are 13,000 evicted and new evacuations are not ruled out. It has been confirmed that the fire was intentional. The acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez travels to Tenerife today.
The positive note is that a hundred residents have been able to return to their homes in the last hours. In Tenerife, the fight against an indomitable fire continues. The situation remains complicated.
Round of consultations for the investiture
King Felipe VI today opens the round of consultations with the parties with parliamentary representation, with the aim of designating a candidate for the investiture of the new Prime Minister. He meets between today and tomorrow with seven political groups. ERC, Junts, Bildu and Bloque Nacionalista Gallego have declined to participate in these consultations.
Both Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo are running for the investiture. In principle, it is expected that the King will communicate his candidate proposal to the president of Congress tomorrow. Although he could also wait a while or hold a new round if he concludes that none of the applicants has a chance of success.
Elections in Ecuador
Ecuador is experiencing elections involved in violence and tension after several attacks on candidates. After the results of the first round, the candidate Luisa González (33.20%) and Daniel Noboa (24.05%) will go to the second round, thus the electoral results in the presidential elections in Ecuador advance.
González, candidate of correísmo, and Daniel Noboa, candidate of the business environment, will be measured on October 15. Noboa’s success has been the surprise of the night. The polls did not give him more attention and did not give him options to continue in the race after this Sunday.
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