Overview
- Madrid’s president Isabel Díaz Ayuso defended the region’s public‑private hospital model and vowed to eradicate any malpractice after the Ribera Salud audio, as initial inspections at Hospital de Torrejón reported no evidence of single‑use product reuse and further reviews continue.
- The Ribera Salud crisis deepened after CEO Pablo Gallart resigned over a recording in which he discussed lengthening waiting lists to improve finances, while opposition parties moved on judicial and parliamentary fronts to scrutinize the concessions system.
- The Xunta de Galicia warned that the UPA police unit operates with 338 of 500 posts filled and over 100 vacancies, risking services such as protection for women facing gender‑based violence, a warning the government’s delegate Pedro Blanco condemned as unacceptable.
- In Spain’s flood‑response probe, ex‑consellera Salomé Pradas filed a notarized log of Oct. 29, 2024 messages, including a directive from the Valencian president’s chief of staff stating, “Salo, de confinar nada, por favor,” which now forms part of the judicial record.
- Argentina’s economy minister Luis Caputo announced a new four‑year local‑law dollar bond maturing November 2029 with a 6.5% coupon and signaled repo and swap liquidity options, moves that coincided with declines in dollar rates and modest asset gains, as Peru’s Midis began S/300 pension payments to 142,771 Programa Contigo beneficiaries.