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Mariano Rajoy and José Manuel García-Margallo have asked the Spanish ambassador in Nigeria to keep them informed “up to the minute” of any progress in the kidnapping of 200 girls in the country. There is “great concern” in Moncloa about the outcome, they say in Foreign Affairs. The Islamist militia Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a school in the Borno region three weeks ago . The Nigerian army continues the search for the minors, whom the terrorist group has threatened to rape and sell into slavery . Of them, fifty managed to escape, and the rest remain captive. We must add another 18 , who were kidnapped in the last hours. The Nigerian police have offered $300,000 for any useful information on the whereabouts of the minors. The United States and the United Kingdom have already offered Nigeria their help – both diplomatic and military , in the case of Washington -. Spain has not yet specified its aid, but according to Foreign Affairs sources “there is great concern ” in Moncloa and Foreign Affairs about the progress of the kidnapping and its possible outcome. In fact, as El Confidencial Digital has learned from diplomatic sources, both Mariano Rajoy and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel García-Margallo , have asked the Spanish ambassador to Nigeria Álvaro Castillo Aguilar to keep them promptly informed about the progress of the tasks of rescue.
Foreign sources confirm to El Confidencial Digital that at this time “ there is very little information ” about the whereabouts or state of health of the 200 minors. The Spanish ambassador is in permanent contact with the political authorities of the Phone Number List African country. “Specially avoid” that area Meanwhile, the Foreign Affairs website warns that “ the risk of terrorist attacks in Nigeria is high .” They remember that in recent years there have been frequent terrorist attacks mainly in the northern half, and that the degree of citizen insecurity is high, especially in the oil areas and large cities. The most important security recommendation for Spaniards traveling to Nigeria is to “ especially avoid ” the province of Borno , where the kidnapping of the 200 girls by Boko Haram occurred. It is considered a high risk area.The battle for the European elections on May 25 is also being played out on social networks. On Twitter, Arias Cañete and Elena Valenciano have opted for two different profiles. The first, who recently launched his account, takes photographs with members of the agricultural sector, while the socialist candidate opts for grandiose messages and snapshots with people on the street. See a comparison of her strategies.Mariano Rajoy, who has avoided a broad government crisis despite the departure of Miguel Arias Cañete, will not make changes to the PP leadership either.
The president and María Dolores de Cospedal have decided to keep Esteban González Pons as deputy secretary of Studies and Programs, despite his departure to Brussels as number two on the electoral list. As PP leaders very well located in Genoa explain to El Confidencial Digital , Esteban González Pons was suspicious, since his name began to circulate, about the possibility of having to go to Brussels. His aspirations were to enter, in the future, the Government, and maintain his position in the national leadership of the party. The Valencian's wishes were known to Mariano Rajoy and María Dolores de Cospedal, who have finally decided to keep Pons at the head of the party's Deputy Secretary of Studies and Programs . In fact, they promised to maintain his status in the national leadership to convince him to be a PP candidate in the European elections. The sources consulted also add that the president and the general secretary have confirmed to González Pons that he will be the head of the PP delegation in Brussels once Miguel Arias Cañete is appointed commissioner , another argument that was “decisive for Esteban not to I would have problems going to Brussels.