Juan Carlos: Spain’s former king has still left nation amid scrutiny of alleged money dealings

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4 years ago

August 3, 2020

Spain's former King, Juan Carlos I, is moving abroad.

In a letter to his son, King Felipe VI, Juan Carlos wrote that he manufactured the selection to leave “in the confront of the community repercussion that particular earlier activities of my private life are creating.”

A Royal Family spokesperson advised CNN following publication of the letter on Monday that the former monarch “has remaining currently,” but declined to reveal wherever he has long gone.

Earlier, his lawyer Javier Sanchez-Junco instructed CNN that Juan Carlos’ shift out of Spain was imminent, insisting he didn’t know wherever the former King was headed.

Spanish and international media have claimed on the alleged economical dealings of the former King, now 82, even before he abdicated in 2014, and on the endeavours of his son to distance himself from his father.

King Felipe expressed ” heartfelt regard and gratitude” for his father’s conclusion to depart the nation, in accordance to a press launch from the Royal Household.

“The King needs to emphasize the historical great importance that his father’s reign represents, his legacy and his political and institutional work for Spain and democracy and at the exact same time he needs to reaffirm the rules and values on which it (Spain’s democracy) is primarily based,” the push launch stated.

In the letter asserting his departure, Juan Carlos wrote: “A yr back, I expressed my will and need to halt carrying out institutional activities. Now, guided by the conviction to perform the best services to the Spanish individuals, their institutions and you as King, I am communicating my thoughtful conclusion to move, at this time, outside the house of Spain.”

“A selection I make with disappointment, but with wonderful serenity. I have been King of Spain for almost forty many years and, in the course of all of them, I have often desired the most effective for Spain and for the Crown,” claimed the letter, released by the Royal House.

Increasing scrutiny

Juan Carlos, who is now 82, is broadly credited with assisting to guidebook Spain to democracy following the lengthy dictatorship of Francisco Franco. But in modern several years, his image has experienced.

In 2014, he abdicated underneath a cloud of fiscal scandal and criticism of his elephant-hunting trip to Botswana all through Spain’s financial crisis in 2012.

In March, King Felipe ended the annual general public stipend paid out to his father and renounced any particular inheritance from him.

Swiss prosecutors are at present inspecting files that allege Juan Carlos may perhaps have gained $100 million from Saudi Arabia’s king in 2008, a senior Spanish official with understanding of the proceedings explained to CNN previous thirty day period.

The formal explained the hypothesis is that the cash may perhaps have been relevant to a contract for a Spanish consortium’s building of a substantial-pace train in between Medina and Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

The lawyer general’s business in Spain stated in a statement previous June 8 that a Supreme Courtroom investigation was focused on the significant-velocity rail challenge in Saudi Arabia — and that Juan Carlos’ name had occur up in the circumstance.

The former king’s lawyer mentioned in a statement Monday that even nevertheless he is leaving Spain, Juan Carlos wanted to make general public that he “remains at the disposition of [Spanish prosecutors] for any formalities or actions considered opportune.”

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

Method Media Bermuda will present the documentary FABRIC: Portuguese History in Bermuda on Thursday, December 29 at the Underwater Research Institute of Bermuda.

A spokesperson said: “Method Media is proud to bring Bermuda Fabric: Portugal History to Bermuda for its 5th and 6th showing at the Bermuda Underwater Observatory. In November and December 2019, Cloth: A Portuguese Story in Bermuda had four sold-out screenings. Now that Bermuda has reopened after the pandemic, it’s time to bring the film back for at least two screenings.

“There are tickets Ptix.bm For $ 20 – sessions at 15:30 and 18:00. Both screenings will be followed by a short Q&A session.

Director and producer Milton Raboso says, “FABRIC is a definitive account of the Portuguese community in Bermuda and its 151 years of history, but it also places Bermuda, Acors and Portugal in the world history and the events that have fueled those 151 years.

“It took more than 10 years to implement FABRIC. The film was supported by the Minister of Culture, the Government of the Azores and private donors.

“Bermuda Media Method [MMB] Created in 2011 by producer Milton Raposo. MMB has created content for a wide range of clients: Bermuda’s new hospital renovation, reinsurance, travel campaigns, international sports and more. MMB pays special attention to artistic, cultural and historical content.

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS ‘There will be room’

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS 'There will be room'

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

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December 19, 2022

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

Maestro Filipe Cunha, Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Braga, has been invited to conduct the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, as announced today.

According to a statement sent by O MINHO, “he will be the first Portuguese conductor to conduct this orchestra in its entire history.”

In addition to this orchestra, the maestro will also work with the Lyceo Mozarteum de la Habana Symphony Orchestra.

The concerts will take place on 4 and 12 March 2023 at the National Theater of Cuba in Havana.

In the words of the maestro, quoted in the statement, “these will be very beautiful concerts with difficult but very complex pieces” and therefore he feels “very motivated”.

From the very beginning, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be performed by an Italian pianist (Luigi Borzillo), whom the maestro wants to bring to Portugal later this year. In the same concert, Mendelshon’s First Symphony will be performed.

Then, at the second concert, in the company of the Mexican clarinetist Angel Zedillo, he will perform the Louis Sfora Concerto No. 2. In this concert, the maestro also conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

“This is an international recognition of my work. An invitation that I accept with humility and great responsibility. I was surprised to learn that I would be the first Portuguese member of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. This is a very great honor,” the maestro said in a statement.

“I take with me the name of the city of Braga and Portugal with all the responsibility that goes with it, and I hope to do a good job there, leaving a good image and putting on great concerts. These will be very special concerts because, in addition to performing pieces that I love, especially Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, I will be directing two wonderful soloists who are also my friends. It will be very beautiful,” concludes Filipe Cunha.

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