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About Diego Hidalgo

Diego Hidalgo is a co-founder and member of the board of El PaÌ_s, the leading Spanish daily newspaper. He is founder of the Club of Madrid; chairman of the Fund for Research and Investment for the Development of Africa (Frida); chairman of the board of the University of Extremadura (Spain); and president and chief executive of the publishers Alianza Editorial. He has also been chief of the Africa Division and an operations officer at the World Bank.

Articles by Diego Hidalgo

Thursday 22nd December

The United States and the world

Diego Hidalgo, 22 December 2005

In the last days of 2005, leading thinkers and scholars from around the world share their fears, hopes and expectations of 2006. As Isabel Hilton asks: What does 2006 have in store? (Part one)

Monday 15th March

Why the Spanish government lost

Diego Hidalgo, 15 March 2004

The defeat of the ruling party in the Spanish elections three days after the attacks in Madrid on 11 March marks an extraordinary and unexpected turnaround. A founder of “El Pais”, Spain’s premier national newspaper, assesses the reasons for the government’s defeat and looks to the future of democracy in Europe.