Diego Hidalgo

Diego Hidalgo is a co-founder and member of the board of El Paìs, 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.

Spanish endogamy and the US elections

Europe may be less interested in this year's election than in the 2008 one - but that doesn't mean it is any less important.

By Diego Hidalgo

/ 25 Oct 2012

The United States and the world

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)

By Diego Hidalgo

/ 22 Dec 2005

Why the Spanish government lost

The 11 March attacks in Madrid have left Spaniards with feelings of shock, disbelief, outrage and dismay that anybody could be so inhuman. They have also heightened the need to

By Diego Hidalgo

/ 15 Mar 2004