Canary Islands and Spain in Open Clash over Hantavirus Ship
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The clash over the operation of the Hantavirus cruise repositioned the Canary Islands at the center of a global crisis and reinforced the discourse of the Government of the Canary Islands on the permanent pressure that the archipelago endures. More information: Masks, monkeys and a cloud of cameras: a landing mounted by the Government to show "country pride".
The m/v Hondius sailed into the port of Granadilla de Abona on Sunday shortly before 08:00 (Dutch time), an ANP reporter on the scene observed. It will anchor there, away from the shore, pending the evacuation of the passengers. They will be brought ashore by small boats, from where they will be transferred by bus to the airport for a flight to their home country.
Canary Islands and Spain in open clash over hantavirus ship
MV Hondius anchored off Granadilla early Sunday after a night of tension between the Canary Islands government and Madrid over evacuation flights, leading President Fernando Clavijo to threaten to block the stop.
The government writes on several occasions 'antavirus' (sic) instead of hantavirus, and in addition, in the title it is written 'anatvirus'
The highly commented arrival in Tenerife of the MV Hondius, the cruise on which an outbreak of the dangerous hantavirus has been unleashed, has provoked a political quarrel between the Canary Government and the Central Executive that has been lived until the last moments before the arrival of the ship in the vicinity of Tenerife, where it remains anchored from the first hours of this Sunday.The autonomous president of the Canary Islands, Fernand…
Eight hours before the ship's arrival in Tenerife, the Canary Islands refuse to accept the central government's conditions, and there is no permission for the disembarkation, which is being watched by half the world. Read Source link: https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2026/05/10/69ffafd2e85eceb2488b456d.html Author: Quico Alsedo, Candela Ibáñez Publish date: 2026-05-10 04:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked [...]
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