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Spanish Minister Quit Hours After Sánchez Was Told of ‘Prostitute Parties’ Claims

El former mayor faced claims he lobbied for subsidies and attended gatherings with prostitutes, as pressure mounted after the Urda train crash.

Óscar Puente resigned over the Urda rail disaster two hours after the Prime Minister’s chief of staff briefed him on allegations that a businessman had hosted the former Valladolid mayor at parties with prostitutes in return for help securing public funds.

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The president of the government and general secretary of the PSOE resumes the pre-election campaign with a rally in Valencia in which also Pilar Bernabé, Diana Morant and Rebeca Torró participate

·Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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Sánchez presents Puente’s resignation as proof that “not all public servants” are the same. And there he is absolutely right. To resign is a FSLN less for Pedro Sánchez. In Moncloa, everything remains the same.”

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The PSOE resumes the electoral race on 29-N. Pre-campaign events will once again occupy Pedro Sánchez's agenda from this Friday afternoon, with a rally in Valencia. Bewilderment took hold of them after the train accident in Urda (Toledo), but once the three days of official mourning have passed – with the resignation of Óscar Puente as Minister of Transport materialized and the XXX Ibero-American Summit, which is being held in Madrid this Wednes…

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“It is not true that all politicians are the same.” It is one of the phrases of the speech that Oscar Puente gave at the time of his resignation. An affirmation that soon became a political demand shared by the whole PSOE. It was one of the main arguments of the president of the government in his thanks to the work of Puente and repeated it sources of the executive and Ferraz, who see in the resignation of the former minister of Transport much m…

·Madrid, Spain
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El Periódico broke the news in Barcelona, Spain on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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