Jason Webb

Position: Journalist
Jason Webb has been chief correspondent in Madrid since 2006. He started in Reuters in 1994 as a commodities correspondent based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in 2001 was posted to Colombia as bureau chief of the Andean region, with responsibility for Venezuela and Ecuador.

Articles

"Jetman" crashes in sea on flight to Spain November 25, 05:45pm EST 

MADRID (Reuters Life!) - A Swiss adventurer hoping to become the first person to fly between continents with a jet engine strapped to his back crashed into the sea on Wednesday while trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Could abortion law backfire on Spain's Zapatero?

In a country like Spain, where a large majority still identify themselves as at least more-or-less Catholic, you'd think the government would shy away from taking on the Roman Catholic Church.  In fact, ...  Full Article | Comments [2] 

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Truck strike shows Spain's good times are over

 There's nothing like the prospect of empty supermarket shelves to convince people that an economic boom is well and truly over, and that's just what Spain's truck drivers are doing with their strike ...  Full Article | Comments [4]