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

Spanish fishing boat freed by pirates-PM November 17, 01:28pm EST 

MADRID, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Spanish fishing boat Alakrana has been freed by pirates who hijacked it in the Indian Ocean six weeks ago and all its crew are safe, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jason Webb; editing ...  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]