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El ‘Guernica’ genera tensión cultural en España: el gobierno vasco y el Museo Reina Sofía, envueltos en la polémica
El gobierno vasco ha planteado formalmente el traslado temporal del Guernica, de Pablo Picasso para ser exhibido durante nueve meses en el Museo Guggenheim de Bilbao, cuando en 2027 se cumplan 90 años del bombardeo al pequeño pueblo que inspiró la obra más famosa del artista español, una iniciativa que ha sido descartada “rotundamente” por el Museo Reina Sofía de Madrid, custodio del lienzo, en un informe técnico. Según el documento, las condiciones de conservación actuales hacen “absolutamente improcedente” cualquier desplazamiento de la obra, aduciendo riesgos estructurales por “inevitables vibraciones” en el transporte, que podrían provocar “nuevas grietas, levantamientos y pérdidas de la capa pictórica, así como desgarres”.
La polémica ocupó toda la semana, luego de la reunión del viernes entre el lehendakari (presidente de la comunidad autónoma de Euskadi) Imanol Pradales y el presidente del gobierno español Pedro Sánchez , y el encuentro de la vicelehendakari Ibone Bengoetxea con el ministro de Cultura Ernest Urtasun ocurrido el martes. El Gobierno de Euskadi busca exhibir el cuadro entre el 30 de octubre y el 1 de junio de 2027 para conmemorar el nonagésimo aniversario tanto del primer gobierno vasco como del bombardeo de Gernika.
El Ministerio de Cultura español, a través del equipo técnico del Museo Reina Sofía, ha reiterado que, desde 1997, tras analizar las secuelas de “más de 30 itinerancias” y repetidos enrollamientos previos al establecimiento definitivo de la obra en Madrid, el protocolo de conservación del Guernica impide su movilización por razones técnicas incuestionables. “La obra no puede enrollarse por la naturaleza actual de los elementos que la componen y ha de permanecer todo el tiempo en posición vertical y en unas condiciones de humedad y temperatura estables”, concluye el dictamen interno, tras nuevos informes realizados cada vez que surge una petición de préstamo.
La negativa actual se produce tras una semana en la que el gobierno vasco ha presionado por una reconsideración, criticando que el rechazo del Reina Sofía se base exclusivamente en parámetros de conservación y no en un análisis técnico que contemple posibles medidas excepcionales y tecnologías de transporte. Pradales expresó, tras su reunión bilateral con Sánchez, que “sería un grave error político cerrar la puerta a esta iniciativa con un mero informe de conservación”. También confirmó que a la vuelta de Semana Santa, Bengoetxea mantendrá una “reunión específica sobre esta temática” con el ministro Urtasun para profundizar en los condicionamientos técnicos y de costos que harían viable el traslado.
La política de préstamos del ‘Guernica’
La estrategia de Euskadi ha sido rechazada de forma constante, tanto por la actual administración del museo como por las anteriores. El informe del Reina Sofía subraya que “no es la única solicitud de traslado” registrada: instituciones internacionales como el MoMA de Nueva York han canalizado demandas similares, también denegadas con argumentos técnicos idénticos. En el caso del MoMA, la petición más reciente se formuló en el año 2000 y obtuvo idéntica respuesta: “El gran icono de nuestro museo debe permanecer sin excepciones al margen de la política de préstamos”, establece el archivo histórico de solicitudes del Reina Sofía.
La dirección técnica del museo ha elaborado y actualizado informes ante cada nueva demanda formal. El último balance, actualizado en 2018 y revisado tras la petición vasca, mantiene el criterio de extrema restricción: todas las evaluaciones consideran que el estado actual del lienzo y las características de sus materiales lo hacen inviable para cualquier traslado, por estrictas razones técnicas y profesionales.
El protocolo sólo contempla actuaciones in situ y descarta movimientos, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional, anclando la política de conservación a un estándar equivalente al que rige la permanencia de obras icónicas como la Gioconda en el Museo del Louvre. El Reina Sofía ratifica, en un informe de cuatro páginas remitido al gobierno vasco, que la excepcionalidad no se contempla ni en contextos conmemorativos ni ante solicitudes de otros grandes museos.
La polémica sobre el ‘Guernica’
El Guernica fue sometido a examen exhaustivo en 1997, cuando mantenía aún el registro de “más de 30 itinerancias” acumuladas desde su creación. En ese análisis, se concluyó que sólo una estabilidad absoluta en las condiciones ambientales —temperatura y humedad controladas, exposición en posición vertical y ningún movimiento o enrollamiento— garantiza la preservación física de la obra. Las dimensiones originales del cuadro son 349,4 por 776,6 centímetros, ejecutado en lino yute.
Desde entonces, toda revisión técnica por parte de los equipos del Reina Sofía ha ratificado la inviabilidad de transportarlo. “No ha habido mejoras técnicas suficientes para que se pueda llevar a cabo esa salida”, ha señalado el Ministerio de Cultura, descartando incluso avances en la tecnología de manipulación de grandes lienzos.
El bloque institucional vasco insiste, filtrando el desacuerdo a la opinión pública, en abrir una vía “posibilista” que explore las condiciones concretas y los costes asociados para un eventual traslado excepcional. Imanol Pradales ha reclamado “un informe que analice bajo qué condiciones sería posible moverlo y trasladarlo temporalmente” y no limitar la decisión a los criterios de conservación existentes, aunque la administración central insiste en tomar como “deber prioritario” la protección de un “patrimonio insustituible”.
La disputa se enmarca en una histórica demanda de las autoridades vascas, que iniciaron estas gestiones en 1997, año de la inauguración del Museo Guggenheim en Bilbao. Ninguna solicitud institucional ha prosperado desde entonces.
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Spanberger denies ‘deal’ with swing-district Democrat as gerrymandering claims abound statewide
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger flatly denied any deal was made in crafting the new boundaries of the Second Congressional District on the Eastern Shore and in Virginia Beach after former Rep. Elaine Luria was followed out of an event by an individual demanding answers.
Luria, a Democrat who previously represented the Second District, is challenging Rep. Jennifer Kiggans, R-Va., in a race considered «Even» under the current map but that would skew Democratic under newly drawn boundaries that pull in more liberal parts of Chesapeake.
An individual filmed Luria this week as she left an evening event in Hampton Roads and asked twice: «Did you make a backroom deal with your best friend Abigail Spanberger to redraw the district?»
Luria ignored the man, but the video spread on social media as observers raised questions, given the tone of the redistricting effort led by Senate President L. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth.
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Then-Rep. Elaine Luria sits on a dais in Congress. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Luria’s campaign formally declined comment and Spanberger’s camp flatly denied the allegation.
«There was no deal,» Spanberger’s top spokeswoman Libby Wiet told Fox News Digital.
Meanwhile, Kiggans campaign spokesman Joe Link said the situation «speaks for itself.»
«Virginians should keep this in mind when they vote on April 21,» Link told Fox News Digital, referring to the date of the special election on the Democrats’ redistricting amendment.
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Lucas did not respond to a request for comment but has been vocal online about the redistricting effort, mocking opponents like former Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., and swearing at Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, by telling him she is «f—ing finish[ing]» what he purportedly started.
In January, Lucas took aim at Kiggans, suggesting she is intentionally trying to push her out of office. The 82-year-old progressive posted an image of Kiggans wearing a McDonald’s uniform and asking if a customer «want[s] fries with that.»
Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas fired back at Sen. Ted Cruz over his criticism of Virginia’s redistricting push, saying, «You all started it, and we f–king finished it.» (Minh Connors/The Washington Post/Nathan Posner/Anadolu/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, across the commonwealth, Republicans continue expressing outrage at the new map being put to voters as «restor[ing] fairness» on April 21, with the Prince William County GOP posting an image of their exurban county «sliced» into five pieces next to an image of deli salami.
Prince William, Arlington and Fairfax counties appear to be anchors for most of Virginia’s congressional districts, which critics say will suppress, if not dilute, the reported 45% of the population that votes Republican or lives in rural areas.
In Rockingham County, which surrounds Harrisonburg and sits in the Shenandoah Valley and is currently represented in whole by GOP Rep. Ben Cline of Botetourt, Fairfax-based Del. Dan Helmer was pictured campaigning for the newly drawn 7th District, according to the local GOP.
Helmer dismissed claims he also helped draw his own district, saying he is doing what Democratic leaders assigned him to do in «electing a Democratic majority» in his caucus role, according to the Virginia Mercury.
Del. Joe McNamara, R-Cave Spring, told the outlet he still believes Helmer «craft[ed] maps for his benefit, and he’s just the next one.»
«My role was electing a Democratic majority two years ago so we could fight back against what Trump is doing and reelect it this year,» Helmer told the Mercury in response. Helmer, who authored the state’s new sweeping gun ban, has two previously unsuccessful congressional bids under recent maps.
The Rockingham County GOP took issue with his previous campaign pledge to be a «voice for Fairfax,» hinting, as in Kiggans’ district, that Democrats are intentionally drawing seats for themselves.
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«They have no shame,» the party said in captioning a photo of Helmer campaigning locally.
Former first lady Dorothy McAuliffe, who also does not live in the majority-rural confines of the newly drawn «lobster-shaped» district, is also running for the seat.
JP Cooney, a prosecutor who worked under much-maligned special counsel Jack Smith, is the third Democrat to seek the newly drawn district, further increasing Republicans’ ire at the process.
Earlier this week, Rep. Donald Beyer, an Alexandria Democrat, admitted that his party’s redistricting effort is aimed squarely at rebuking President Donald Trump.
That comment led to outrage on the right, including from Virginia House Minority Leader Terry Kilgore.
Kilgore, of Gate City in Scott County along the Tennessee line, represents one of the few areas rendered safe under the new map – if not simply because the aforementioned 45% of Republicans had to be collected somewhere.
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«This is manifestly unfair for the Commonwealth of Virginia. We’re a 51-49 state, not a 90-10 state. If they’re willing to silence nearly half of the Commonwealth’s voters in the name of ‘fairness’ what else are they willing to do?» Kilgore told Fox News Digital.
His area is represented by Rep. Morgan Griffith, a Republican who collects a swath of mountainous communities from Galax, Martinsville and Independence in the east to Cumberland Gap, Wise and coal-filled Grundy in the west.
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A mayor in Colombia announced that a corpse had been discovered and was likely that of an American citizen who had gone missing.
Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina, a 32-year-old American Airlines flight attendant from Texas, had gone missing while in the foreign country, according to reports.
«Since last Sunday, we have been searching for Eric Gutiérrez, a U.S. citizen who is missing,» Medellín Mayor Federico Gutiérrez noted in a Friday post on X, according to a translation from Spanish.
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Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez speaks during a press conference on Dec. 19, 2025. (JAIME SALDARRIAGA / AFP via Getty Images)
«Unfortunately, a lifeless body has just been found between the municipality of Jericó and Puente Iglesias,» he noted.
«There is a very high probability that it is this person,» the mayor explained.
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Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina (CDColExt/X)
«We are heartbroken by the tragic passing of our colleague,» American Airlines noted in a statement provided to Fox News Digital on Saturday.
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An American Airlines Airbus A321 departs from Harry Reid International Airport on March 11, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
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«Our thoughts and support are with his family, loved ones and colleagues during this difficult time, and we are doing all we can to assist Colombian law enforcement in its investigation,» the company added.
Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch contributed to this report
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers found Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., guilty of more than two dozen ethics violations, but House Democratic leadership is standing by their embattled colleague.
«As I understand it, the Ethics Committee has one final step in their process, so I’m not going to get out ahead of the Ethics Committee process that will be completed upon our return,» House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Friday morning. «And then I’ll have more to say.»
House Democratic Conference Chairman Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., also told Punchbowl News on Friday that he had not seen the ethics panel’s findings, but added «that doesn’t sound good» when told the body determined that she committed 25 ethics violations. Those charges include money laundering, making false statements on campaign finance reports and seeking special favors from entities receiving federal funding.
INDICTED DEMOCRAT REP. SHEILA CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK ONE STEP CLOSER TO EXPULSION
An eight-member House Ethics investigative subcommittee determined Friday that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., committed 25 House ethics violations, which could lead to her potential expulsion from the House of Representatives. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The Florida Democrat is facing a separate federal criminal indictment that could result in more than five decades in prison if convicted. Cherfilus-McCormick, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of illegally transferring millions in disaster relief funds improperly paid to her family’s healthcare company to finance her run for Congress and the purchase of luxury items, including a massive diamond ring.
The House Ethics Committee said it would announce its recommended punishment for Cherfilus-McCormick in April, which could be as severe as expulsion. Under House rules, a two-thirds majority would have to support the resolution to formally remove the Florida Democrat from the chamber.
Jeffries’ refusal so far to condemn Cherfilus-McCormick’s conduct mirrors the relative silence of the Democratic caucus, though some rank-and-file members are beginning to break their silence on the Florida Democrat.
Moderate Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., was the first Democratic lawmaker to publicly issue a statement Friday calling on Cherfilus-McCormick to resign or be removed following the guilty verdict.
«You can’t crime your way into legitimate power,» Gluesenkamp Perez wrote. «Since she was found guilty, she should resign or be removed.»
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. has so far refused to condemn Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McComrick, an indicted lawmaker facing a looming expulsion threat. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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A handful of other congressional Democrats said Friday that they would consider backing an expulsion resolution if the indicted lawmaker did not leave on her own terms.
A Jeffries spokeperson did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Despite the looming expulsion threat, Cherfilus-McCormick has given no indication that she will resign. She is also running for a fourth term in November’s midterm elections.
«I look forward to proving my innocence,» Cherfilus-McCormick said in a statement Friday. «Until then, my focus remains where it belongs: showing up for the great people of Florida’s 20th District who sent me to Washington to fight for them.»
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., was the first congressional Democrat to call for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to resign or be removed following the conclusion of a rare House ethics hearing. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), House Republicans’ campaign arm, ripped congressional Democrats’ lack of outrage over Cherfilus-McCormick’s conduct.
«The Ethics Committee just confirmed that Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick broke the rules, and House Democrats are still saying nothing,» NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella said Friday. «Their silence is a choice. Democrats can stand for accountability or keep protecting a proven ethics violator, but voters won’t forget it.»
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